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on the 15tli January, Mr. Heeley also had been for some time a Secretary 

 of the Society and a Member of the Council and Philological Committee. 



Of the Honorary Members — Prof. Jules Mohl, Memb. de I'lnstitut, 

 Paris, and Prof. Christian Lassen, Bonn. A short account of the life and 

 labours of Prof. Lassen, who had been an Honorary Member since 1831, 

 was given in the June number of the Proceedings. Mr. Mohl, an oriental 

 scholar of the highest reputation, was electe^r an Honorary Member in 

 1843, and was especially known for his critical edition of Firdausi's Shah- 

 namah, to which he devoted the last forty years of his life. 



Of the corresponding members, Dr. M. Haug of Munich and M. F. H. 

 Foucaux of Paris. 



Indian Museum. 



The Council continue to carry out the provisions of Act XXII of 

 1876, Act XVII. of 1866 having been repealed, and to transfer all Natural 

 History and Archaeological specimens received by them to the Trustees of 

 the Indian Museum. During 1876 the following specimens presented to 

 the Society were transferred to the Museum. 



1. Two pieces of Meteorite received from the Agra Archaeological 

 Society. 



2. A collection of Archaeological remains from Maldah. 



3. A specimen of a Grlass-sponge (Hyalonema Sieholdii). 



The vacancies among the Trustees on the part of the Society, occasion- 

 ed by the retirement of Dr. Oldham, Col. Hyde, Col. Gastrell, and Dr. S. 

 B. Partridge, have been filled up by The Hon. Sir E. C. Bayley, K. C. S. I., 

 Dr. T. R. Lewis, Captain J. Waterhouse, and Mr. H. Blochmann. 



According to the provisions of the new Act, the number of Society's 

 Trustees has been increased from four to five. A new Trustee will shortly 

 be nominated. 



Finance. 



The sum received from Government in lieu of the accommodation in 

 the New Museum has ensured the permanent financial prosperity of the 

 Society, by giving it a certain and assured income in addition to the 

 subscriptions of Members. Under the new rules a large portion of this 

 sum, viz., Rs. 1,20,000 has been set aside as a Permanent Reserve Fund, 

 which is to be increased yearly by the addition of the admission and com- 

 pounding fees of Members. This Permanent Reserve Fund is not to be 

 drawn upon except on very special occasions and with the full consent of 

 the general body of Members. In course of time the income derived from 

 this fund will enable the Society to take an active and prominent part in 

 encouraging Oriental Studies, and stimulating the progress of research in 



