PROCEEDINGS 



OF THE 



ASIATIC SOCIETY OF BENGAL 



*For December, 1903. 



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

 day, the 2nd December, 1903, at 9 p.m. 



The Hon'ble Mr. A. Pedler, C.I.E., F.R.S., in the chair. 



The following members were present : — 



Dr. A. S. Allan, Mr. J. Bathgate, Mr. I. H. Burkill, Dr. A. Caddy, 

 Mr. F. Doxey, Mr. T. D. Edelston, Revd. E. Francotte, S. J,, Mr. T. H. 

 Holland, Mr. D. Hooper, Mr. H. E. Kempthorne, Mr. W. A. Lee, Mr. J. 

 Macfarlane, Dr. M. M. Masoom, Mr. W. H. Miles, Mr. C. W. McMinn, 

 Major D. Piain, I.M.S., Pandit Yogesa Chandra Sastree, Dr. C. Schulten, 

 Pandit Satis Chandra Vidyabhushan, Mr. D. R. Wallace, Dr. C. R. 

 Wilson, Mr. J. Wyness. 



Visitors .—Dr. F. Alffers, Syed Ameer Ali, Mr. C. Anninos, Mias 

 Devereux, Mr. W. Dods, Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Giannacopolo, Mr. and 

 Mrs. N. Giannacopolo, Mr. V. H. Jackson, Mrs. Kempthorne, Mr. H. 

 D. Lindquist, Mr. J. W. Meares, Mr. H. K. Scott, Mr. E. D. Zalichi. 



The minutes of the last meeting were read and confirmed. 



Forty- four presentations were announced. 



It was announced that Mr. A. B. Miller had expressed a wish to 

 withdraw from the Society. 



The Chairman announced : — 



1. That Dr. E. D. Ross had kindly undertaken to carry on the 

 duties of the Philological Secretary of the Society during the absence 

 of Dr. T. Bloch, on tour. 



