1901.] Proposal to alter the stattis of the Society. 47 



The General Secretary announced that Mahamahopadliyaya Hara- 

 prasad Shastri, Joint Pliilological Secretary had been appointed to 

 officiate as Philological Secretary during the absence of Dr. Bloch. 



The proposal to alter the status of the Society of which intimation 

 had already been given by circular to all members was bi^ought up for 

 final disposal. The votes of <he members were laid on the table and 

 the President requested any Resident members who had not expressed 

 their opinion to take the present opportunity of filling in voting papers. 

 3 such papers were filled in and with the 98 returned by members were 

 scrutinized, the President appointing Mr. F. E. Pargiter, Mr. W. A. Lee, 

 and Mr. A. Pedler to be Scrutineers. The Scrutineers reported as 

 follows: — 



Pkoposals. -■ 



(1) To emphasize the fact tliat the Society was founded to investi- 



,, ^. gate all branches of knowledg-e, and to 



Sections. & ' 



advance research m and culture of all forius 



of learning, that its Avork should be carried on under three main heads, 



namely : — 



1. Literature. 



2. Science. 



3. Art. 



For ... ... 79 



Against ... ... 18 



(2) To appoint Fellotos and Associates in order that the Society 



may have at its disposal tlie means of show- 

 Fellowships and Associate- ••, •,• <. , ,, ,. 

 sljips^ ing its appreciation ot good work done by its 



members, and thereby also attracting persons 



to join its i-anks especially fiom the provinces and from afiiliated 



societies. 



For ... ... 66 



Against ... ... 30 



(3) That the number of Fellows should be limited to a maximum 



of 36;- and tliat the number of Associates 



Number^of Jellows and .i.^^i^.^e double that of the Fellows. The 



Fellowships and Associateships should be 



allotted to the three branches, Literature, Science and Art, in the 



proportion of 2, 3 and 1 respectively as nearly as possible, this being 



approximately the ratio of the lelative dimensions of these branches. 



Fur ... ... 68 



Against ... ... 26 



