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Dr. J. B. Baxter. 



Babu Pratapachandra Ghosa, B. A. 

 The Hon. J. Strachey. 

 Thakura Giriprasada Sing. 

 A letter from A. Anderson, Esq., Fyzabad, intimating his desire 

 to withdraw from the Society, was laid on the table. 



The Council reported —that they have sanctioned the publication, in 

 the New Series of the Bibliotheca Indica, of an English translation of 

 Sankara's Commentaries of the Vedanta Sutra. The work is to be 

 executed by the Rev. K. M. Banerjea. 



Further— that the collection of the MSS. of the Ruba'iya i 'Owar 

 Khoyyam has been completed, and that the work is to be printed in 

 the Bibliotheca Indica in one fasciculus. 



The President stated, that the Council recommended, that His 

 Excellency the Viceroy be solicited to become Patron of the Society. 

 This office was vacant in consequence of the departure of Sir John 

 Lawrence, who had held it. The usual course was that a deputation 

 of the officers of the Society should wait upon His Excellency, and 

 solicit his acceptance of the post — a course which the Council proposed 

 to adopt on the present occasion. — Passed with acclamation. 



The President also reported, that the Council recommends the follow- 

 ing gentlemen to serve in the several Committees for the ensuing year. 

 The names of the officers are not included in this list, they being eos 

 officio members of all Committees. 



Committees for 1869. 

 1. — Finance. 

 Dr. S. B. Partridge. 

 Col. H. Hyde. 

 H. F. Blanford, Esq. 



2. — Library. 

 The Hon'ble J. B. Phear. 

 H. F. Blanford, Esq. 

 W. S. Atkinson, Esq. 

 Babu Rajendralala Mitra. 

 Dr. J. Anderson. 

 H. B. Medlicott, Esq. 

 W. G. Wilson, Esq. 

 A. Pirie, Esq. 



