J 902.] General Meeting for February, 1902. 45 



The minutes of the last meeting were read and confirmed. 



Forty-two presentations were announced. 



Lfc.-Col. G. Ranking, I.M.S., Mr. F. P. Dixon, Babu Girish Chand 

 Ghosh, Mr. A. C. Sen, Dr. C. Schulden, and Lala Shyamlal, were 

 ballotted for and elected Ordinary Members. 



It was announced that Lieutenant B. Scott and Mr. W. A. Talbot 

 had expressed a wish to withdraw from the Society. 



The Kumar Sahib of Bansberia brought for exhibition the original 

 sanad issued by the Mogul Emperor Aurangzeb conferring on Raja 

 Rameswar Rai, the hereditary title of " Rai Mahasai;" also a book 

 of original coloured designs made by an ancestor of his in the 18th 

 century for the decoration of a temple. 



The General Secretary reported the presentation from the Bombay 

 Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society, of 7 silver coins found in the 

 Ratnaoriri District. 



