36 Annual Report. -[Feb. 



On the report of the Philological Secretary as to the cost of making 

 a copy of the Kshtratarangim it was ordered that a copy be made and 

 carefully examined. 



Read the report of the Sub-Committee appointed to arrange for the 

 erection of an iron railing along the frontage of the premises : also a 

 letter from Messrs. Mackintosh, Burn and Co. offering to erect an iron 

 railing with two pairs of iron gates, a new Durwan's lodge and the 

 necessary carriage road-way, in exchange for a piece of land facing 

 Chowringhee Road, containing about six and a half cottahs : Resolved 

 that Messrs. Mackintosh, Burn and Co.'s offer cannot be entertained ; 

 and that complete estimates for the railing with one and with two 

 pairs of gates respectively, together with a memorandum showing the 

 funds available, be drawn up. 



Read the report of the Sub- Committee appointed to enquire into 

 the damages to the MSS. through damp, to the effect that the damages 

 were slight. 



On an application from Babu Sarat Chandra Das that the Lama 

 Sherab Gyatso, who was coming to Calcutta to aid him in the compila- 

 tion of a philosophical and technical dictionary of Tibetan, may be per- 

 mitted to reside in the Society's premises for three months, permission 

 was given, if a suitable place was available. 



Novemher 24ith, Ordinary Meeting. 



A set of Photographs from the Paintings at Ajunta, executed be- 

 tween March 1882 and February 1884 was received from the Grovern- 

 ment of India. 



Colonel Jarrett expressed his willingness to undertake the transla- 

 tion of the Ain-i'Ahhari in continuation of that by the late Mr. 

 Blochmann. 



A copy of a French- Arabic Dictionary by E. Gasselin, Consul 

 General for France, was subscribed for. 



A copy of the International Archives filr Ethnographie to be publish- 

 ed under the auspices of the Musee Rationale d' Ethnographic de Leide, 

 was subscribed for. 



A copy of the Prithirdja Bdsau, edited by Pandit M. L. Pandia, was 

 subscribed for. 



Read a letter from the Surveyor and Assessor to the Municipal 

 Corporation (in reply to the General Secretary's letter asking for a 

 reduction) stating that the assessment of the Society's building had 

 been reduced from Rs. 400 to Rs. 350 per mensem, with effect from the 

 current quarter. 



Read the minutes of the Council in circulation on the question of 



