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Visitors :— Mr. A. Kalousky, Dr. A. Meerwarth, Mr. E. 

 Thuillier, and two others. 



The minutes of the last meeting were read and confirmed. 

 Twenty-eight presentations were announced. 



The General Secretary reported that Major R. E. Lloyd. 

 I.M.S., and Mr. K. Ramunni Menon had expressed a desire to 

 withdraw from the Society. 



The following gentlemen were balloted for as Ordinary 

 members : 



Dr. A. H. Meerwarth, Asst. Curator, Ethnographical 

 Museum, Academy of Sciences, Petrograd, proposed by Dr. X. 

 Annandale, seconded by Dr. B. L. Chaudhuri; Dr. Kumud 

 Sankar Ray, M.A.. B.Sc., MB., Ch.B. (Edin.), Medical Practi- 

 tioner, 44, European Asylum Lane, Calcutta, proposed by Dr. 

 B. L. Chaudhuri, seconded by Mr. Gopal Das Chaudhuri ; Prof. 

 Kiran Sankar Bay, B.A. (Oxon), Professor of History, Sans- 

 krit College, 44, European Asylum Lane, Calcutta, proposed by. 

 Dr. B. L. Chaudhuri. seconded by Mr. Gopal Das Chaudhuri. 



The following gentleman was balloted for as an Honorary 

 Fellow : — 



Prof. Herbert A. Giles, LL.D.. Cambridge. 



The President announced that as only two members have 

 made use of the Library on Wednesday evenings during the 

 Past six months, the Council have decided that it shall be 

 closed at 5 p.m., mi every week-day. 



The President laid on the table a copy of the regulations 



regarding the award of the " Pinhev Memorial Gold Medal 

 for the best work on Deocan Arclueology or History offered by 

 "to Hyderabad Archaeological Society. 



Pinhev Memorial Medal. 

 1a The Hyderabad Archaeological Society, on the 21st April, 

 ^16, decided that a Gold Medal be instituted to commemorate 

 the memory of Sir Alexander Pinhev, K.C.S.I., C.l.K, tne 

 founder and first President of the Society. 



Regulations. 

 + . 1. The • Pinhey Memorial Gold Medal' shall be swarded 

 tnennially for the best work on Deccan Archaeology or History, 

 ln a °cordance with the subjoined conditions. 



