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pleasure in adding that the editor, Pandit Satyavrata S'amasrami, has com¬ 
pleted the work with commendable zeal, ability and care. 
The Agni Purana was taken in hand in 1871 by the late Pandit Hara- 
molian Tarkabhushna ; but it was stopped after, the publication of two fasci¬ 
culi. Dr. Rajendralala Mitra has now completed it in three volumes. The 
work forms a Cyclopaedia of Sanskrit literature, and has been printed from 
nine different MSS., one of which was obtained from Bombay, one from 
Tanjore, two from Benares and five from different sources in Bengal. 
Of the Society’s edition of Hemadri’s Chaturvarga Chintamani, seven 
fasciculi have been published during the period under report. Four more 
will complete the second volume, and with it the work will for the present 
be concluded, as it has not been possible to procure sufficient materials for 
the remaining 3 volumes. 
Pandit Bala S'astri of the Benares College has brought out the sixth 
fasciculus of the Bhamati. It is expected that the work will be completed 
in the course of the current year. Pandit Ohandrakanta Tarkaratna s edition 
of the Gobhiliya Grilfya Sutra is also expected to be completed in a short 
time. The whole of the text has been printed, and two short appendices 
are now in the hands of the printer. 
The Bev. Dr. Hoernle’s edition of the Prithvirdja RmjasA\ia.i advanced 
by one fasciculus. The work is a large one, and it will be some time before 
it can be brought to a conclusion. 
The Persian series has sustained a serious loss by the death of Mr. H. 
Blochmann. Under his able superintendence it was progressing in a most 
satisfactory manner, and the Council doubt if they will be able to replace 
him for a long time to come. A little before his death, he had completed 
the second volume of the text of the Ain-i-Akbari, which is a largo 4to. of 
nearly a thousand pages, got up in a manner that leaves nothing to be 
desired. Annexed to the volume is an interesting biography of the author, 
in English. It is to be regretted that the untimely death of the learned 
editor has deprived the public of the chance of obtaining an English trans- 
ation of this portion of the work from his pen. An impression appears to 
exist both in this country and in Europe, that the late Mr. Blochmann be¬ 
fore his death had completed this translation. The Council have, however, 
had a most diligent search made for the MS, but without finding the least 
trace of it or any allusion to it in Mr. Blochmann s papers, and ait theie oie 
inclined to believe that the translation was not completed, and that a con u 
sion has arisen between the completion of the text and translation. 
Maulawi ’Abdur Rahim has advanced the Society’s edition ot the 
Akbarnamah by one fasciculus, and has also brought out an Inc ex o 
names of persons and places occurring in tlie first volume of tlie vvoi 
