82 Annual Eeport. [Feb. 



Chhandus, 6 tive account in English o£ all the 



Alankasa, 15 -t^/j-oo i i i 



Sankhya, 10 ^SS. On grammar has also been prm- 



Patangala, 5 ted nnder the superintendence of Dr. 



N yaya, .' . .* .* *. \ \ '. .' '. '. '. '. '. *. ', *. '. ,'.'.*! 54 ^^^j endralala Mitra, and a fascicu- 



Eamayana, 15 l^g o£ about 180 pa^es will be pub- 



Vcdanta, 72 ^ ° ^ 



Kavyas, 125 Hshed m a short time. The other 



MisceUaneous of recent Collections, 80 portions await translation into Eng- 



MSS. 1110 lish before they can be sent to press. 



During the past year the Pandit j)re]3ared notices of 173 MSS. 



Dr. Rajendralala Mitra has lately undertaken to prepare a cata-- 

 logue raisonne of the collection of Buddhist MSS. from Nepal which 

 Mr. B. H. Hodgson presented to the Society some years ago. The 

 task is a difficult and extremely troublesome one, as it involves the 

 necessity of reading a large mass of MSS., some of which are in the Gatha 

 dialect or corrupt Sanskrit, and written, for the most part, in the little-known 

 Newari character ; but it is expected that with the aid of two Pandits 

 who are now working under him. Dr. Mitra, will be able, in course of the 

 current year, to bring to light the contents of this rare and valuable collec- 

 tion. 



Maulawi 'Abdul-Hai Katib, under the superintendence of Mr. Bloch- 

 mann, has begun to check the Arabic, Persian, and Urdu MSS., and prepare 

 a new complete catalogue, which is urgently wanted. 



Revised Rules. 



During the year a revised edition of the Eules has been issued 

 comprising several important additions, the principal of which are : the 

 giving to the Council the power of electing Members during the Eecess ; 

 the reduction of the Resident subscriptions from Rs. 12 to Rs. 9 per 

 quarter, and the introduction of rules for the composition of subscriptions 

 both by non-resident and resident Members. A rule for compoimding 

 subscriptions had long been required, but could not be introduced until the 

 financial condition of the Society fully warranted it. The rules regarding 

 the retention of Membership during absence from India and on leaving 

 India permanently have also been remodelled, and the home subscription 

 has been increased from Rs. 12 to Rs. 16 as it was found that the 

 former rate was quite insufiicient to meet the expenses incurred by the 

 Society in supplying the Journal to absent Members with the cost of 

 carriage to Europe. New rules have also been added regarding the disposal 

 and custody of the Society's Funds. The Council have to acknowledge the 

 assistance rendered in this matter by the Sub- Committee, comprising Messrs. 

 W. T. Blanford, R. Taylor, J. O'Kinealy and the Secretaries. 



Publications. 

 During 1876 the Society has issued 10 Numbers of the Proceedings, 

 which together with the Meteorological Observations amount to 333 pages 

 of letter press, illustrated by 3 plates. 



