PROCEEDINGS 



OF TOE 



ASIATIC SOCIETY OF BENGAL, 



Foi^ December, 1899. 



The Monthly General Meeting of the Society was held on Wednesday, 

 the 6th December, 1899, at 9 p.m. 



Colonel T. H. Hendley, C.I.E., I. M.S., Vice-President, in the chair. 



The following members were present : — 



Major A. Alcock, I.M.S., Mr. E. C. S. Baker, Mr. J. Bathgate, 

 Dr. T. Bloch, Mr. W. K. Dods, Mr. F. Finn, The Revd. Father 

 E. Fnaicotte, S.J., Mr. E. B. Havell, Mr. T. H. Holland, Mr. D. Hooper, 

 Mr. G. W. Kiichler, Kumar Rameswar Maliah, Mr. L. de Niceville, 

 Mr. H. Stark, Dr. M. A. Stein. 



Visitors : — Mr. W. H. Gelling, Mr. E. Kinuisou, Mr. C. Michie, 

 Mr. G. H. Turton, Mr. D. R. Wallace. 



The minutes of the hist meeting were read and confii'med. 



Sixty presentations were announced. 



Captain W. F. O'Connor, R.A., and Mr. J. G. Lorimer, I.C.S., were 

 ballotted for and elected Ordinary Members. 



Professor E. Ray Lankester, M.A., LL.D., F.R.S., Sir George 

 King, K.C I.E., LL.D., F.R S., Professor E. B. Tylor, D.C.L., LL.D., 

 F.R.S., and Piofessor E. Suess, Ph.D., were ballotted for and elected 

 Honorary Members. 



The Secretary reported the death of Mr. J. H. Gilliland. 



The Chairman announced that Major A. Alcock, I M.S., having 

 returned from leave, had taken over charge of the duties of General 

 Secretary from Mr. F. Finn. 



The following papers were I'ead : — 



J. Akakia : an ancient Eastern Medicine. — By David Hoopek, F.C.S. 



