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Asiatic Society of Bengal. v 
Secretaries, and the Hon’ble Mr. C. Y. Chintamani, Minister of 
Education, Chairman of the Local Committee. 
Meetings. 
The General Meetings of the Society were held regular- 
ly every month with the exception of the month of January 
when those present did not form a quorum. As the result of a 
ballot of members resident in Calcutta it was decided to alter 
the time of the General Meetings from 9-15 p.m. to 6-15 p.m. 
and there has been a marked increase in attendance since this 
change was introduced. No meeting was held in October, 
this being a recess month. 
Deputations. 
The Society received a communication from the Perma- 
nent Secretary of L’Académie Royale de Belgique, announcing 
the celebration of its 150th Anniversary on the 24th May, 
1922. The Council appointed Dr. E. H. Pascoe, Sir Leonard 
Rogers, and Sir Thomas Holland as its representatives. 
On an invitation from the President of the Société Asia- 
tique de Paris, Dr. W. A. K. Christie represented the Society 
at the centenary celebrations held in July. 
Dr. Christie also represented the Society at the Interna- 
tional Convention in connection with the International Cata- 
logue of Scientific Literature, held at Brussels in July. 
The Society also received invitations from the University 
of Padua and the Hungarian Geographical Society and ex- 
pressed its regret at not being able to send delegates. 
e Society nominated Dr. E. H. Pascoe to represent it 
at the XIIIth session of the International Geological Congress. 
Agencies. 
Messrs. Luzac & Co., and Mr. Paul Geuthner have continued 
as the Society’s Agents in Europe. The Controller, Local 
Clearing Office (Enemy Debts), Simla, having realised from Mr. 
Harrassowitz on behalf of the Society a claim totalling Rs. 
2,442-14-1 Mr. Harrassowitz was re-appointed one of the 
Society’s Continental agents. 
Barclay Memorial Medal. 
(No award for 1922.) 
Elliott Prize for Scientific Research. 
The subject selected for the Elliott Prize for Scientific Re- 
search for the vear 1922, was Mathematics, and the notification 
