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meeting had resolved that the printing of the Library Catalogue should be 

 entrusted to the Britannia Press, who had agreed to undertake the work at 

 the rate of Rs. 2-2-0 per page, inclusive of binding, for 750 copies. The 

 binding to be of black cloth with the following title on the back " Cata- 

 logue of the Library of the Asiatic Society of Bengal, 1881." 



It was resolved that the present editor of the Hemadri, whose work 

 had not been found satisfactory, should be allowed to continue the edition 

 oa the understanding that Dr. Mitra accepts the responsibility of super- 

 vising the work. 



Babu Nritya Gopal Bose was appointed Cashier on a salary of Rs. 25 

 a month rising to Rs. 40 in 10 years' time, in addition to which he is to 

 get 1 per cent, on the collection of subscriptions, entrance fees, credit sales, 

 charges for extra copies of papers, and postage and packing charges. 



March Slst. Ordinary Meeting. 



Read the Minutes of the Council on the list of instructions drawn up 

 by Mr. J. C. Douglas for keeping and auditing the accounts of the 

 Society. The suggestions made by the Members of Council were adopted 

 and 100 copies of the instructions were ordered to be printed off. 



A circular was read from the German Oriental Society inviting the 

 President or one of the Council of the Asiatic Society to be present at the 

 Fifth International Congress of Orientalists to be held in Berlin on the 

 12th to the 17th September 1881. The Secretary was requested to convey 

 the thanks of the Asiatic Society for the invitation, and to express their 

 good wishes for the success of the Congress and their regret that the 

 Council are unable to send a representative. 



The publication, in the Bibliotheca Indica Series, of the Parasara 

 Madhava Smriti and Naqaid of el Ferazdaq and Jerir and of the con- 

 tinuation of the Hemadri and Akbarnamah was sanctioned. 



On the submission of the Indian Museum's Register of Presentations 

 made to it by the Society, for signature in accordance with section 12 of 

 Act XXII of 1876, the Council recommended that in future a preliminary 

 inventory should be sent with the specimens, and that the final record in 

 the Society's Register should be copied from the Museum Register ; and 

 also that the signature of the Society's Secretary on the one side and that 

 of the Secretary to the Trustees on the other should be held sufficient. 

 A copy of this resolution was ordered to be forwarded to the Trustees of 

 the Indian Museum for consideration ; and the Society's Register of objects 

 transferred to the Indian Museum up to date was ordered to be copied 

 from the Indian Museum Register. 



The elections of Mr. J. A. Brown and Rev. J. S. Doxey were cancelled 

 as they had not paid their admission fee and first quarter's subscription. 



