1884.] Annual Report. 27 



An exchange of publications with, the Societe Acad^mique Indo- 

 Chinoise, Paris, was sanctioned. 



An exchange of the Journal, Part I, with the " American Antiqua- 

 rian and Oriental Journal" was sanctioned. 



A letter was read from the Government of India, Military (Marine) 

 Department, forwarding copy of a letter to the Director of the Indian 

 Marine requesting that the Society should be supplied with information 

 regarding the deep sea dredging at the close of the season's surveying 

 operations. 



A letter was read from the Under-Secretary to the Government of 

 India, Home Department, forwarding a set of Blue Books relating to 

 India for deposit in the Society's Library. 



A letter was read from Mr. P. C. Wheeler forwarding a cheque for 

 Rs. 96 in payment of the arrears of his subscription to the Society. 



It was resolved that Government should be asked to sanction the 

 distribution of the " Notices of Sanskrit manuscripts," according to a 

 revised list prepared by Dr. A. F. R. Hoernle and Dr. Rajendralala 

 Mitra. 



The consideration of a proposal made by the Secretary that lectures 

 should be given in connection with the Society as was done in 1873-74 

 was deferred. 



The Secretary reported that Babu Buddhinath Bysack, one of the 

 Society's pensioners, had died during the month of January. 



The Annual Report was read and approved and the annual accounts 

 and estimate of receipts and expenditure for 1883 were laid upon the 

 table. 



March 1st. Ordinary Meeting. 



Read a letter from the Director of the Indian Marine stating that 

 no dredging was carried on by the " Investigator " as there was no 

 naturalist on board, but that specimens of the bottom brought up by the 

 deep sea sounding apparatus had been carefully preserved and could be 

 presented to the Society. The offer was accepted with thanks, and it 

 was ordered that the specimens when received should be handed over to 

 the Indian Museum. 



A vote of thanks was passed to Dr. J. Scully for his services as 

 Natural History Secretary, on his tendering his resignation of that post. 



The various Committees for the ensuing year were elected. 



At the suggestion of Dr. T. Duka, it was resolved that 3 of the 

 original letters of the Tibetan scholar and traveller, Csoma de Koros, in 

 the possession of the Society, should be presented to the Royal Hunga- 

 rian Academy of Sciences at Buda Pesth. 



