1884.] Annual Report. 33 



Principal, Sanskrit College, stating that he has been asked by the Direc- 

 tor of Public Instruction to select some MSS. for the Exhibition, and 

 mentioning some of the Society's MSS. which he wished to borrow for 

 the occasion. The loan was granted on condition that the Pandit was 

 responsible for the safe custody and return of the MSS. 



The Secretary reported that a revised distribution list for the 

 " Notices of Sanskrit MSS." had been received from the Government of 

 Bengal with all the additions proposed by the Society included. The 

 Council directed distribution to be carried out in future in accordance 

 with this list. 



An advance to Dr. Rajendralala Mitra of Rs. 600 for travelling 

 expenses and the purchase of MSS. was sanctioned. 



It was resolved that the printing of the Centenary Review should 

 be entrusted to Messrs. Thacker, Spink and Co., and that a thousand 

 copies should be struck off. 



The purchase of another glass case was sanctioned for the Govern- 

 ment Sanskrit MSS. 



November 1st. Ordinary Meeting. 



A letter was read from the Under-Secretary, Government of Bengal, 

 dated 27th October, conveying the Lieutenant-Governor's thanks to the 

 Asiatic Society for consenting to act as the numismatic authority to be 

 consulted with regard to rare coins which may be discovered from time 

 to time in Bengal. 



A notification from the Editor of the " Pan jab Notes and Queries", 

 promising to send his paper to the Asiatic Society for 6 months gratis, 

 was ordered to be acknowledged with thanks. 



The Proceedings and Part II of the Journal were ordered to be sent 

 in exchange for the publications of the Canadian Institute, Toronto. 



In accordance with a request from Signor Luis M a Soler, a copy of 

 the Journal containing a paper by the Spanish traveller Simbaldo de 

 Mas was ordered to be sent to him. 



With reference to a letter from Professor Jolly, proposing to with- 

 draw his projected edition of extracts from the Commentaries of Manu 

 as he had heard that a similar work was about to be published by the 

 Hon. Rao Saheb V. N. Mandalik, it was resolved that Professor Jolly be 

 informed that the Society hoped he would continue the edition as the 

 Society saw no reason for abandoning the work. 



The proposed addition of the Sarvanakrama to Dr. Mitra 's edition 

 of Sannaka's Brihad-devata was at Dr. Mitra's suggestion directed to be 

 given up, as the work was about to be published in the " Anecdota 

 Oxoniensia." 



