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  Anniversary 
  Meeting. 
  

  

  [Nov. 
  30, 
  

  

  of 
  the 
  Miscellaneous 
  Literature 
  and 
  Letters 
  was 
  printed 
  in 
  1841 
  ; 
  and 
  

   there 
  is 
  also 
  a 
  manuscript 
  Catalogue 
  of 
  Maps, 
  Charts, 
  Engravings 
  and 
  

   Drawings, 
  numbering 
  upwards 
  of 
  5000. 
  

  

  For 
  some 
  years 
  past 
  the 
  Library 
  Committee, 
  indefatigable 
  in 
  steady 
  

   endeavour, 
  have 
  greatly 
  increased 
  the 
  value 
  and 
  efficiency 
  of 
  our 
  Library 
  ; 
  

   and 
  in 
  1873, 
  previous 
  to 
  leaving 
  old 
  Burlington 
  House 
  for 
  our 
  present 
  

   apartments, 
  it 
  ordered 
  a 
  rearrangement 
  of 
  the 
  whole, 
  and 
  the 
  preparation 
  

   of 
  a 
  new 
  Catalogue, 
  which 
  is 
  being 
  proceeded 
  with 
  as 
  fast 
  as 
  the 
  cur- 
  

   rent 
  duties 
  of 
  the 
  officers 
  will 
  permit. 
  

  

  In 
  the 
  mean 
  time 
  the 
  Catalogue 
  of 
  Transactions 
  and 
  Journals 
  is 
  printed 
  

   for 
  worldng-purposes, 
  and 
  will 
  be 
  added 
  to 
  until 
  such 
  time 
  as 
  the 
  general 
  

   Catalogue 
  is 
  ready 
  for 
  press. 
  

  

  The 
  collection 
  of 
  Oriental 
  MSS. 
  presented 
  by 
  Sir 
  William 
  Jones 
  in 
  

   1792, 
  and 
  added 
  to 
  by 
  his 
  widow 
  in 
  1797, 
  was 
  largely 
  consulted 
  by 
  

   several 
  of 
  the 
  distinguished 
  foreigners 
  who 
  assembled 
  at 
  the 
  Oriental 
  

   Congress 
  in 
  London 
  last 
  September. 
  From 
  conversation 
  with 
  some 
  of 
  

   these 
  gentlemen, 
  I 
  learnt 
  that 
  the 
  collection 
  contains 
  many 
  documents 
  of 
  

   the 
  greatest 
  value 
  and 
  rarity, 
  together 
  with 
  some 
  that 
  are 
  unique; 
  and 
  it 
  

   may 
  be 
  worth 
  the 
  consideration 
  of 
  the 
  Council, 
  whether 
  they 
  would 
  not 
  

   be 
  more 
  useful 
  if 
  transferred 
  to, 
  or 
  deposited 
  in, 
  the 
  India 
  Office 
  or 
  

   some 
  other 
  Oriental 
  Library, 
  where 
  they 
  would 
  be 
  consulted 
  to 
  greater 
  

   advantage 
  than 
  here 
  ? 
  At 
  present 
  they 
  occupy 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  room 
  devoted 
  

   to 
  our 
  Archives. 
  

  

  The 
  two 
  most 
  noteworthy 
  additions 
  to 
  the 
  Library 
  dining 
  the 
  past 
  year 
  

   have 
  been 
  : 
  — 
  the 
  MSS. 
  on 
  logic 
  and 
  mathematics 
  of 
  our 
  late 
  fellow 
  Pro- 
  

   fessor 
  Boole, 
  presented 
  by 
  his 
  widow 
  ; 
  and 
  Dr. 
  Fayrer's 
  collection 
  of 
  

   47 
  original 
  drawings 
  of 
  the 
  poisonous 
  snakes 
  of 
  India, 
  which 
  are 
  of 
  

   interest 
  in 
  connexion 
  with 
  his 
  and 
  Dr. 
  Brunton's 
  experiments 
  on 
  snake- 
  

   poisons, 
  printed 
  in 
  our 
  ' 
  Proceedings.' 
  

  

  The 
  apartments 
  devoted 
  to 
  the 
  Library 
  afford 
  space 
  for 
  20 
  years' 
  addition 
  

   at 
  the 
  present 
  rate 
  of 
  increase; 
  they 
  are 
  remarkably 
  commodious; 
  and 
  those 
  

   who 
  assembled 
  at 
  our 
  Soiree 
  last 
  spring 
  and 
  saw 
  them 
  for 
  the 
  first 
  time 
  

   lighted 
  up 
  and 
  decorated, 
  will 
  consider 
  with 
  me 
  that 
  they 
  are 
  not 
  only 
  a 
  

   noble 
  suite 
  of 
  apartments, 
  but 
  that 
  they 
  are 
  in 
  keeping 
  with 
  the 
  purposes 
  

   and 
  the 
  high 
  position 
  of 
  the 
  Society. 
  

  

  You 
  are 
  aware 
  that 
  the 
  Council 
  resolved 
  that 
  the 
  Catalogue 
  of 
  Scientific 
  

   Papers 
  should 
  be 
  continued 
  through 
  the 
  decade 
  1864-1873. 
  This 
  work 
  

   is 
  now 
  progressing 
  under 
  direction 
  of 
  the 
  Library 
  Committee, 
  who 
  have 
  

   had 
  charge 
  of 
  the 
  undertaking 
  from 
  the 
  commencement. 
  The 
  necessary 
  

   funds 
  are 
  granted 
  by 
  a 
  vote 
  of 
  the 
  Council 
  ; 
  and 
  we 
  may 
  hope, 
  in 
  the 
  

   course 
  of 
  the 
  coming 
  year, 
  that 
  the 
  seventh 
  volume 
  of 
  this 
  important 
  

   work 
  will 
  be 
  ready 
  for 
  publication. 
  And 
  we 
  confidently 
  trust 
  that 
  the 
  

   Government 
  will 
  extend 
  its 
  liberality 
  by 
  printing 
  this 
  as 
  it 
  did 
  the 
  former 
  

   volumes 
  of 
  the 
  series. 
  The 
  total 
  outlay 
  upon 
  the 
  six 
  volumes 
  already 
  

   published 
  (which 
  comprise 
  papers 
  published 
  between 
  1800 
  and 
  1863) 
  

  

  