84 Resolutions on the death of Sir John Woodhurn. [Dec, 



The President announced that the Council at their last meeting 

 passed the following Resolution : — 



The Council received with profound sorrow the intimation of the 

 death of their late President, Sir John Woodhurn ; and they offer their 

 deep sympathy to Lady Woodhurn and her family in their great bereave- 

 ment. 



In doing so, he addressed the meeting as follows : — 



We have met to-night for the first time since the death of Sir 

 John Woodhurn, and you will, I am sure, desire that the occasion should 

 not pass without an expression from me of the feeling with which the 

 intimation of the sad event has been received by the members of the 

 Society. We share in the sorrow which is felt throughout this Province 

 and in the other Provinces where Sir John Woodhurn served, and we 

 mourn the loss of a member who took a deep interest in the work of 

 our Society, and manifested his concern for its welfare by undertaking, 

 at much inconvenience to himself, the duty of its President. In that, 

 as in every other position which he was called to fill, he displayed the 

 high qualities which won him the admiration and esteem of all classes. 

 We had personal experience of the pleasure of association with him, 

 and it was with no common regret that we saw the close of his tenure 

 of office. We hoped to see him again among us, to read the paper which 

 he then announced his intention of preparing on the work carried out 

 by his Administration for the conservation of the valuable archaeological 

 remains at Gour and Pandua in the district of Malda, but the realisation 

 of tliat hope has sadly passed away. Of his connection with the Society 

 more may be appropriately said in the next Presidential Address. I 

 would now propose that we join the Council in the Resolution which 

 they have passed by recording the following Resolution : — 



The members of the Asiatic Society of Bengal assembled in monthly 

 meeting desire to unite with the Council in expressing their sorrow at 

 tlie lamented death of their late President, Sir John Woodhurn, and in 

 respectfully offering their sympathy to Lady Woodhurn and her family. 



The Resolution was adopted. 



The President announced that owing to Mr. Finn's illness Captain 

 Rogers, I. M.S., had been appointed to officiate as the Natural History 

 Secretary of the Society. 



The General Secretary reported that by oider of Council, the Library 

 will in future be open to the Members of the Society from 10 A.M. to 

 2 P.M. on Sundays. 



