July, 1920.] Proceedings of the Asiat, Soc. of Bengal. XXi 
at some time or another permitting their personal sorrows and 
anxieties to obtrude themselves into the lives of others, and in 
this respect Sutherland was a notable exception. Whatever 
might have been troubling him, he always appeared bright and 
cheery in public, so that those who only knew him slightly 
may have sometimes been led to envy him for a man to 
whom trouble never came. It was on suc as W. D. 
Sutherland that the thoughts of Metatasio dwelt when he wrote : 
“ Se a ciascun, l’interno affano 
‘ Si leggesse in fronto scritto 
“ Quanti mai che invidia fanno 
*‘ Ci farebbero pieta........ 
The proposal of the Council for the erection of a new 
building for the Society of which intimation had already been 
iven by circular to all members was brought up for final 
disposal. 
The votes of the members were laid on the table and the 
President requested any member who had not expressed his 
opinion to take the present opportunity of filling in voting 
papers. 
The President appointed Mr. J. van Manen and Mr. E. 
Vredenburg to be scrutineers : 
he scrutineers reported as follow ;— 
For. 86 
Against—— 
Carried. 
The President announced that in accordance with Rule 41 
the Council had decided to propose to the Society the removal 
from the member list of the name of Rajvaid Sri Bamandasji 
Kaviraj, an ordinary member of the Society. The proposition 
would be submitted to ballot at the next meeting of the 
was resolved as follows :— 
(1) The suggestion of Dr. Annandale to change Ist Octo- 
ber into Ist August be accepted. ee 
(2) The Secretary’s suggestions that Ist November s 10u 
be altered to Ist October in Rule 2, and in Rule 3 for the 
end of November”? should be substituted “ 15th November.” 
Inrule 5 the following should be added after the word * fellow’: 
‘‘s0 as to reach the Society by 3lst December. : 
~The Council had approved of the alterations. 
The President announced that Dr. N. Annandale had been 
appointed Vice-President in the place of Lieut.-Col. W. D. 
