JANUARY, 1916. 



The Monthly General Meeting of the Asiatic Society of 

 Bengal was held on Wednesday, the 5th January, 1916, at 

 9-15 p.m. 



LIEUT.-COLONEL SlB LEONARD ROGERS, Kt., C.I.E., M.D. 



B.S., F.R.C.P., F.R.C.S., F.A.S.B., I.M.S., President, in the 



chair. 



The following members were present : 



Mr. H. G. Carter, Mr. J. A. Chapman, Dr. P. H. Gravely, 

 Mr. H. G. Graves, Mr. W. H. Phelps, Dr. Satis Chandra Vidya- 

 bhusana. 



Visitors .-—Mrs. Bignold, Mrs. H. G. Carter, Mr. Codd, Mr. 

 F. C. Griffin, Mrs. J. R. Halliday, Mr. C. Humble, Mr. J. E. 

 Judah, Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Miller, Mr. S. H. Smith, Mr. H. T. 

 Tooze, Mr. Widnell, and two others. 



The minutes of the last meeting were read and confirmed. 

 Thirty-nine presentations were announced. 



The General Secretary reported that Lieut.-Col. E. A. R. 



Newman, LM.S., had expressed a desire to withdraw from the 

 Society. 



The General Secretary reported the death of Lieut.-Col. F. J. 

 Drury, LM.S. 



The General Secretary announced the following orders of 

 the Council meetings held on the 24th November and 14th 

 December, 1915, relative to the loan and consultation of manu- 

 scripts : 



" In the case both of members and non-members security 

 must be furnished before a MS. is lent out. The amount and 



determined 



case." 



c< Manuscripts can be consulted in the Society's rooms 

 only on application to the Assistant Secretary, who shall 

 direct a Pandit or Maulavi to be in attendance throughout. 

 In the case of rare or fragile manuscripts, the Assistant Secre- 

 tary shall refer the matter to the Philological Secretary or 

 Joint Philological Secretary. Manuscripts belonging to the 

 Government Collections shall not be consulted without special 

 permission of the Officer-in-charge." 



