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MARCH, 1908. 
The Monthly General Meeting of eed was held on 
Wednesday, the 4th March, 1908, at 9-15 
The Hon. Fae or ASUTOSH fivewiincehiel MA PAK, 
President, in ‘the 
The Silage. aE ee were present :— 
Maulavi Abdus Salam, Babu Muralidhar Banerjee, ae: R. 
Cohen, M.D.; Mr. D. Hooper, Dr. W. C. Hossack, Mr. T a. 2. 
LaTouche, Lieut.-Colonel F. P. Ma ynard, ILM S.; Hon a 
aoe Dr. Girindra Nath 1 Mukkapadhiyaye, Babu Cienagi Datta 
harma, Mr. G. Thibaut, C.1.E.; Pandit Vanamali Vedantatirtha, 
Mahamahopadhyaya Satis Chandra Vidyabhusana, Rev. A. W 
Young. 
Visitors :—Captain F. C. Hirst and Mr. H. McPherson. 
The Minutes of the last meeting were read and confirmed. 
Twenty-seven presentations were announced. 
The General Secretary reported that Mr. J. Wyness had 
expressed a wish to withdraw from the Society. 
The General Secretary also reported the deaths of Sir 
Richard Strachey (an Honorary a and Lieut. R. E. Bate 
(an Ordinary Ti of the Socie 
The President announced that fe E, D. Ross had undertaken 
the duties of Philological Secretary and resumed charge from 
oo D. C. Phillott of the Arabic and Persian Search for 
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The proposed changes in Rules 4 and 44(g) of the Society’s 
Rules, of which intimation had already been given by circular to 
all members under Rule 65, was brought up for final disposal. 
The votes being unanimous, the proposal was carri 
The rules should consequently be amended as follows :—In 
Rule 4, for the words “three Vice-Presidents” read ‘“ four Vice- 
Pre sidents ; and in Rule 44(g) delete the words a Vice-Presi- 
dent and Vice-President. 
The respite seven candidates were ballotted for as Ordinary 
eee: 
r. D. Quinlan, Civil Veterinary Department, a. pro- 
vats by Major L. Rogers, seconded by Dr. W. C. Hossack ; Mr. 
J. W. Mots, HRS I of Agriculture, India, proposed 
by Major L. Rogers, seconded by Mr. I. H. Burkill; Mr. James H. 
y posed by prey -Colonel D. C. Phillott, seconded by 
Lient.-Colonel W. J. Buchanan; M, Shajoat Ali Khan, Consul and 
Acting Consul-General for Persia, proposed “by Lieut.-Colonel 
