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to the opinion of the mofussil members, and an alteration had been 

 made in the rules in consequence. 



If the proposal was adopted, it would be necessary to alter Law 

 85, so as to be in accordance with it. It might also be worthy of con- 

 sideration whether Law 47 might not be modified. 



Mr. W. farther observed that, though not much acquainted with 

 the working of such Societies, he knew of at least one scientific So- 

 ciety in London which sent the balloting lists by post to their 

 country members. If such a change as this was contemplated, some 

 other rules might require attention, such as 32 and 33. But he merely 

 threw out this as a suggestion for the consideration of the Council. 



The motion was referred to the Council for report. 



VI. The Council reported that on a recommendation of the Finance 

 and the Philological Committees, they have allotted Us. 3,000 to 

 the publication of an English Translation of the Ain-i-Akbari, by 

 Mr. Blochmann, in the Bibliotheca Inclica. 



Also, that they have elected F. Stoliczka, Esq., Ph. D. a mem- 

 ber of their body and Natural History Secretary in place of Dr. 

 J. A. P. Colles, who has resigned both his seat in the Council and 

 his Nat. Hist. Secretary-ship, as he is leaving Calcutta ; subject to the 

 confirmation of the Society at the monthly meeting of July. 



Also, that they have agreed to receive and take charge of the 

 instruments formerly used by Col. Lambton in the early operations of 

 the Great Trigonometrical Survey, proposed by the Officiating Surveyor 

 General to be deposited in the Society's rooms. 



The President brought to the notice of the Society that H. F. 

 Blanford, Esq., having resigned his Secretary -ship of the Society 

 at the last Special General Meeting, he had requested Babu 

 Rajendralala Mitra to carry on the current duties, for the present. 



VII. The President then explained to the Meeting that subsequently 

 to the meeting of the Council, Maulavi Abdul Latif Khan Bahadur 

 had called on him, and explained to him that there were at present 

 in Calcutta for a short time several of the Mussulman inhabitants 

 of Yunan, the Panthays ; that one of these appeared a man of some 

 learning from whom he had obtained a brief history of the race in 

 Arabic, which he had translated, and which he was very desirous of 

 laying before the Society, while these Panthay gentlemen were here 



