ii Proceedings of the Asiatic Society of Bengal. [January, 
ans age LM.S., seconded by Major L. Rogers, I.M.S.; The 
Mr. Charles Evelyn Arbuthnot William Oldham 1.0. ie 
: Tinanoial Secretary, Government of Bengal, proposed by the 
Hon. Mr. Justice H. Holmwood, seconded by Sir Thomas Hol- 
land, K.C.LE.; Mr. A. @. Shirreff, Assistant Magistrate, Azam- 
garh, nen proposed by Mr. E. P. Harrison, seconded by Mr. 
Cc. W. eake e; Mr. K. Maitra, Assistant ‘Settlement Officer, 
Tanda proposed by Mr. J. C. Jack, seconded by Mr. H. 
E. Stapleton; Babu Nirmal Sankar Sen, M.A., proposed by 
Mr. B. L. Chaudhuri, seconded by Dr. N. Annandale; Gilbert 
7: Walker, D.Sc., F.RS., Director-General of Observatories, 
proposed by Prof. J. A. Cunn ingham, seconded by the Hon. 
Mr. Justice Asutosh Mukhopadhyaya; Babu Goganendranath 
Tagore, Zeminder, proposed by Mr. B. L. Chaudhuri, seconded 
by Dr. N. Anna ndale : Babu eae Nath Tagore, Tattva- 
nidhi, B.A. , proposed by Mr. B. L. Chaudhuri, seconded by 
Dr. N. Annandale ; Mr. G. L. Mukherji, Merchant and Land- 
holder, proposed by Mr. D. Hooper, seconded by Mr. I. H. 
Burkill. 
Dr. N. Annandale exhibited a ayes of Torpedo, appar- 
ently identical with the European 7’. marmorata, taken by Dr. 
Travis Jenkins at Puri on the Orissa Coast. Oe Annandale also 
exhibited the head of an Aetobatis apparently distinct from 
Aetobatis narinari, the only species recognized by most recent 
ichthyologists ; the new form differing from the common one in 
the length and narrowness of its snout as well as in other 
characters. 
Dr. N. Annandale on behalf of Mr. G. H. Tipper exhibited a 
life series of a species of Cymbium. 
The following papers were read :— 
1. The Etymology of Ranchi. By Mavtavi ABbuL WALI. 
This paper has been published in the Journal for December, 
908. 
2. The Date of the Salimi igs By Geo. P. Tayior. 
Communicated by Mr. H. N. Wri 
This paper has been Ghar in Jaa Journal for November, 
8. 
Certain disputed or doubtful Hvents in the History of 
Bengal. Early Musalman Period, Part II. By Monmonan 
CHAKRAVARTI, 
The ‘* soul departure” feast as practised by the 
Tangkhul Nagas, Manipur, — By Rev. W. PrrtricRew. 
Communicated by Dr. ANNANDA 
These two papers will be ee in a subsequent number 
of the Journal. 
