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The Linnean Society of New South Wales were asked to give the 

 back numbers of their Proceedings from 1882 in exchange. 



May 1st, Ordinary Meeting. 



Mr. H. Beveridge was appointed a Trustee of the Indian Museum 

 on behalf of the Asiatic Society in place of Mr. E. Gay, leaving India. 



Read a letter from the Honorary Secretary to the Trustees Indian 

 Museum, forwarding an extract from the proceedings of the General 

 Committee of the Trustees conveying to Mr. Gay the expression of the 

 Trustees thanks for his services and regret at losing him. 



The publications of the Bibliotheca Indica were ordered to be sent 

 to the Toronto University, Canada, the building having been destroyed 

 by fire with its valuable Library and collections. 



An offer from the Museum d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, for an 

 exchange of publications to commence from 1889, with the 3rd Series 

 of the " Nouvelles Archives du Museum " was accepted. 



A letter from the Honorary Secretary of the Photographic Society 

 of India offering to rent two rooms on the ground floor of the Asiatic 

 Society's building at Rs. 60 a month, was circulated to the Council. 



On the recommendation of the Philological Secretary, the Council 

 approved the nomination by Dr. A. Chatterjee of the Vaidya Pandit to 

 aid him in the translation of the Susruta. 



May 29^/2, Ordinary Meeting, 



A letter from Mahadev Chimnaji Apte intimating that he had 

 founded an " Anandas'rama " at Poona for the collection and publication 

 of Sanskrit Manuscripts and forwarding copies of three of the works 

 published, with a request to be informed of the character of the work 

 done, was referred to the Philological Committee. 



Read a letter from the Honorary Secretary to the Trustees of the 

 Indian Museum reporting that the Trustees would contribute for the 

 present year one-third of the amount incurred in printing the Cata- 

 logues of Oriental Insecta. 



The names of Astronomers in India were furnished to the Director 

 of the Specula Vaticana at Rome with reference to his report that the 

 Vatican Observatory had been revived, and that steps were being taken 

 to make it as useful as possible to science. 



A draft letter to the Photographic Society of India embodying the 

 terms on which they would be allowed to rent two rooms on the ground 

 floor of the Asiatic Society's building was circulated to the Members of 

 Council. 



It was resolved that the 1st fasciculus of the Catalogue of Persian 



