April, 1921.] Proceedings of the Asiat. Soc. of Bengal.  celvii 
THe How’stre Justice Sin Asutosu MUKHOPADHYAYA, 
BS. U.S1,, D4.., D.80,, F.R.S.E., F.A.S.B., President, in the 
chair. 
The following members were present :— 
Maulvi Abdul Wali, Prof.S. R., Bose, Babu Chhote Lall Jain, 
Dr W. A. K. Christie, Dr. B. L. Chaudhuri, Prof. H. C. Das- 
Gupta, Mr. H. K. Deb, Prof. S. C. Kar, Dr. R. C. Majumdar, 
Mr. Johan van Manen, Prof. Narendra Kumar Majumdar, 
Prof. Nirmal Chandra Chatterjee, Mr. H. ©. Roy-Chaudhuri, 
Prof. Satyendra Nath Basu, Babu Subodh Chandra Mukerjee. 
Visttors :—Kumar Gangananda Sinha, Mr. Md. Shahidullah 
and others. 
The minutes of the last meeting were read and confirmed. 
Thirty-one presentations were announced. 
The President announced that Mr. Ramaprasad Chanda 
had been appointed Joint Philological Secretary during the 
absence of Dr. D. R. Bhandarkar up to the middle of June. 
The President also announced that Dr. 8. W. Kemp had 
taken over the office of the Biological Secretary from Dr. Baini 
Prashad. 
The General Secretary reported the death of Babu Pratapa 
Chandra Ghosha, Shaikh Laiq Ahmad Ansari, and Dr. Suresh 
Prosad Sarvadhikari, ordinary members of the Society. 
The following papers were read :— 
: vocabulary of current Bengali words not included in 
ordinary dictionaries and of words used in a new sense.—By 
F. E. Pararrer. 
2. Contributions to the History and Ethnology of North- 
Eastern India, 111.—By H. EB. Srvapurron. 
. The Genus Cerebella in India.—By L. 8. Supra- 
MANIAM. 
4. The custom of circumcision among the Dravidians.—By 
MvHAMMAD SHAHIDULLAH 
5. Manava Sulba Sutram—By NarENDRs Kumar Ma- 
JUMDAR. a kk 
No. 1 will be published in the Memoirs and No. @ in the 
Journal; Nos. 3 pe 4 have already been published in the 
Journal. 
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The President announced that the next meeting of th 
Medical Section would be held on Wednesday, the 13th April, 
1921. 
