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Proceedings of the Asiatic Society. 
Libraey. 
Upwards of 400 volumes have been added to the Library during 
the past year, a considerable portion of which are presentations from 
learned Societies and Institutions. For the better arrangement of 
these and other accumulations, several new book-cases have been 
provided. The leading Scientific and Literary Periodicals of Europe 
obtained either by purchase ‘or exchange, are as usual laid on the 
table of the reading room. A supplementary catalogue which had 
been completed in 1858, and corrected up to the present date, is in 
the hands of the Printer. A corrected MS. catalogue of the Sanscrit 
Library, has also been finished. 
The Coin Cabinet has received few additions during the year, but 
several offers for exchange and purchase of duplicates have been re- 
ceived since the Council notified their wish to collectors and others to 
dispose of their duplicates. A Sub-Committee has been formed, and 
a Com Fund opened for the credit of all sums realized by sales, and as 
a provision from which the Committee will obtain the means of extend- 
ing and improving the Society’s cabinet. 
Museum. 
Important and valuable contributions have been made to the 
^Natives. Museum, the popularity of which 
®f ale3 ’ 78321 the Council has the gratification 
Europeans. to observe is rapidly on the in- 
Males > 1880 crease, as will be perceived from 
Females, J4(> the daily average of visitors* to 
Total, 84637 the Institution during the past 
Average is 273 per day. y ear ’ wWoh is 273 against 185, 
of 1859, the total for the year 
being 84,637, exclusive of Sundays and Holidays. 
Mr. Theobald’s Catalogue of the shells in the Society’s cabinet, 
the preparation of which was announced in the last annual report, 
has since been completed and published. The attention of the Na- 
tural History Committee has been drawn to his suggestion for the 
better preservation of some of the specimens. Mr. Theobald has 
now offered to make a new arrangement of the Geological collections 
and Mr. Blanford has similarly undertaken to prepare a Catalogue 
of some of the Palaeontological remains in the Society’s Museum. 
Both these offers have been cordially acknowledged by the Council 
