xliv Proceedings of the Asiatic Society of Bengal. [Feb., 1910. 



I trust I have said enough to convince people unacquaint- 

 ed with the precise nature of the work in which our members 

 are engaged, that the field for research in Indian history, 

 philology, antiquities and science, is by no means restricted or 

 exhausted. It may be conceded that discoveries of an epoch- 

 making character cannot be made every twelve months, but 

 there is no room for dispute that solid work on an extensive 

 scale is accomplished by our workers from year to year, and in 

 spite of their sustained effort, much remains yet to be accom- 

 plished. Investigations into many a recondite problem of 

 Indian history and of the development of different branches of 

 the Indian race have yet to be undertaken and vigorously 

 pushed forward, and scholarly men of the younger generation 

 may rest assured that their labours in these fields will be amply 

 repaid. It is not in the lot of every man to be a Jones or a 

 Prinsep, but that is no reason why a modest scholar should lose 

 heart and abandon a field where so many others before him 

 have worked with profit in the cause of the advancement of 

 knowledge. 



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The Chairman amiounced the result of the election of 



Members 



President . 



T. H. D. La Touche, Esq,, B.A. (Cantab), F.G.S 



Vice-Presidents. 



The Hon. Mr. Justice Asutosh Mukhopadhy 

 D.Sc., F.R.S.E. 



G. Thibaut, Esq., Ph.D., CLE. 



ras 

 M. 



Secretary and Treasurer. 



General Secretary :— G. H. Tipper, Esq., M.A., F.G.S 

 Treasurer —D. Hooper, Esq., F.C.S. 



Additional Secretaries. 



Philological Secretary :— E. D. Ross, Esq., Ph.D. 



Natural History Secretary :— I. H. Burkill, Esq., M.A., F.L.S. 



Anthropological Secretary :— N. Annandale, Esq., D.Sc 



C.M.Z.S., F.L.S. 



