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far as the interests of the Society were concerned. The Council also 

 expressed their willingness to accept the sum proposed to be paid in lieu of 

 the accommodation in the New Museum Building provided for the Society 

 under the old Act. 



Fehruary 24ith. Ordinary Meeting. 



In reply to a letter from Messrs. Triibner and Co. regarding the selling 

 price of the Society's Journal and Proceedings in England it was ordered 

 that the cost in England of the Journal and Proceedings should be at 35. 

 and Qd. respectively, with the addition of the average cost of postage to 

 England, viz. : — 8d. for the Journal, 4id. for the Proceedings. 



On the report of the Natural History Secretary on the extra Number 

 4, Part II of the Journal containing the late Mr. Blyth's Catalogues of 

 Burmese Eauna, the Council passed a special vote of thanks to Mr. Grote, 

 Lord Walden, Dr. J. Anderson and Dr. G. E. Dobson, for their labours in 

 connection with this work. 



March 2Srd. Special Meeting. 



On this occasion the whole of the Members of the Council present in 

 Calcutta attended to consider the Draft Deed of Release to be signed by 

 the Council on the receipt of the sum of Bs. 1,50,000 from the Government 

 of India in lieu of the accommodation in the New Museum. 



The Draft Deed was approved with certain exceptions which were 

 afterwards altered by the Government Solicitor. 



Marcli SOtJi. Ordinary Meeting. 



On this occasion also the Meeting was attended by all the Members of 

 Council present in Calcutta, and the Deed of Belease was finally approved 

 and duly executed by the Council on behalf of the Society. 



The Secretary reported that Bs. 1,50,000 had been received from 

 Government and suggested that the whole sum should be invested at once, 

 such sums as might be required for repairs could be sold out afterwards. 



It was ordered that the Manager of the Bank of Bengal should be 

 asked to purchase Government securities for the whole sum to the best 

 advantage. 



A letter was read from the Government of Bengal forwarding a letter, 

 No. 405, dated 16th March, 1876, from the Government of India, Home 

 Department, requesting that the Catalogues of Sanskrit MSS. discovered in 

 Bengal might be submitted annually instead of quarterly. 



Rea'd the Minutes of the Council on a letter from the Secretary to the 

 Zoological Garden Committee, asking for pecuniary assistance from the 

 Society and suggesting that the President of the Society should be a Mem- 

 ber of the General Council of the Gardens, or that the Society should have 

 the right to nominate such a member. 



