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phies of persons wlio knew Mahammed," while at the same time it 

 is much nearer completion. 



It appears that of the 1257 pages of the original MS. 717 pages 

 have been already printed, and only 540 remain. The part already 

 printed fills 920 pages in the Bib. Indica, but as this embraces 

 numerous additions by the editing Maulavy, which would be dis- 

 continued in the remaining portion, it is calculated that the 510 

 remaining pages of the MS. would barely occupy more than the 

 same number of printed pages. Captain Lees has undertaken to have 

 the work edited at the cost of Rs. 3 per form of 4 pages, which would 

 amount to say 400 Rs. for the whole. The expence of printing say 

 7 Fasciculi of 560 pages would be somewhat less than 3000 Rs. 

 Thus the total cost of completing the work would be less than 3,500 

 Rs., and the publication would probably extend over a year and half. 



Under these circumstances the Philological Committee strongly 

 recommend to the Council that the work, should be completed. It 

 is a Book of real value in the eyes of Oriental scholars in Europe 

 as well as in India, and there is no hope, they find, of its being 

 completed in any other way than by the Society's undertaking to do 

 it. At the same time the state of the Oriental Fund amply warrants 

 our incurring the increased expenditure. 



The Report was adopted. 



The Council reported 2ndly, that Mr. Theobald has been placed 

 on the Committee of Natural History. 



Communications were received. 



1. From R. H. Davies, Esq., Secretary to the Government of 

 Punjaub, forwarding copy of a letter from Major Becher, Deputy 

 Commissioner, Huzara, at present on special duty at Cashmir, giving 

 the result of his enquiries into the origin of the Indus Flood of 

 August, 1858. 



The Secretary remarked that this paper would be published in 

 the forthcoming No. of the Journal, together with Captain Hen- 

 derson's report, which was read on a former occasion. In the 

 meantime he thought it would be interesting to the meeting, if he 

 stated shortly the results at which Major Becher had arrived. 



From Major Becher's report it appeared that the warning letter 

 received at Attock had been traced to two Syuds living at Kalingar 

 in Huzara. 



