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to institute a great Imperial Museum in Calcutta, to which the whole 

 of the Society's collections might be transferred under certain 

 restrictions. The Society approved the suggestion, and authorized the 

 Council to open negotiations with the Government on the subject. 

 But before any communication could be made the disturbances 

 broke out in the North- Western Provinces, and the subject has since 

 remained in abeyance. 



A Committee of Meteorology and Physical Science has been re- 

 constituted, consisting of the following Members: — 



The Venerable J. H. Pratt. 



Major H. L. Thuillier. 



Dr. G. von Liebig. 



Lt. -Colonel B>. Strachey. 



H. Piddington, Esq. 



Baboo Eadha Nauth Sikdar. 

 Journal. — The necessity of the times and the absorbing interest 

 excited by the revolt, have operated prejudicially on the publication 

 of the Journal. Comparatively few papers having been received, 

 only 4 Nos. have been issued ; the fifth is now in the press. 



Officers. — The Librarian and Assistant Secretary, Baboo Gourdas 

 Bysack has been assiduous in carrying on the duties of his office, and 

 the Council have great pleasure in recording their entire satisfac- 

 tion with the way in which he has performed them. 



Oriental Fund. — The reasons which led to the suspension of thepub- 

 lication of the Bibliotheca Indica, were explained in the last annual 

 report. The Council are glad to state that a considerable reduction 

 in the liabilities of the Oriental Fund has been effected during the 

 year, and they hope that before long the Pund will be in a position to 

 enable the Editors to complete the unfinished works, and to com- 

 mence a new Series under better auspices. 



With the exception of the supplement to the Itqan, and the 

 concluding Pasciculus of the S'ankhya Pravachana Bhashya (No. 

 141), no portion of the Bibliotheca Indica has appeared during the 

 past year. 



The report was adopted. 



The Meeting then proceeded to ballot for the Council and officers 

 for the ensuing year. 



