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Officers. 



The Museum was in the charge of Baboo Poorno Chunder Bysack, 

 the Sub- Curator, during the first six months of the year, and in that of 

 Mr. Carlyle, who was appointed officiating Curator as a temporary 

 measure, during the latter half of the year. The resignation of the 

 latter gentleman on the 31st December has been accepted by the 

 Council, and the Museum will remain in the charge of the sub- Curator, 

 during the short interval which may be expected to elapse before the 

 arrival of the Government Curator. 



Baboo Lalgopal Dutt has continued to discharge the duties of 

 Librarian and Assistant Secretary, (with the exception of two months 

 during which he was on leave,) until within the last few weeks, and 

 entirely to the satisfaction of the Council. He has now again been 

 granted leave for a period of two months, during which Baboo 

 Kristodhone Dutt has been appointed to officiate for him. 



Journal. 



Five numbers of the Journal for the past year have already been 

 issued to the members, including a Supplementary number, and a 

 sixth is well advanced towards completion. It is proposed to issue 

 six numbers also for the ensuing year, should the funds of the Society 

 permit. Certain changes will be adopted in the issue of the Journal 

 in future. The proceedings of the Society will be paged separately 

 from the contributed papers, and issued monthly to all members, instead 

 of deferring the publication, as at present, till an entire number of the 

 Journal is completed. 



It is proposed also to classify the papers, in accordance with the 

 system adopted by certain Scientific and Literary bodies in Europe, as 

 Literary, Philological, Historical and Numismatic on the one hand, 

 and of Natural and Physical Science on the other. It is believed that 

 this classification will render the Journal more convenient than at 

 present, for those whose interest lies mainly with one or other of these 

 classes of subjects, and that by thus investing each part of the Journal 

 with a special character, it will become better known and more widely 

 diffused among European subscribers. 



BlBLIOTHECA InDICA. 



The Council notice with much satisfaction the continued activity 

 which has prevailed during the past year in the different branches of 



