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" From the October and November meetings, I was unfortunately- 

 absent, but Colonel Yule, I see, read at the first, a paper on the 

 Indian remains in Java, and at the last Mr. H. F. Blanford read an 

 abstract of his paper on the Gerard collection of Spiti fossils which 

 have so long lain undescribed in our museum. Both these papers 

 will appear at length in the Journal ; at the same meeting was com- 

 municated Mr. Pogson's observation on the new planet Asia, the first 

 discovery of this kind I believe in India. 



"The Nos. of the Journal too which have been published during 

 the year, contain a larger proportion of papers on Oriental literature 

 than the Nos. for the previous years. The Paris Society in Mr. 

 Mohl's annual report of July last, has again noticed the marked 

 tendency towards natural history which characterizes our Journal for 

 1860 — attributing it, however, to other causes than what appears to 

 me to be the real one. I hope now that sanction has been given to 

 Colonel Cunningham's archaeological mission, that our proceedings 

 in the coming year will give proofs of our constancy to those tastes 

 which have so materially helped to fcrand our Society's reputation. 

 I anticipate loud approbation from European Orientalists of the work 

 done in the past year by the editors of the 31 Nos. which have 

 been published in the Bib. Indica. For our successful progress in 

 the publication of this series, the Society is mainly indebted to Mr. 

 Cowell, Babu Eajendralal Mitra and Captain Lees, whose press and 

 able staff of Moulavies at the Madrassa remained at our service 

 during Captain Lees' absence in England. 



" Altogether the year has been an interesting one, and if the meet- 

 ing agree with me in thinking so, they will probably also agree with 

 me in thinking that our success has been owing in no small degree 

 to the general attention given to the Society's affairs by its late 

 Council and Secretaries. 



" I regret extremely that our obituary should contain the name of 

 one of our office-bearers so useful and active as Colonel Baird Smith, 

 whose papers extend over our Journal for the last twenty years." 



The report was then put and adopted. 



The meeting then proceeded to ballot for the Council and officers 

 for the ensuing year. The Hon'ble H. B. Devereux and Mr. J. 

 Sandars, were appointed Scrutineers, and at the close of the ballot, 

 the chairman announced the following result. 



