Shri Ramanugrah Narain Singh as a member of The Bihar and Orissa Research Society

 

Shri Ramanugrah Narain Singh

as a member of

The Bihar and Orissa Research Society



 

NOTES OF THE QUARTER.

I.-Proceedings of a Meeting of the Council of the

Bihar and Orissa Re search Society

held on the 25th January 1919 at 3 p.m.

at the Society's Office.

 

PRESENT:

The Hon'ble Mr. E. H. C. Walsh, C&I, ICS.

The Hon'ble Mr. C. E. A. W. Oldham, C&I, ICS

The Hon'ble Mr. J. G. Jennings, CIE

Professor J. N. Samadiar, B.A., PRES, FRS, Honorary Treasurer,

1. Letter from Mr. Jayaswal, Honorary Secretary, was read, regretting that he is unable to attend the meeting.

2. The proceedings of the last meeting were read and confirmed.

3. The following new members were elected:

(1) Pandit Kachi Nath Das, Professor, Ravenshaw College, Cuttack,

(2) Kumar Hari Krishna Dev, MA., Sobha Bar, Calcutta.

(3) Professor H. R. Bhateja, MA.., Patna College.

(4) Professor Jagannath Prasad Pandey, Patna College.

(5) Rai Bahadur Barols Kant Ganguly, Deputy Magistrate, Patna.

(6) Babu Saparva Das Gupta, Central Jain Library, Arrah.

(7) N. Chatterji, Esq., 41, Chowringhee, Calcutta.

(8) Rai Yatindra Nath Choudhari., MABL, Kuthighata Road, Baranagore, Calcutta.

(9) Babu Ramanugrah Narayan Singh, MABL,. Munaif,vBuxar

(10) Profesor Radhagovinda Basak,MA, 46-1 R Road, North, Bhawanipur, Calcutta.

(11) Professor A. P. Shastri, MA. Great Bhumihar Brabas College, Mujaffarpur

(12) Pan Lal, Esq, ICI, Dehra Dan.

(13) Babu Rajendra Prsaad, MABL, Vakil, Patna High Court,

(14) Pandit Ambika Prasad Upadhyaya, MABL, Vakil, High Court, Patna.

4. The appointment of an additional peon for the office was considered. It was resolved that an additional peon on Rs.8 a month be appointed. The other peon will then be available for the Honorary Secretary’s work.

It was also resolved that the Honorary Secretary be asked to report whether in view of the appointment of the extra peon, it is necessary to retain the post of Duftri, or whether it would be better to get book binding done locally and the extra peon would do the Duftri's routine work.

6. The appointment of a peon on Rs. 8 a month for the Honorary Treasurer in place of the present allowance of Rs. 4 granted to him for the purpose was considered. It was resolved that a peon on Rs. 5 a month be appointed.

6. It was resolved at the number of copies of the Journal be relaxed from 730 to 550.

7. The following letters were read and recorded

(1) Governed letter No. 1877, dated the 2nd November 1918, making an extra grant of Rs. 400 for cataloguing Sanskrit manuscript in the Bihar districts.

(2) Government letter No., dated the 17th November 1918, making a grant of Rs. 1,000 for the purchase of books for the Society's Library and

(3) Government letter No. 1997E, dated the 7th November 1918, conveying mention  to Rai Bahadur Sarat Chandra Roy, MA., BL, Anthropological Secretary, to attend the meetings of the Indian Science Congress at Bombay.