32 Monthly General Meeting. [Feb. 
The meeting was then resolved into the Ordinary General Meeting. 
A. Pedler, Esq., F.R.S., President, in the Chair. 
The Chairman before taking his seat said : “ Before proceeding 
to the business of the Ordinary General Meeting, I have to express 
my sense of the great honour which this Meeting has conferred 
upon me, in electing me to the office of President of this Society. 
When I was asked by the Council to allow my name to be put forward, 
I felt considerable diffidence in consenting to the request, for I- am much 
afraid I shall not be able to do full justice to the traditions of the re¬ 
sponsible post of President, a post which has been held previously by 
so many distinguished men. I can only hope that during the tenure of 
my office the prosperity of the Society will not in any way be diminish¬ 
ed. I am sure I cannot make a better use of my position, in the first 
instance, than by asking the Meeting to express their thanks to the late 
President, Vice-Presidents, Secretaries, and Council, for the time and care 
which they have bestowed on the affairs of the Society during the past 
year. Only one who has served as an officer of the Society can fully 
appreciate the labour and responsibility which falls upon the Secretaries, 
charged as they are with editing its publications. From personal ex¬ 
perience I can say that it means about two hours daily work—work 
which cannot be overlooked or delegated to others. I, therefore, propose a 
vote of cordial thanks to the Council and Secretaries of the year 1894.” 
{The vote of thanhs was carried unanimously .) 
The minutes of the last meeting were read and confirmed. 
Thirty-four presentations were announced, details of which are 
given in the Library List appended. 
The following gentlemen are candidates for election at the next 
Meeting:— 
A. F. M. Abdur Rahman, Esq., Barrister-at-Law (for re-Election) ; 
proposed by Dr. A. F. R. Hoernle, seconded by C. R. Wilson, Esq. 
P. C. Raya, Esq., D. Sc., Edin; proposed by A. Pedler, Esq., 
seconded by C. Little, Esq. 
Babu Raje^vara Mitra, P. W. D., Raipur, C. P. ; proposed by P. R. 
Bose, Esq., seconded by R. C. Dutt, Esq. 
J. C. Bose, Esq. B. Sc.; proposed by A. Pedler, Esq., seconded by 
C. Little, Esq. 
The Secretary reported the death of the following corresponding 
member:— 
A, Von Kramer, Esq,, Alexandria. 
