26 Aiinual Bejiorf. [Feb. 



32 silver (including tbe 14 early Muhammadan coins found near Qauhati, 

 ihid, p. 52), and 26 copper coins. 



Among the presentations are : 2 Jaunpuri silver coins from Raja 

 Udaj-apratapa Sinha of Bhinga, Oudh {ihid, p. 41) ; 2 old Hindi and one 

 Khalifa silver and one unknown copper coin from Mr. Holgnette {ibid, 

 pp. 41, 42) ; 14 copper coins from the Political Agent, Bandelkhand ; one 

 copper coin from the Magistrate of Fatehpur ; 12 copper coins from the 

 Political Agent, Charkharee. 



Secretary's OfS.ce. 



Dr. A. F. R. Hoernle has continued to act as Philological Secretary 

 throughout the year. 



During Mr. Wood-Mason's absence from Calcutta, from January to 

 September, Mr. V. Ball officiated as Natural History Secretary, and on the 

 resignation of Mr. J. Douglas in March he also took up the duties of 

 Treasurer. 



On Mr. Ball's leaving India in September, Mr. J. Wood-Mason resumed 

 the Natural History Secretaryship and Mr. J. Eliot was appointed 

 Treasurer. Mr. H. F. Blanford and Mr. A. Pedler officiated as Treasurer 

 on two occasions when Mr. Eliot was absent from Calcutta. 



Mr. A. Pedler resigned the General Secretaryship in April and Dr. H. 

 W. M'Cann was appointed in his place. During Dr. M'Cann's absence 

 from the middle of May to middle of June, Mr. Eliot officiated as General 

 Secretary: and during Dr. M'Cann's absence in November, Mr. Wood- 

 Mason officiated as Secretary. 



Mr. W. A. Bion and Mr. E. S. Andrews have continued to hold the 

 posts of Assistant Secretary'- and Assistant Librarian respectivel3^ 



Babu Ram Jivan Mukerji, the Cashier, was dismissed in January, and 

 Babu Nritya Gopal Basu was appointed Cashier. The services of the 

 Babu emplo3''ed temporarily to index the Society's old Records were 

 dispensed with at the end of January, as it was found advisable to do so on 

 financial grounds. A copyist was appointed in May onRs. 15 per mensem. 



Bibliotheca Indica. 



Twenty fasciculi were published during the year ; sixteen in the Sanskrit 

 and four in the Arabic- Persian Series. They belong to thirteen different works, 

 of which three belong to the Arabic-Persian and ten to the Sanskrit Series. 

 Among them two in the Sanskrit and one in the Arabic- Persian Series have 

 been completed, and four, all in the Sanskrit Series, have been commenced. 

 The former are the Taittiriya Sanihitd, and the Tarikh'ul-Khulfa ; the latter 

 are the Fdtanjala Yoga Sutra, the A'pastamha S'rauia Sutra, and the 

 English Translation of the Laliia-Vistara. One work, the Viahnu Smrlti^ 

 has been both commenced and completed during the year. 



