1883.] Annual Beport. 37 



of Natural History Secretary. It was resolved that Dr. Scully''sbould be 

 requested to act as Natural History Secretary during his stay in Calcutta. 



^Oth Novemher. Ordinary Meeting. 



An exchange o£ the Proceedings and Part I of the Journal for the 

 Bulletin of the Societe d' Anthropologic de Lyon was sanctioned. 



A letter from Dr. Garbe was read, from which it appeared that several 

 eminent Orientalists did not receive the Notices of Sanskrit MSS. Dr. 

 Hoernle and Dr. Mitra were requested to revise the list of Institutions and 

 individuals who receive the " Notices of Sanskrit MSS." gratis, and it was 

 resolved that the Government should be asked to distribute in future in 

 accordance with this revised list. 



A letter was read from Dr. J. Scully, consenting to act as Natural 

 History Secretary during his stay in Calcutta. 



A request of Major G. F. L. Marshall's, that the work entitled " The 

 Butterflies of India" by himself and Mr. de Niceville should be advertised 

 on the cover of the Society's Proceedings, was acceded to. 



Read a copy of a letter from the Secretary to Mr. P. C. Wheeler re- 

 garding his arrears of subscription to the Society. Also Mr. P. C. Whee- 

 ler's reply, declining to pay on the ground that he had not received the 

 publications of the Society regularly and directing that his name should 

 be removed from the list of members. On the Secretary's submitting a 

 statement showing that the publications had been sent to Mr. Wheeler 

 regularly until he had fallen considerably into arrears, it was resolved that 

 the matter should be reported to the next general meeting, and that Mr. 

 Wheeler's name should be suspended as a defaulter. 



An application from K. F. Koehler of the Leipzig " Antiquarium" to 

 be appointed agent for the sale of the Society's publications in Leipzig 

 was refused on the ground that the Society's terms with Messrs. Triibner 

 and Co. prevented their appointing another agent in Europe. 



A letter was read from Mr. H. B. Medlicott stating that he had taken 

 the work of printing the Catalogue from the Britannia Press, agreeing to 

 pay them for what had already been printed ; and that he was makino- 

 arrangements with the Manager of the Caledonian Press to carry on the 

 work. 



A list of Societies, &c., to which Dr. Mitra and Dr. Hoernle re- 

 commended that copies of Dr. Mitra's <* Nepalese Buddhist Literature" 

 should be distributed, was approved. 



u, was resolved that the Government of India should be requested to 

 give the Society information as to the nature and results of the dredging 

 operations carried on during October, 1882. 



Dr. A. F. R. Hoernle proposed that Rules 15 and 61 should be altered 



