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charge of the Trustees of the Indian Museum ; and the donations 

 received by the Society in those Departments during the year have, 

 as usually, been handed over to the same trustees. A detailed 

 statement of these donations has been published in the December 

 Proceedings of the past year. 



Coin Cabinet. 



The collection of coins has received an increase of 4 silver and 37 

 copper coins all which were presented to the Society. 



Library. 



During the year, 750 volumes or parts of volumes have been 

 added to the library. Among the presentations of publications, the 

 Council would specially mention those from the Yienna Academy 

 of Science, amounting to more than 100 volumes, a large portion of 

 them relating to meteorological study ; from the Christiania Univer- 

 sity, and many other public Institutions and Societies considerable 

 additions have also been received. Of Sanskrit and other MSS. 

 36 have been presented to the Society, a series of 344 MSS. has 

 been purchased by Babu Eajendralaia Mitra, and 1 Persian MSS. 

 has been exchanged. 



At the suggestion of the library committee, a sub-committee of 

 five members was appointed for the purpose of revising the present 

 Catalogue of the Library. This work is now in progress, and the 

 Council hope that they may be able to report the completion of 

 this revision to the Society at an early date. A Maulavi has been 

 lately appointed to check the catalogue of the Persian MSS., and 

 a Pandita to check the Sanskrit MSS. of the Society. These 

 arrangements when completed, will markedly increase the accessibi- 

 lity and consequent usefulness of our library. 



A list of the Societies and other Institutions from which publica- 

 tions have been received in exchange for those of the Society, has 

 been added further on. The number of corresponding Societies is 

 a comparatively small one, but the Council confidently hope that, 

 as soon as the catalogue of the library will be completed, it may 

 considerably be increased, inasmuch as the interest in the publica- 

 tions of the Society is rapidly advancing. 



Publications. 



These extend over nearly 1000 pages, with 34 plates, and sever- 



