XVili Annual Address. 
of keeping catalogues of the coins in public cabinets up to date, 
and is considering the possibility of producing a supplementary 
ist of additions made since the publication of the Indian 
Museum Catalogue. 
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ahamahopadhyaya MHaraprasad Shastri, M.A., C.LE., 
F.A.S.B., President, delivered an Address to the Society, 
Annual Address, 1920. 
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, 
You have listened to the Annual Report prepared by 
the Honorary Secretary, Mr. Harley, who has, for nearly a 
year, conducted the affairs of the Society with prudence, 
promptitude and discrimination, for which I shall remain ever 
grateful to him. 
The principal event of the year is the settlement of a 
misunderstanding which threatened in the beginning of 
wo ; ; 
will be added to the ‘‘City of Palaces.” It will be a great 
improvement to the locality. The Society will help materially 
in increasing the housing accommodation of Calcutta by add- 
ing eight flats on the top-floor. : 
It is often said that the Council of the Asiatic Society is 
more important than the General Meetings of the Society held 
at 9-15 p.m. on the first Wednesday of the month. My pre- 
decessor, Sir Henry Hayden, thought otherwise and he made it 
a point to attend every General Meeting where learned papers 
were read and discussed. I have followed his footsteps, and 
in these four years there is quite an improvement in the 
attendance at the General Meetings. And the meetings were 
often very lively and animated. The popularity of the Society 
depends on the success of these meetings. 
improve the position of the section. Dr. Knowles and Dr. 
rahmachari are at present the heart and soul of the Section. 
