42 Annual Report. [Feb. 



Several changes in the rules being suggested, the question of a revised 

 set of rules was referred to a Sub-Committee composed of 



Mr. W. T. Blanford. Mr. H. Blochmann. 



Mr. J. O'Kinealy. Mr. J. Wood-Mason. 



Mr. K. Taylor. Capt. J. Waterhouse. 



Mr. Blochmann's request to be allowed to send Arabic MS. No. 444 to 

 Dr. Goeje of Leyden for use in the preparation of the new edition of Tabari 

 was sanctioned on the condition that it should be returned within six 

 months after date of receipt. 



The exchange of the Society's publications with those of the Frankfort 

 Natural History Society was sanctioned. 



20th June. Ordinary Meeting. 



Read a letter, No. dated , from the Secretary to the Govern- 



ment of India, Home Department, requesting that the annual Catalogue of 

 Sanskrit MSS., ordered in the Home Department Circular dated 10th March 

 last, should in future be prepared for the calendar and not for the official 

 year. 



On the recommendation of the Finance Committee, the salary of 

 Pandit Prem Chand Chaudari was increased from Ps. 30 to 40 per 

 mensem, and that of Sibu, sweeper from Ps. 5-8 to 7 per mensem. 



Mr. Blochmann's request to publish an extra number of the Journal 

 Part I. containing extracts from the Survey and other Government reports 

 was sanctioned. 



July 4ith. Special Meetin(j. 



The Council met to consider the Report of the Sub- Committee on the 

 repairs required to the Society's House. ' 



The report of the Committee was adopted with a few alterations, and 

 it was agreed that the work should be entrusted to Messrs. Mackintosh 

 Burn and Co. and put in hand at once. 



The question of new godowns, shops and railing was deferred. 



July 2'^th. Ordinary Meeting. 



A letter from Mr. R. S. Brough suggesting the omission of the word 

 ' Troy' after ' grains' in the Meteorological Reports, published with the 

 Society's Proceedings, was referred to the Surveyor General. 



Read a letter. No. dated , from the Secretary to the Govern- 



ment^ of India, Home Department, sanctioning, in reply to the Society's 

 letter No. 274, dated 5th May, 1876, the transfer from the purchase to the 

 establishment grant for the conservation of Sanskrit MSS. Fund of Rs. 150 

 to be paid yearly to the Assistant Secretary of the Society. 



