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Proceedings of the Asiatic Society. 
They regret, however, to have to state that the Curator s Catalogue of 
Mammalia is still incomplete, the delay in its publication, which the 
President last year announced as certain to take place before the oc- 
currence of their next annual meeting, has caused the Council much 
disappointment. 
JOUENAL. 
Four Nos. of the Journal have been published during the year. 
They include several valuable and interesting papers on subjects con- 
nected with the researches of the Society . 
Office Bearees. 
The Librarian and Assistant Secretary, Babu Gourdoss Bysack, 
resumed the charge of his duty in J uly last, and has again obtained 
leave of absence, preparatory to his resigning the service of the 
Society, to which during his incumbency he has proved a very useful 
officer. 
Babu Lalgopal Dutt, B. A., who officiated during his absence in the 
preceding part of the year, has been provisionally appointed as his 
substitute. 
Oriental Fend. 
The Council have great pleasure in stating that during the past 
year the new series of the Bibliotheca Indica (which was announced 
in their last Beport as about to be commenced,) has been begun, and 
four numbers have already appeared, being the commencement of 
three valuable works, — the translation of the Surya Siddhanta by 
Pundit Bapu Deva, under the superintendence of the Venerable 
Archdeacon Pratt. The Vais' eshilca Sutras with two commentaries, 
edited by Pundit Jaynarayan Tarkapanchanan and Nanda Kumar 
Tarkaratna ; and the Tarihhi Ferozshahi of Ziaa Barni, edited by 
Sayid Ahmad Khan, under the superintendence of Captain W. N. 
Lees. The Council would especially draw attention to the last 
mentioned publication, the first only, they hope, of a series of 
such works, and furnishing much valuable and contemporary ma- 
terial for the student of Mahomedan Indian history. They have 
undertaken, in the course of next year, to continue the series 
