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The minutes of the last meeting were read and confirmed. 

 Fifty presentations were announced. 



The General Secretary reported the death of Mr. J. G. G. 

 Gardner-Brown, an Ordinary member of the Society. 



The General Secretary also reported that Mr. C. W. Peak< 



the Society. 



withdraw 



The Chairman announced that Mr. G. H. Tipper, M.A., 

 F.A.S.B., F.G.S., had been appointed a member of Council in the 

 place of Mr. C. S. Middlemiss, resigned. 



The following gentlemen were balloted for as Ordinary 

 members : — 



Kumar Harib Krishna Deb, M.A., Zamindar, Sovabazar 

 Rajbati, Raja Navakrishna Street, Calcutta, proposed by Dr. 

 B. L. Chaudhuri. seconded by Babu Gopal Das Chaudhuri ; 

 Prof. Kesorimohin Gupta, M.A.. Professor of History, Banga- 

 bashi College , 113, Lower Circular' Road, Calcutta, proposed by 

 Dr. B. L. Chaudhuri, seconded by Babu Gopal Das Chaudhuri ; 

 &r. K. V. Rangaswami Aiyangar, Professor of History and 

 Economics, H. H. the Maharaja's College. Trivandrum, pro- 

 posed by Mr. V. S. Iyer, seconded bv Mr. S. W. Kemp ; Mr. T.O. 

 D.Dunn, Educational Service, 19, King Edward Court, pro- 

 posed by Mr. H. G. Graves, seconded by Dr. Satis Chandra 

 Vidyabhusana . 



The following papers were read : 



1 '.A Fifteenth Century Mosque in the Sunderbans— By 



Khan Sahib Syed Abdul Latie, B. L. 



This mosque, situated in a little village called Majidbaria 

 * the Sunderbans, has been in existence for 1,100 years accord- 

 ing to local tradition. Tin- mosque is in a dilapidated state, 

 b »t it has just been taken over by the Archaeological Depart- 

 ment for preservation. According to the villagers a stone siao 

 fixed on the mosque was taken away by the Sunderbans Com- 

 missioner and is now in the Indian Museum. 



, 2. The Rauzat-ut-Tahirin.-By H. Beveridge, I.C.S. 

 (retired) . 



. This paper will published in a (subsequent number of the 

 ■Journal 



The Chairman announced that there would be no meeting 

 ot the Medical Section during this month. 



