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his duties. Mr. E. S. Andrews has held the post of Assistant Librarian 

 and has also given satisfaction. 



During the year the establishment has been reduced by two men. 

 The services of Babus Kedarnath Bysack, Cashier, and Jogendranath Mitra, 

 Store-keeper, were dispensed with ; the former appointment being given to 

 Babu Ram Jivana Mukerjea, the Assistant Cashier, and the posts of Assis- 

 tant Cashier and Store-keeper were abolished. After the dismissal of the 

 old Cashier, Babu Ram Jivana Mukerjea, his successor, worked for some 

 months under the direct supervision of Mr. Douglas, the Treasurer. 

 During this time the office was virtually without a Cashier, most of the 

 Cashier's work being done by the Assistant Secretary. Notwithstanding 

 this additional work and the reduction in the establishment, the Assistant 

 Secretary and his assistants have done much in putting the Library, the 

 Records, &c. of the Society into better order. 



To put the stock and the accounts into proper order, two temporary 

 hands have been employed, who have now finished taking stock of and 

 arranging the Society's and the Bibliotheca Indica publications. A Babu 

 has also been engaged temporarily in indexing the old records of the Society 

 so as to facilitate reference to them. 



Bibliotheca Indica. 



In the two Series together twenty-three fasciculi were published 

 during the year ; eight in the Persian and fifteen in the Sanskrit. They 

 belong to eleven different works, of which two in the Sanskrit Series, have 

 been completed and three, two in the Sanskrit, and one in the Persian Series, 

 have been commenced. The former are the Bliamati, and the Gohhiliya 

 Sutra ; the latter are the KaiM Sarit Sdgara, the Prdkrita Lahsliana, and 

 the Tarihli ul Khulfa. 



Among these publications, there are four English translations ; the 

 remaining seven are text editions. The former are the translations of the 

 Tabaqat-i-Nasiri," and of the Tarikh-ul-Khulfa, both in the Persian 

 Series ; and of the Katha Sarit Sagara and the Prithi Raj Rasau, both in 

 the Sanskrit Series. Of the text editions, one belongs to the Persian 

 and six belong to the Sanskrit Series. 



A. Persian Series. 



1. Of the Isabah or Biographical Dictionary of persons that knew 

 Muhammad, by Ibn Hajar, one fasciculus has been issued by Moulvie 

 Abdul Hai, Head Professor of the Calcutta Madrassah, after an interrup- 

 tion of three years. 



2. Major H. G-. Raverty has brought out two fasciculi of his anno- 

 tated English translation of the TABAQAT-i-NisiBf. There is yet one 

 more fasciculus remaining, which will complete this valuable work. 



