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Public interest is still increasingly attracted by the museum as 
Natives. will be manifest from the annexed memo- 
Malowen ae. SA:885 e 
Female, ......... 5,754 Yandum which shows an average of 258 
EUROPEANS. visitors per diem. 
Melee 2rde : 
iHemialenmesheciesiects 1,003 
94,388 
Average being 258 per day. 
OFFICERS. 
The Council have learnt with extreme regret that the Society’s 
solicitation for a reconsideration of the decision by which their 
curator, Mr. Blyth’s application for pension was held by the Home 
Authorities to be inadmissible, though warmly supported by the 
Governor General in Council, has not met with the success they had 
anticipated. The pension solicited has been again refused by the 
Right Hon’ble the Secretary of State for India. 
The continued indisposition of Mr. Blyth, which indicated a con- 
stitution broken down by protracted residence in this country, has 
obliged the Council to grant him leave of absence for a year, on full 
pay, in order to enable him to proceed to Hurope for the benefit of 
his health. 
In Mr. Blyth’s absence, the selection of a competent man to replace 
the late Babi Rajkisto Banerjea, who had been for some months 
employed as an Honorary Assistant Curator, and who had in that 
capacity proved himself extremely useful, is a task of much import- 
ance and considerable difficulty. 
The Assistant Secretary and Librarian continues to discharge his 
duties to the entire satisfaction of the Council. 
JOURNAL. 
Four Numbers of the Journal have been published this year and a 
fifth is in the press. They contain several very important papers 
relating to the history, the antiquities and the natural history of this 
country. 
BrpuiorHeca Inprca. 
The Bibliotheca Indica has been continued during the past year 
with the same vigour on the part of its different editors as in the 
previous year. Thirteen numbers have appeared of the old series 
and seventeen of the new. 
In the new series, Dr, Hall has published the second part of the 
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