56 List of Committees. [May & Junk, 



The General Secretary read the names of the following gentlemen 

 who had been appointed to serve on the various Committees for the 

 present year. 



Finance and Visiting Committee. 



Dr. T. Bloch, Mr. L. de Niceville, Mr. J. D. Nimmo, Mr. F. E. 

 Pargiter, Mr. A. Pedler, Mr. H. H. Risley, Mahamahopadhyaya Hara- 

 prasad Shastri. 



Library Committee. 



Dr. T. Bloch, Mr. S. C. Hill, Mr. D. Hooper, Mr. C. W. McMinn, 

 The Hon. D\: Asutosh Mukerjee, Mr. L. de Niceville, Maliamaho- 

 padhj-aya Harapi-asad Shastri, Mr. E. Thornton. 



Philological Committee. 



Maulavie Ahmad, Dr. T. Bloch, Babu Pratapchandra Ghoslia, 

 Shams-ul-UlaTiia Mahomed Shaikh Gilani, Mr. J. G. Lorimer, The Hon. 

 Dr. Asutosh Mukerjee, Mr. F. E. Paigiter, Major D. C. Phillott, I.S.C., 

 Pamlit Satyavrata Saniasrami, Mahamahopadhyaya Haraprasad Sliastri, 

 Maharaahopadhyaj^a Chandrakanta Tarkalankai'a, Dr. G. Thibaut, 

 Babu Nagendranath Vasu, Mr A. Yenis, Lt.-Col. L. A. Waddell, 1 M.S. 



Coins Committee. 



Lf.-Col. D. S. E Bain, I.M.S., Dr. T. Bloch, Tl.e Hon. Mr. J. A. 

 Bourdillon, Babu Panchanan Mukerjee, Mr. F. E. Pargiter, Mr. E. 

 Thurston. 



The Secretary repoited the presentation of J gold, 34 silvei', and 

 1 copper coins from the Honorary Secretary, Bombay Branch, Royal 

 Asiatic Society, found in the Ahmedabad District. 



The Chairman announced that Dr. T. Bloch, having returned from 

 toui', had taken over charge of tlie dutie.s of Philological Secretary from 

 Mahamahopadhyaya Haraprasad Shastri. 



The Secretaiy reported that the subject for the Elliott Prize for 

 the present year is Mathematics. 



The Council reported : — 



1. That the Government of India had sanctioned the continuance 

 for a further period of five years with effect from 1st April, 1901, of the 



