1883.] Annual Beport. 23 



(Introduction to the Maithili Language), containing 267 pages. Of tlie 

 Proceedings, Nos. 9 and 10 of 1881 and Nos. 1 — 8 oi 1882 were issued 

 from the Press, containing 187 pages and 3 plates. 



The analytical catalogue o£ the invaluable collection of Nepalese 

 Buddhist Sanskrit MSS. presented to the Society by Mr. B. H. Hodgson, 

 which Dr. R. L. Mitra has been engaged in compiling for several years, 

 was published in October. The collection consists of 86 bundles of MSS., 

 comprising 144 separate works. The Council feel that the Society owes 

 Dr. R. L. Mitra a great debt of gratitude for the time and attention he 

 has devoted to this work, resulting in the issue of a most useful handbook 

 to this interesting collection. 



Building. 



The whole of the interior of the building has been examined and new 

 beams and burgahs have been substituted for the old ones, wherever it was 

 found necessary, at a cost of Rs. 617-0-9. The total amount spent on 

 repairs during the year was Rs. 637-0-9. 



Coin Cabinet. 



Altogether 91 coins were acquired during the past year : of these, 90 

 were presented and 1 was purchased. The latter is a silver coin found in 

 a village in the Manpur Pergunnah. 



Among the presentations, there are 9 gold, 62 silver, 14 copper and 

 5 lead coins. Details will be found on pp. m, 108, 114, 138 — 141 of the 

 Proceedings of the Society for 1882. But a set of 55 specimen coins (7 

 gold, 34 silver, 14 copper), struck from the old dies in the Calcutta Mint 

 and presented to the Society by the Governor- General in Council through 

 Colonel J. P. Tennant, Master of the Mint, deserves special mention. 



Secretary's OfSee. 



Dr. A. P. R. Hoernle, Dr. H. W. M'Cann and Mr. J. Eliot have 

 continued to act as Philological Secretary, General Secretary and Treasurer 

 respectively throughout the year. Mr. J. Wood- Mason continued Natural 

 History Secretary till September when he left India on sick leave, and Dr. 

 J. Scully was appointed Natural History Secretary in bis place. 



Mr. W. A. Bion has continued to hold the post of Assistant Secretary, 

 and his services have given every satisfaction to the Society's Honorary- 

 Officers, who are to a great extent dependent upon him for the general 

 work of the office. Mr. E. S. Andrews and Babu Nritya Gopal Basu have 

 continued to act as Assistant Librarian and Cashier respectively. The 

 copyist has, in addition to current work, completed the indexing of the 

 old correspondence of the Society as far back as the beginning of the year 



