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to the Society should be received by cheques in favour of the Treasurer 

 only, and that a set of rules be adopted in connection therewith. 



An extract from the Proceedings of the Government of India was 

 read with reference to a suggestion offered by the Society that Coins 

 remaining unsold at the Local Mints should, instead of being melted 

 down, be sent to the India Office for public sale, due notice being given 

 to Institutions and individuals in Europe interested in Numismatics. 



The Deputy Commissioner of Buldana District with reference to 

 his letter reporting the find of some Copper Sheets, was requested to 

 send a few specimens of the sheets for inspection, and to keep the 

 rest of the find intact until the Society should have reported upon the 

 pieces sent. 



Mr. J. Beames was appointed Joint-Philological Secretary in con- 

 sequence of Dr. Hoernle's approaching departure from India. 



March 25th, Ordinary Meeting. 



Mr. T. H. Gr. Moncreiffe was appointed to the Council in place of 

 Mr. A. Simson, about to leave India. 



Mr. Medlicott was appointed Vice-President in place of Col. J. 

 Waterhouse about to leave India. 



Mr. Douglas having expressed his inability to audit the Society's 

 Accounts it was resolved to place Rs. 300 at the President's disposal 

 for securing the services of a professional auditor, and for taking stock. 



On the recommendation of the Philological Committee Dr. R. Sen 

 was appointed to edit the " Susruta " in place of the late Dr. U. C. Dutt. 



The Sub-Committee's recommendation for the erection of four large 

 Racks for the storage of the increasing numbers of the Bibliotheca Indica 

 was approved. 



The Sub-Committee's recommendation regarding the better preser- 

 vation of the Tibetan Zylographs and Burmese MSS. was approved. 



The printing of the Tibetan MSS. was sanctioned on the line proposed 

 by the President that the printed texts should be a strict reproduction of 

 the MSS. without at present any attempt at editing or emending. 



April 29th, Ordinary Meeting. 



With reference to a letter from the Commissioner, Orissa Division, 

 forwarding a transcript of an inscription found on a stone in the Bankur 

 Pass, the Commissioner was requested to furnish a ' squeeze ' of the in- 

 scription. 



An exchange of publications was sanctioned with the K. K. Natur- 

 historischen Hof-museum, Vienna, the Naturwissenschaftlichen Verein, 

 Frankfurt, and the Bombay Natural History Society. 



