PROCEEDINGS 



OF THE 



ASIATIC SOCIETY OF BENGAL. 



For Febf^ary, 1899. 



The Annual Meeting of the Asiatic Society of Bengal, was held on 

 Wednesday, the 1st February, 1899, at 9 p.m. 



His Excellency Baron Curzon of Kedleston, Gr.M.S.I., G.M.I.E., 

 Patron, was present. 



The Hon. Me. H. H. Kislet, B.A., C.I.E., I.C.S., President, in 

 the chair. 



The following members were present : — 



Major A. Alcock, I. M.S., Captain A. R. S. Anderson, I. M.S., Mr. J. 

 Bathgate, Dr. T. Bloch, Dr. A. Caddy, Dr. F. G. Clemow, Mr. W. B. ColviUe, 

 Mr. W. K. Dods, Rai Narsing Chandra Dutt, Mr. F. Finn, The Revd. W. 

 K. Firminger, Mr. G. W. Forrest, Major C. R. M. Green, I.M.S., Mr. C. 

 L. Griesbach, C.I.E., Mr. J. N. Das-Gupta, Captain W. Haig, Col. T. 

 Hendley, CLE., Mr. D. Hooper, The Revd. H. B. Hyde, The Revd. Father 

 E. Lafont, CLE., Mr. C Little, Kumar Rameshwar Malliah, Mr. J. Mann, 

 Mr. R. D. Mehta, CLE., Mr. C S. Middlemiss, Mr. W. H. Miles, Dr. Asutosh 

 Mukerjee, Mr. L. de Niceville, Mr. J. D. Nimmo, Mr. M. H. Oung, Mr. A. 

 Pedlor, Mr. H. M. Rustomjee, Babu Amritalal Sarkar, Dr. Mahendralal 

 Sarkar, CLE., Mr. C Saunders, Mr. M. J. Seth, Mahamahapodhyaya 

 Haraprasad Shastri, Babu Nagendra Nath Vasu, Pandit Mahendra Nath 

 Vidyanidhi, Dr. G. Watt, CLE., The Revd. J. Watt, Mr. C R. Wilson, 

 Mr. J. Wyness. 



Visitors : — Captain F. L. Adam, A. D. C to the Viceroy, Mr. and 

 Mrs. C Bendall, Dr. W. Booth, Babu Akshoya Kmnar Bose, Babu Ganendra 

 Nath Bose, The Revd. Mr. H. W. Cogan, Mr. E. C Cotes, Mr. J. J. Cotton, 

 Miss de Selincourt, Mr. A. Grant, Mr. A. H. James, Mr. E. Kennison, 

 Dr. A. von Krafft, Mr. W. R. Lawrence, CLE., Private Secretary t« H. E. 



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