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a translation of Vol. II of Abdul Kadir's Muntakhab ul Tawarikh, pre- 

 pared by the Eev. W. H. Lowe. It was resolved that the question should 

 be postponed until the receipt of the reply to a letter from the Philological 

 Secretary asking Mr. E. B. Cowell for further particulars. 



On the recommendation of the Philological Secretary, the new rule 

 passed by the Oriental Library Committee that not more than one MS. could 

 be lent out to any member at a time was rescinded, and it was resolved to 

 revert to the old rule which allowed the issue of two MSS. at a time, 



A recommendation of the Finance Committee that the Society should 

 subscribe annually for the future numbers of the Ray Society's publications 

 was approved of. 



June 30^7i. Ordinary Meeting. 



A letter was read from Mr. A. Grote stating that two gentlemen, viz.^ 

 Count de Noe and Col. W. Munro, still on the list of the Society's Honor- 

 ary Members, were certainly dead ; and giving reasons for believing that 

 two other Honorary Members, viz.^ Sir John Pillippart and Professor 

 Isaac Lea were also dead. It was resolved that the Philological, Natural 

 History and Physical Science Committees should each be requested to 

 select and nominate three gentlemen as Honorary Members. 



A letter was read from the Honorary Secretary to the Trustees, Indian 

 Museum, stating that the Trustees approve of and will adopt the sugges- 

 tions made by the Council of the Asiatic Society for recording the transfer 

 of specimens to the Museum. 



In reply to a letter from Mr J. Dawson, the Secretary was requested 

 to inform him that the Council have no objection to his paper published 

 in the Journal for 1870 being reprinted by the Government of the Central 

 Provinces. 



A vote of thanks to Mr J. Westland and Col. J. Sconce, the auditors 

 of the Society's accounts for 1880, for the report they had submitted 

 was passed ; and their suggestion that the value of the stock of books 

 be not entered in the accounts as an asset was adopted. 



The Philological Secretary reported that, at the request of Mr. J. 

 E. P. Lincke, he had made over to the Indian Museum the Antiquities 

 found at Jowhri Dih ; and that Mr. F. S. Growse had requested him to 

 present the curiosities he had forwarded to illustrate his paper, read at the 

 June Meeting, to the Indian Museum. 



A copy of Mr. Douglas's Memorandum of Instructions was ordered to 

 be sent to each Member of the Council in Calcutta. 



A recommendation of the Finance Committee that the budget allowance 

 of Rs. 500 for postage for the year 1881 be increased to Rs. 1,000, as the 

 grant had been exceeded in consequence of changes in the mode of distri- 

 buting the Society's publications, was sanctioned. 



