10 Proceedings of the Asiatic Society. [Jan. 



It was proposed by Mr. H. F. Blanford, seconded by Mr. Heeley and 

 resolved, — that Mr. J. O'B. Saunders and Col. Strachey be appointed 

 Scrutineers of the ballot. 



At the close of the ballot, the President announced on the report of 

 the Scrutineers, that the following gentlemen had been elected to serve 

 on the Council for the ensuing year : — 



Council. 



A. G-rote, Esq., President. 



Capt. W. Nassau Lees. -\ 



W. S. Atkinson, Esq. >- Vice-Presidents. 



Babu Rajendralala Mitra. J 



Dr. T. Anderson. 



Dr. J. Fayrer. 



Dr. S. B. Partridge. 



J. Obbard, Esq. 



Lieut.-Col. J. E. Gastrell. 



Capt. H. Hyde. 



Babu Jadava Krishna Sing. 



J. G-eoghegan, Esq. 



Col. H. L. Thuillier. 



H. F. Blanford, Esq. -> 



W. L. Heeley, Esq. j Secretaries. 



The President on leaving the chair, expressed his regret that 

 his long absence from Calcutta had prevented his taking so active a 

 part in the business of the Society during the past year as he could 

 have wished, and expressed his indebtedness to Mr. Grote for perform- 

 ing many of those duties which he should himself have performed, but 

 for his unavoidable absence. No one had done so much for the Society 

 as Mr. Grote, and in that gentleman's election as his successor in the 

 Presidential chair, he felt the best assurance that the Society would 

 flourish. 



The Report showed that the Society had never been so flourishing 

 as at the present moment. The receipts had never before been so 

 great ; and the papers and material received by the Society had never 

 been so numerous. For the first time, the Society was suffering unde r 

 a plethora of material, and the great difficulty was to find men 

 with time to devote to the work of the Society. He hoped therefore 



