34 Annual Report. [Feb. 



A list of the members in arrear of subscription for two years and 

 upwards was ordered to be brought up at the next general meeting of 

 the Society with a view to determine the steps to be taken to recover 

 the amounts, and a Sub-Committee was appointed to consider the ques- 

 tion of payment of subscription yearly in advance and the rules regulat- 

 ing procedure in collecting arrears. 



The sale of Government Promissory notes for Rs. 2,400 belonging 

 to the Oriental Publication Fund was sanctioned to pay off bills of the 

 Baptist Mission Press. 



An estimate amounting to Rs. 178-2-3, approved by the Engineer 

 to the Corporation, for making certain alterations in the drainage of the 

 Society's premises, was sanctioned with reference to a notice received 

 from the Municipality. 



The publication of Mr. Hoey's report on the excavations and ex- 

 humations at Sahet Mahet in the Banda district was ordered to be 

 undertaken, with reference to an intimation from that gentleman that 

 it was now quite ready. 



It was agreed that Captain Sadler should ask Dr. Solf to take up 

 the duties of Philological Secretary in the event of his leaving Calcutta, 

 and that Colonel Waterhouse should take charge of the Journal, Part 

 II, whilst Mr. Sclater was on leave. 



September 2^th, Ordinary Meeting, 



A resolution was recorded deploring the very great loss the Asiatic 

 Society of Bengal and Indian Natural Science have sustained by the 

 untimely death of Mr. E. F. T. Atkinson, a former President and Vice- 

 President of the Society ; and a copy of the resolution was forwarded to 

 Mrs. Atkinson, with a letter of condolence signed by all the Members of 

 Council. 



Babii Man Mohan Chakravarti was asked to prepare an abstract 

 of his paper on certain inscriptions in the Jaganath temple at Puri, 

 and the great temple of Mahadev at Bhuvaneshwar, of the Orissa kings 

 of the 15th and 16th centuries. 



The proceedings of the Sub- Committee appointed to consider the 

 revision of the rule relating to the procedure for collecting arrear 

 subscriptions were circulated to the Members of Council. 



October SO th, Ordinary Meeting. 

 Pandit Gunga Dutt XJpreti was informed in reply to a letter asking 

 for the aid of the Society to assist him in publishing a work on " Pro- 

 verbs and Folk-lore of the Provinces of Kumaon and Gharwal" that it 

 was not possible to help him in the matter. 



