PROCEEDINGS 



OF THE 



ASIATIC SOCIETY OF BENGAL, 



For April, 1873. 



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A Meeting of the Society was held on Wednesday, the 2nd instant, at 

 9 p. M. 



The Right Rev. the Lord Bishop of Calcutta in the chair. 

 The minutes of the last meeting were read and confirmed. 

 The receipt of the following presentations was announced — 



1. From the author, a copy of a printed paper entitled ' Additional 

 Notes on the Raptorial Birds of North Western India,' by A. Anderson, Esq. 



2. From the Government of India in the Home Department. A set 

 of six photographs of Antiquities in Dinajpur, taken by J. H. Ravenshaw, 

 Esq., C. S. 



3. From the Government of Bengal, a copy of a photograph of a pillar 

 dug out at Bannagar in Dinajpur, taken by J. II. Ravenshaw, Esq., C. S. 



4. From the Government of India, Home Department, copies of 

 extracts from the Proceedings of the Chief Commissioner of British Burmah 

 on the subject of Archaeological remains in that Province. 



5. From the Surveyor-General of India, a copy of the General Report 

 of the Topographical Surveys of India, 1871-72. 



The following gentlemen duly proposed and seconded at the last meeting, 

 were balloted for and elected Ordinary Members — 

 F. Jones, Esq., C. S. 

 E. White, Esq., C. S. 

 R. Turnbull, Esq. 

 Babu Umesh Chunder Dutt. 

 T. T. Blissett, Esq. 

 The following are candidates for ballot at the next meeting — 

 G. R. C. Williams, Esq., C. S., Muzaffarnagar, proposed by F. S. Growse, 

 Esq., C. S., seconded by H. Blochmann, Esq., M. A. 



H. B. Armstrong, Esq., Her Majesty's 1/llth Regiment, proposed by 

 G. E. Dobson, Esq., M. A., M. B., seconded by Capt. J. Waterhouse. 



