120 JReport on Transliteration. [JuLT, 



The following gentleman is a candidate for election at the next 

 meeting : — 



Babii Mahendra Natli Ray, Howrah, proposed by Dr. G. A. Grierson,^ 

 seconded by C. R. Wilson, Esq. 



The following gentlemen have expressed a wish to withdraw from 

 the Society : — 



Dr. G. M. Giles. 



Babu Gane9a Chandra Chandra. 



The Secretary reported the death of the following members : — 

 A. M. Nash, Esq. (Ordinary Member). 

 Professor T. H. Huxley (Honorary Member). 



The Chairman reported that Mr. C. R. Wilson had returned to 

 India and had taken charge of the General Secretaryship from Surgeon- 

 Lieut. -Col. G. Ranking. 



The Philological Secretary read a report of the Committee of 

 the 10th International Congress of Orientalists held at Geneva, on 



Transliteration. 



10th international congress of orientalists, 

 held at geneva. 



TRANSLATION 



OF THE Report op the Committee on Transliteration. 



The Commission appointed by the Congress to adopt a system of 

 transcription of the Sanskrit and Arabic Alphabets has held several 

 sessions. 



After having examined and discussed the systems in use up to the 

 present time, and having considered the different improvements which 

 have been proposed to the Commission by its Members and other 

 savants, the Commission submits for the approval of the Congress for 

 uniform adoption by Orientalists the systems put forward in the two 

 tables annexed to the present report. 



The Commission has taken as a basis for its work the Report 

 drawn up by a special Committee nominated by the Royal Asiatic Society 

 of London, as well as the methods of transcription generally employed 

 in France, in Germany, and by the Bengal Asiatic Society. The 

 Commission does not claim to have arrived at a perfectly scientific 

 system : it has been necessary to have regard to established customs 

 and also to take into consideration the differences of pronunciation 



