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PROCEEDINGS 



OF THE 



ASIATIC SOCIETY OF BENGAL, 



For February, 1890. 



The Annual Meeting of the Asiatic Society of Bengal was held ou 

 Wednesday, the 5th February 1890, at 9 p. m. 



Colonel J. Wateehouse, President, in the Chair. 



The following members were present : 



Dr. J. R. Adie, E. T. Atkinson, Esq., H. Beveridge, Esq., I. C. 

 Bose, Esq., W. B. Colville, Esq., E. C Cotes, Esq., W. R. Criper, Esq., 

 Babii Saratchandra Das, Babii Rajanikanta Gupta, Dr. Hoernle, A. 

 Hogg, Esq., Prince Jahan Qadr Muhammad Wahid Ali Bahadur, W. A. 

 Lee, Esq., C. Little, Esq., Kumar Rameshwar Maliah, Babu Asutosh 

 Mukhopadhyay, L. de Niceville, Esq., J. D. Nimmo, Esq., M. H. Oung, 

 Esq., H. M. Rustorajee, Esq., Pandit Haraprasad Shastri, Capt. R. C. 

 Temple, J. Wood-Mason, Esq. 



Visitors : — C. H. M. Rustomjee, Esq., Lama Phun tshogs D Wan 

 Man. 



According to the Bye-Laws of the Society, the President ordered 

 the Voting papers to be distributed for the election of Office- Bearers 

 and Members of Council for 1890, and appointed Messrs. de Niceville and 

 Criper to be Scrutineers. 



The President then called upon the Secretary to read the Annual 

 Report. 



Annual Report for 1889. 



The Council of the Asiatic Society have the honour to submit the 

 following report on the state and progress of the Society's affairs during 

 the past year. 



