106 General Meeting for November, 1900. [Nov., 1900. 



2. That Mr. J. Lane Long and Mr. George Charles Wolfe elected 

 members of the Society on the 4th April and 2nd May, 1900, respectively, 

 having not paid their entrance fees, their elections have become null 

 and void under Rule 9. 



The General Secretary reported that Dr. G. Thibauit had been 

 appointed to serve on the Philological Committee of the Society during 

 the present year. 



The General Secretary also reported the presentation of the follow- 

 ing coins : — 



1. From Lieut .-Col. D. S. E. Bain, I.M.S., 6 gold coins found at 

 Covercolly, North Coorg. 



2. From the Deputy Commissioner, Wun District, 4 silver coins 

 as described in the Society's Proceedings for March 1897. 



3. From the Government of North- West Provinces and Oudh, 15 

 lead coins. 



4. From the Bombay Branch, Royal Asiatic Society, 2 silver coins 

 found in the Kaira District. 



The proposal to withdraw Rs. 10,000 from the Permanent Reserve 

 Fund for meeting the cost of repairing the Society's premises and for 

 instituting a " Repairs Fund " for future contingencies of which inti- 

 mation had already been given by circular to all members was brought 

 up for final disposal. The votes of the members were laid on the table 

 and the Chairman requested any Resident Members who had not ex- 

 pressed their opinion to take the present opportunity of filling in voting 

 papers. Eight such papers were filled in and, with the 115 returned 

 by members, were scrutinized, the Chairman appointing Mr. S. C. 

 Hill and Captain L. Rogers, I. M.S., to be Scrutineers. The Scrutineers 

 reported as follows : — 



121 For the proposals. 



1 Against. 



1 Doubtful. 



Mahamahopadhyaya Haraprasad Shastri exhibited a palm-leaf 

 written under the order of Vidyapati for his Library. 



The following papers were read : — 



1. Ancient stone imflements in the Santal Parganas. — By the Rev. 



P. O. BODDING. 



2. Notes on the Velama Caste in Barar. — By Captain Wolsklet 

 Haig, LS.C. 



