MAY 1909. 
The Monthly General Meeting of = ee was held on 
Wednesday, the 5th May, 1909, at 9-15 
MAHAMAHOPADHYAYA HaRAPRASAD SHASTRI, M.A., 
Wide Preslitent, in the chair 
The following members were present :— 
Dr. N. An ye Babu Rakhal Das Banerji, Mr. I. H. 
Burkill, Mr. L. L. Fermor, Babu Matilal Ganguli, Mr. H. G. 
Graves, Mr, N.L, Hallward, Mr. H. H. Hayden, Dr. W. C. 
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A. C. Ridsdale, Pandit Yogesa Chandra Sastri— 
Seiya Vint, Dr. Satis Chandra Vidyabhusana. 
Visitors :—Miss E. Hadenfeldt, Miss G. Hadenfeldt, Dr. 
J. Travia Jenkie. Mr. H. E. Smith. 
The minutes of the last meeting were read and confirmed. 
Thirty-six presentations were announced. 
The General Secretary reported that Major C. R. Stevens, 
I.M.S., and R. R. Simpson had expressed a wish to withdraw 
from the Society. 
The Chairman announced that the Council has appointed 
the Hon. Mr. Justice Asutosh Mukhopadhyaya to officiate as 
Treasurer in the place of Mr. D. Hooper, gone home. 
The sobering five gentlemen were balloted for as Ordinary 
Member 
Mr, se nry M. eo: eee by Mr. G. Graves, 
seconded by Mr. L. L. Fer sufre¥. Berane proposed by 
eR ear aes Hackipaeat Shastri, seconded by Babu 
Rakhal Das Banerji; Dr. 7. Horovitz, Prof. of Arabic, M. A. O. 
College, Aligarh, proposed by Dr. T. Bloch, seconded by Mr. 
Harinath De; Mr. A. Asghar, Bar.-at-Law, High Court, Calcutta, 
proposed by Mr. Harinath De, seconded by Dr. A. Suhrawar 4 . 
Maulana Abul-Kalam Azad, proposed by Mr. Harinath De 
Seconded by Dr. A. Suhrawardy. 
The following papers were read :— 
1. The Recovery of a lost Epic by Asvaghosa.—By MAHAMA- 
HOPADHYAYA HARAPRASAD SHASTR 
2. Why, how, and when did the Palas come to power in 
Eastern I. mille ?—By MaHAMAHOPADHYAYA HARAPRASAD SHASTRI. 
