1881 J Election of Members. 123 



The following gentleman was elected an Associate Member : 

 F. Moore, Esq., F. Z. S., F. L. S. 



The following gentlemen are candidates for election at the next meet- 

 ing •* 



William Henry Miles, Esq., proposed by J. Wood-Mason, Esq., 

 seconded by Dr. W. King. 



J. A. Anderson, Esq., proposed by Dr. D. Waldie, seconded by 

 Major J. Waterhouse. 



Kumar Inder Chunder Singh of Paikparah, proposed by Nawab 

 Abdul Latif Khan, Bahadur, seconded by Prince Mirza Jehan Kader, 

 Bahadur. 



The Secretary reported that Babu Ram Krishna had intimated his 

 wish to withdraw from the Society. 



The Secretary read a letter from Mr. A. M. Holwell, dated Quebec, 

 24th May, 1884, forwarding copies of two Photographs of the late 

 Governor Holwell and requesting that a copy of Mr. Bayne's paper on 

 the further excavations of Old Fort William may be sent to him when 

 published. 



The Council reported : — (1) that the following gentlemen had 

 been elected Members of the Philological Committee : 



J. Boxwell, Esq. ; Moulvie Khodabaksh Khan, Bahadur ; Lt.-Col. H. 

 S. Jarre tt. 



(2) That Dr. A. F. R,. Hoernle had resumed his duties as Philolo- 

 gical Secretary. 



On the proposal of the President a vote of thanks was unanimously 

 passed to Mr. C. H. Tawney for his services to the Society as Offg. 

 Philological Secretary. 



The Secretary reported that, on the recommendation of the 

 Philological Committee, the Council had sanctioned the publication in 

 the Bibliotheca Indica of the following 11 Sanskrit and 6 Persian 

 Works, viz. : — 



1. Sanskrit. 



1. The Nydya Vartika of Udyotkara Misra. This work gives 

 an exposition of the meaning of what is said, of what is left unsaid, 

 and of what is ill or imperfectly said in the Nyaya Aphorisms of 

 Gautama. It is held in high repute, but is exceedingly scarce. There 

 are three or four MSS. available, one of which is an excellent one, 

 old and very correct. The work will be edited by Pandit Vindhyeswari 

 Prasada Dviveda of Benares. 



