March, 1910.] Proc. of the Asiatic Society of Bengal. ci 



M.B., F.R.C.S., I. M.S., proposed by Major L. Rogers, seconded 

 by Capt. H. B. Steen, I.M.S. ; Mr. W. Kirkpatrick, proposed by 

 Lieut.-Colonel C. R. M. Green, I.M.S. , seconded by Capt. D. 

 McCay, I.M.S. ; Capt. J. C.Kunhardt,LM.S., proposed by Major 

 L. Rogers, I.M.S., seconded by Capt. R.E.Lloyd, I.M.S. 



The following papers were read : 



1. Notes on the Pollination of Flowers in India. Note 

 No. 7. A few observations made in the Central Provinces and 

 Berar. — By I. H. Burkill. 



2. Buddhist Legends of Asoka and his Times. — By H. C. 



Norman. 



This paper has been published in the Journal for February 

 1910. 



3. The Kingdom of gNya khri btsanpo, the first King of 



Tibet. — By Rev. A. H. Francke. 



4. An Old-fashioned Urdu Invitation to a Garden Party 

 By Lieut.-Colonel D. C. Phillott. 



This paper will not be published in the Journal. 



5. Pramanas of the Hindu Logic. — By Vansmali Chakra- 

 varti. 



This paper will be published in a subsequent number of the 

 Journal. 



6. Extract on Cocking (Muryh-Nama) from the $ayd Qah-i 

 Shawkati, an Urdu work on sport written by Nawab Yar Muham- 

 mad Khan of the Rampur State. — Translated by Lieut.-Colonel 

 D. C. Phillott, Secretary, Board of Examiners, Calcutta. 



This paper has been published in the Journal for February 



1910. 



7. The Kativalipara Spurious Grant of 

 By Rakhal Das Bandyopadhyaya, with a prefatory note by 

 Mr. H. E. Stapleton, B.A., Inspector of Schools, Dacca. 



This paper will be published in a subsequent number of 

 the Journal. 



8. Note on the Spreading of Croton sparsiflorus, Morung, 

 along the Assam-Bengal Railway.— By I. H. Burkill. 



Mr. Burkill remarked as follows : 

 ' ' Since the publication of Professor P. Bruhl's paper on Cro- 

 ton sparsiflorus (this Journal, 1908, pp. 603-607) wherein he 

 recorded the occurrence of this plant (i) near Calcutta, (n) at 

 Port Canning, (iii) at Chittagong, (iv) between Chandpur and 

 Akharera on the railway embankment, and (v) on the bank of 



