PROCEEDINGS 



OP THE 



ASIATIC SOCIETY OF BENGAL. 



fo*\ jTULY, 1903. 



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

 day, the 1st July, 1903, at 9-15 p. m. 



The Hon. Mr. Justice F. E. Pargiter, B.A., I.O.S., Vice-President, 

 in the chair. 



The following members were present : — 



Mr. J. Bathgate, Dr. T. Bloch, Mr. I. H. Burkill, The Rev. E. 

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

 Lee, Mr. 0. Little, Major F. P. Maynard, I.M.S., Mr. J. Nicoll, 

 Mahamahapadhyaya Haraprasad Shastri, Mr. E. P. Stebbing, Pandit 

 Satis Chandra Vidyabhusan, Mr. E. Vredenburg, and Mr. D. R. Wallace. 



Visitors :— The Hon. Mr. Justice Rampini, Mr. R. R. Simpson, and 

 Mr. G. Wallace. 



The minutes of the last meeting were read and confirmed. 



Twenty-nine presentations were announced. 



Maharaja Jagadindra Nath Roy Bahadur and Mr. H. Maxwell 

 Lefroy were ballotted for and elected Ordinary Members. 



The Chairman announced that the Elliott Prize for Scientific 

 Research for the year 1902 had not been awarded, as the essay received 

 in competition was not of sufficient merit to justify the award of the 

 Prize. 



