112 Death of Rdjd Rdjendraldla Mitra. [AlT(^, 



The Secretary reported the death of the following member: — 

 Raja Rajendralala Mitra, LL. D., C. I E. 



The President observed r — It is with great regret that I have to 

 make to tbe Society the formal announcement of the death of one of 

 its most distinguished members, Raja Rajendralala Mitra. It is not 

 only within the walls of this Society, or even in Bengal, that his 

 loss will be deplored ; it will be felt throughout Europe ; for wherever 

 learning is cultivated, there the name of Rajendralala Mitra is held 

 in honour. His connection with this Society, extending over nearly 

 half a century, was of a quite exceptional character. Entering it, 

 when a young man, as Assistant-Secretary and Librarian, his com- 

 manding abilities and untiring industiy soon brought him into pro- 

 minence ; and while we may congratulate ourselves that it was this 

 Society which first gave him the opportunity of satisfying his in- 

 exhaustible craving for knowledge, we must gratefully admit that 

 he has amply repaid the debt by the contributions that he has made 

 to Oriental learning, and by the lustre that his name and attainments 

 have shed upon the Society, of which he was one of the most distin- 

 guished in the long roll of Presidents. 



I will only add that the Council at its last meeting passed the 

 following Resolution : — 



" The Council desire to place on record their deep sense of the 

 " very great loss the Asiatic Society of Bengal and Oriental Learning 

 " have sustained by the death of their former President and Vice- 

 '* President, Raja Rajendralala Mitra, and to express their great 

 " sorrow at the sad event that has deprived the Society of a most 

 " learned and distinguished supporter who has been closely connected 

 " with it for nearly half a century, and the Council of a much esteem- 

 " ed Colleague." 



The President read the following letter : — 



No. 357. 

 To 



The Secretary, Asiatic Society, Bengal. 



Home Department. ] Simlay the 26th June^ 1891. 



Book. j 



Sir, 



I am directed to state for the information of the Bengal Asiatic 

 Society that Lieutenant-Colonel H. H. Godwin-Austen's work on the 

 land and fresh water MoUusca of India and surrounding countries, a 



