* 



1887.] Annual 'Refott. 35 



* Vienna : — K. K. Akademie der Wessenschaften. 

 K. K. Geologische Reichsanstalt. 

 ■K. K. Naturhistorischen Hofmuseums. 

 K. K. Zoologisch-Botanische Gesellschaft. 



— Ornithologische Verein. 



* Washington: — Commissioners of the Department of Agriculture. 



* : — Smithsonian Institution. 



§ : — U. S. Army Signal Service. 



* : — United States Geological Survey. 



§ ■ — « : — U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey. 



* Wellington : — New Zealand Institute. 



* Wiirttemberg : — Natural History Society. 



* Yokohama : — Asiatic Society of Japan. 



* : — German Oriental Society. 



* Zagreb : — Archseological Society. 



Abstract of Proceedings of Council during 1886. 

 January 28th, Ordinary Meeting. 



A reply from the Government of Bengal to the Society's recom- 

 mendation to appoint Dr. Hoernle as a Government representative at 

 the Congress of Orientalists to be held at Vienna in September next, 

 was recorded. 



Maulavi Abul Khair Mahomed Sidik resigned the editorship of the 

 Tarikh-i Budaoni, 



A proposal made by Count Angelo de Gubernatis to erect a marble 

 inscription in the rooms of the Society was declined. 



A presentation of a MS. of the Tarikh-i-Firoz Shahi to the Society's 

 Oriental Library by the Royal Asiatic Society, London, on behalf of 

 Mr. Edward Thomas, was acknowledged. 



Mr. J. Beames was appointed to the Council. 



February 25th, Ordinary Meeting. 



Mr. J. A. Anderson having expressed his inability to audit the 

 Society's Annual Accounts for 1885, Mr. J. C. Douglas was asked to 

 undertake the work. 



On the recommendation of the Philological Secretary, Maulavi 

 Shamsul Huda was appointed to the editorship of the Tarikh-i Budaoni 

 resigned by Maulavi Abul Khair Mahomed Sidik. 



In connection with the Secretary's report on the death of the 

 Assistant Secretary, it was ordered that all payments by the Post Office 



