1877.] Annual Beport. 43 



Read the minutes of the Council on the new estimates and plans 

 furnished by Messrs. Mackintosh, Burn and Co. for the repairs and altera- 

 tions of the Society's premises. 



It was agreed that the whole of the interior alterations and new 

 portico be sanctioned and that the question of the new railing, entrance 

 gate, durwan's lodge, godowns and shops be referred to the Society at 

 large. 



July 29tJi. Adjourned Meeting. 



The Finance Committee's recommendation that Babu Buddinath 

 Bysack, Cashier, should be permitted to resign and that his son Kedarnath 

 Bysack should be appointed in his place, the new arrangement being tried 

 for six months before being made permanent, was sanctioned. 



The suggestion of the Secretary that an exchange of publications 

 with the Imperial Geographical Society of St. Petersburgh should be 

 sought, was agreed to. 



The Natural History Secretary reported the following resolution of a 

 Meeting of the Natural History Committee held on the 27th July : 



" That the Council of the Asiatic Society be asked to address the 

 Government on the subject of Deep Sea Dredging Operations, to point out 

 that as the Dredging Committee, referred to in the letter from the Govern- 

 ment of India, No. 225 dated 26th March, 1872, has not been appointed, 

 the Council would recall to the memory of the Government the previous 

 correspondence, urge that the vessel now being built for the Marine Surveys 

 may be properly equipped and fitted for Deep Sea Dredging, and that advan- 

 tage be taken of the return into store of the ' Challenger' equipment to 

 apply for a portion of the sounding lines and apparatus and dredging gear. 



The Natural History Secretary was ordered to draw up a letter for 

 submission to Government. 



Sejptemler 1st. Ordinary Meeting. 



Eead a letter from the Surveyor General stating that in future the 

 word ' Troy' would be omitted after ' Grains' in the tables of Meteorological 

 Observations issued from his office. 



Estimates were presented from Mr. G. G. Palmer for cleaning and 

 restoring the pictures belonging to the Society, and from Mr. Garrick and 

 Babu Nobin Chunder Dutt for regilding and repairing the frames. Captain 

 Waterhouse and Dr. Waller were asked to make the best arrangement pos- 

 sible for the doing up of the pictures and frames. 



A proposal of the Secretary that Dr. Oldham should receive the publi- 

 cations of the Society gratis in consideration of his services to the Society, 

 was agreed to. 



