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Oriental scholars. He has also laboured successfully in the fields of 

 comparative philology and mythology ; and bis paper on the latter 

 subject in the Oxford essays has been translated into two of the 

 continental languages. 



" His last work which has only lately arrived in this country, on 

 the " History of ancient Sanslcrit Literature so far as it illustrates the 

 primitive religión of the Brahmans," not only brings within the 

 reacli of the general reader, the results of the labours of various Orien- 

 talists, but it also abounds vvith new and interesting materials for 

 future investigations. Of this kind is the chapter on the history of 

 writing in India, which first appeared in the Society's Journal, the 

 author having contributed it when he was elected a correspondiDg 

 member in the Eebruary meeting of 1859." 



The Council reported that they had appointed the following gentle- 

 men as members of the Sub-Committees for the year 1860. 



FlNANCE. 



Capt. C. H. Dickena. 

 Baboo Rajendra Lal Mittra. 

 Philology. 

 E. A. Samuells, Esq. 

 Rev. J. Long. 

 Dr. E. Roer. 

 Capt. W. N. Lees. 

 Baboo Rajendra Lal Mittra. 



LlBEARX. 



E. A. Samuells, Esq. 



Baboo Ilamapersaud Roy. 



Major R. Strachey. 



Capt. W. N. Lees. 



R. Jones, Esq. 



Baboo Rajendra Lal Mittra. 



Natueal History. 

 E. A. Samuells, Esq. 

 T. Oldham, Esq. 

 Hr. T. Thomson. 

 Dr. W. Crozier. 

 W. Theobold, Esq. 



