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by tlie publication of the Tarihhi Hlasaudi, by Abul Fazl Baihaki, 
Sultan Masaud’s Secretary. The late Mr. Morley had prepared the 
text from several MSS., and had just before his decease, at the instance 
of Mr. E. Thomas, offered it to the Society for publication, an offer 
which his executors have since carried out by forwarding the MS. 
which is now in the Society’s possession. 
Mr. F. E. Hall has further engaged to edit the JDasa Pupa, 
the oldest authority on the dramatic theory of the Hindus, and to 
add an English translation to his edition of the text. 
The editors of the old series have been actively employed in com- 
pleting the works which yet remain unfinished. 
The titles of the fasciculi of the old series published during the 
past year are : 
1. Dictionary of Technical Terms used in the sciences of the Mus- 
sulmans, edited by Moulavies Abd-el Huq and Gholam Kadir, under 
the supervision of Captain W. N. Lees, LL. D., Nos. 156, 158, 
159, 162, 165, Part. II., Fasc. Nil. to XVI. 
2. The Conquest of Syria, commonly ascribed to Aboo Abd 
Allah Mohammad, by Omar A1 "YVaquidi, edited by Captain W. N. 
Lees, LL. D., No. 164, Fasc. VII. 
3. Sanhita of the Black Yajar Veda with the commentary of 
Madhava Acharya, edited by Dr. E. Boer and E. B. Cowell, M. A., 
Nos. 157, 160, 161, 166, Fasc. X. to XIII. 
4. The Marcandei/a Parana, edited by Bev. Iv. M. Baneriee, No. 
163, Fasc. IV. 
The title's of the fasciculi of the new series, are : 
1. Hindu Astronomy, the Surya Siddhanta, translated from the 
Sanscrit, by Pundit Bapu Deva S'astri, under the superintendence of 
the Ven’ble Archdeacon Pratt, No. 1, Fasc. I. 
2. The Tarikh-i-Feroz-shalii of Ziaa al Din Barni commonly 
called Ziaa-i-Barni, edited by Saiyid Ahmad Khan, under the super- 
vision of Captain W. N. Lees, LL. D. ; Nos. 2 and 3, Fasc. I. II. 
3. Vais' esliiTca Sutras with UpasJcara and Vivriti Commentaries, 
edited by Pundits Jaynarayan Tarkapanchanan and Nanda Kumar 
Tarkaratna, No. 4, Fasc. I. 
The meeting then proceeded to ballot for the Council and officers 
for the ensuing year. Mr. H. F. Blanford and Moulavie Abdool Lutif 
