1887.] Annual Report. 37 



On the recommendation of the Philological Committee Mr. F. E. 

 Pargiter was appointed to publish an English translation of either the 

 Markandeya Purana or the Kurraa Purana. 



An application from Pandit Chootia Rama Tewary to publish the 

 Hindi text and an English translation of the " Padmavati" was postponed. 



A proposal from the Societe de Geographie, Tours, for an exchange of 

 publications was declined. 



On the recommendation of the Philological Committee Pandit Kara- 

 prasad Sastri was appointed to publish the " Svayambhu Purana " an 

 important work from Nepal. 



On the recommendation of the Philological Secretary Maulavi Lutf- 

 ur- Rahman was appointed to edit the Tarikh-i-Eiroz Shahi of Shamsi 

 Shiran. 



Dr. Mitra was nominated on behalf of the Society as a Trustee of 

 the Indian Museum in place of Mr. F. E. Pargiter leaving India. 



An estimate from Messrs. Jessop and Co. for four wrought-iron racks 

 for the storage of the Bibliotheca Indica, amounting to Rs. 1,800, was 

 sanctioned. 



The Secretary reported that Messrs. Browne and Lovelock had 

 completed the audit of the Society's Accounts for 1885. 



May 27 lh, Ordinary Meeting. 



The President's proposal for the preparation of (1.) a Catalogue 

 of Persian and Arabic MSS. (2.) a Catalogue of Sanskrit and Hindi 

 MSS. (3.) a Catalogue of Tibetan MSS. and (4.) a Catalogue of 

 Burmese MSS. in the Society's Library was sanctioned. 



On the recommendation of the Philological Committee Professor 

 Madhusudan Tarkaratna was appointed to edit the " Madana Parajita " 

 a standard digest of the Smritis. 



A proposal from the Corresponding Secretary of the Romaji Kai 

 (Romanization Society) Takyo, Japan for an exchange of publications 

 was declined. 



The Philological Secretary submitted a Catalogue of the Coins 

 belonging to the Society. 



An invitation to the Society from the Committee of Organization, 

 for the Seventh International Congress of Orientalists at Vienna, was 

 acknowledged by the President in an autograph letter, informing them 

 that Dr. Hoernle had been appointed to represent the Society at the 

 Congress and soliciting their good offices on behalf of Mr. G. A. 

 Grierson, a member of the Society, who would also attend the Congress, 



In view of Dr. Hoernle's departure from India the duties of the 

 Philological Secretary were distributed as follows : — Mr. J. Beames to 



