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should be discontinued, and that the annual meeting should be advertised 

 only once, at least 7 days before the day for the meeting. 



27th July. Ordinary Meeting. 



An exchange of the Proceedings and Part II of the Journal 

 for the " Eeports of Progress" of the Geological and Natural History Sur- 

 vey of Canada was sanctioned. 



The Philological Secretary was requested to arrange for the prepara- 

 tion and printing of the Index for Major Raverty's translation of the 

 ** Tabaqat-i-Nasiri," in this country ; and it was ordered to convey tne 

 best thanks of the Society to Major Raverty for his able and valuable 

 translation. 



A letter was read from Professor Chas. Lanman of Harvard College, 

 Cambridge, (U. S.), thanking the Society for sending the Bibliotheca Indi- 

 ca to Harvard College, and, in his capacity of Secretary to the American 

 Philosophical Association, presenting the first 12 Volumes of the Transac- 

 tions of the Association to the Society. The presentation was accepted 

 with thanks. 



On the recommendation of the Philological Committee, Dr. E. Hultzsch's 

 offer of an edition of the ' Kularnava Tantra' for publication in the 

 Bibliotheca Indica was declined, on the ground that an edition ofc* the work 

 is already in course of publication in Calcutta. 



A recommendation of the Finance Committee, that the excess amount 

 spent on the Blochmann Bust over the sum collected should be charged 

 to the general account, was sanctioned. 



A proposal made by Mr. Wood-Mason, that the Society should sub- 

 scribe for Dobson's " Monograph of the Insectivora" and Distant's " Rho- 

 palocera Malayana," was agreed to. 



Z\st August. Ordinary Meeting. 



Dr. A. Barclay was ballotted for and elected an Ordinary Member, in 

 accordance with Rule 7. 



An offer made by the Meteorological Reporter to the Government of 

 India to supply the Society with a copy of the " Washington International 

 Weather Bulletin" was accepted with thanks. 



On the recommendation of the Natural History Secretary, an exchange 

 of publications with the New Zealand Institute was sanctioned. 



On the recommendation of the Philological Secretary, the services of 

 the Maulvi specially engaged for cataloguing the Arabic and Persian 

 books and MSS. were dispensed with and the question of the appointment 

 of a successor was postponed to the next meeting. 



2Sth Septemler. Ordinary Meeting. 



A letter was read from the Secretary to the Government of India, 



