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bursements of the Oriental Publication Fund and the Conservation of 

 Sanskrit MSS., Fund, for 1886, and stating that the Lieutenant- Grovernor 

 approved of the manner in which the Government grants in aid of the 

 Funds had been applied. 



Read a letter from the Collector under Act X. of 1870 (in reply to 

 the General Secretary's letter under Council orders forwarding a claim 

 amounting to Rs. 2,460 on behalf of the Society as compensation for 

 the strip of land required for widening the foot-path in Park Street), 

 stating that the land, &c., had been valued at Rs. 1,641-0-9, and asking 

 whether the Council was willing to accept the valuation : Resolved that 

 the Collector be informed that the Council cannot accept the valuation. 



A copy of the Jataka-vidld or Bodhisattvdvaddna-mdld, to be edited 

 by Professor Kern was subscribed for. 



An enquiry from Professor Garbe whether he could be paid his 

 honorarium for editing in the Bibliotheca Indica without deducting 

 exchange, was answered in the negative. 



July 2^tli^ Ordinary Meeting. 



Read a letter from the Surveyor and Assessor to the Calcutta 

 Municipal Corporation (in reply to the General Secretary's letter 

 asking for a reduction on the assessment of the Society's premises) 

 stating that the present assessment could not be disturbed except by 

 the Appeal Bench at the ensuing revision of the assessment of the ward. 



An exchange of publications with the Sociedad Cientifica Alemaua, 

 Santiago de Chile, was sanctioned. 



Read a letter from the Collector under Act X. of 1870 (in reply 

 to the General Secretary's letter, under Council orders, regarding the 

 amount of compensation for the land required for widening the foot- 

 path in Park Street) stating that he was prepared to pay the Society 

 Rs. 1,819-4-9, and that if this valuation was not accepted, he would 

 refer the case to Court, and take possession of the land in the first 

 week of August : Resolved that the Collector be informed that the 

 Council cannot accept this valuation. 



An application from Professor P. Peterson, with the minutes of 

 the Council in circulation thereon, for editing the Commentary on the 

 Nydyavindu by Dharmottaracharya was referred to the Philological 

 Committee. 



On the recommendation of the Ph ilological Secretary an increase 

 of pay to the Pandit, from forty to fifty rupees, as conditionally pro- 

 mised on his appointment, was sanctioned with effect from 1st August. 



An estimate from the contractor repairing the building, amounting 

 to Rs. 432-0-8 for replacing another beam subsequently found defective. 



