PROCEEDINGS 



OF THE 



ASIATIC SOCIETY OF BENGAL, 



For January, 1901. 



The Monthly General Meeting of the Society was held on Wednes- 

 day, the 2nd January, 1901, at 9 p.m. 



L. DE NicfviLLE, Esq., F.E.S., C.M.Z.S., in the chair. 



The following members were present : — 



Mr. J. Bathgate, Dr. T. Bloch, Mr. F. Finn, The Revd. E. 

 Francotte, S.J., Mr. T. H. Holland, Mr. H. E. Kempthorne, Mr. W. A. 

 Lee, Kumar Rameshvvar Malliah, Mr. J. Nicoll, Mr. 1. G. Schwaiger, 

 Mahamahopadhyaya Haraprasad Shastri. 



The minutes of the last meeting were read and confirmed. 



Nineieen presentatious were announced. * 



Pandit Raraavatar Pande, B.A., I.C.S., Dr. U. C. Mookerjee, M.B., 

 CM.; Lieut.-Col. G. F. A. Harris, I.M.S., Mr. C. A. Radice, I.C.S., 

 Mr. K. J. Badshah, B.A., I.C.S., Mr. Duncan Campbell and Babu 

 Kaittik Chandra Mittra, M.A., B.L., were ballotted for and elected 

 Ordinary Members. 



The Revd. Thomas Fonlkes and Raja Pearymohau Mukerjee 

 expressed a wish to withdraw from the Society. 



The Chairman announced that up to date no essays had been 

 received in competition for the Elliott Prize for Scientific Research for 

 1900. 



The General Secretary reported that the Society had received for 

 the information of intending observeis, two coj^ies of an official hand 



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