PROCEEDINGS 



OF THE 



ASIATIC SOCIETY OF BENGAL, 



For March, 1876. 



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

 the 1st March, at 9 o'clock p. m. 



T. Oldham, Esq., LL. D., President, in the chair. 



The minntes o£ the last meeting were read and confirmed. 



The following presentations were announced : — 



1. From the Government of India, Foreign Department, a copy of a 

 *' Report of Mission to Yarkand, by Sir Douglas Forsyth." 



2. From Dr. T. H. Hendley, a copy of his " Guide to Jeypore." 



3. From the author, a coj)y of an " Address delivered to the Biolo- 

 gical Section of the British Association," by P. L. Sclater. 



4. From Eaja Harendra Krishna Bahadui*, a copy of a work entitled 

 " The Indian Press on the late Eaja Kali Kiishna Bahadur, K. G. S." 



5. From W. F. Blanford, Esq., a copj of the Atlas of Mining Indus- 

 try accompanying Vol. Ill of the Eecords of the II. S. Geological Explora- 

 tion of the Fortieth Parallel, by Clarence King. 



6. From Nawab Sayyid Siddiq Hasan Khan, Bahadur, of Bhopal, 

 copies of the following works : — 



Ithaf-ulnubala il-muttaqln bi-ihyai maasir ilfuqaha ilmtdiaddisin ; 

 Alhitta fi zikr il9ihah il-Sittah ; Taj uliqbal, Tarikh i riyasat i Bhopal 

 (Persian) ; Ditto ditto, (Urdu) ; Luqtat id'ajalan ; Rihlat U99idiq ila-lbait 

 il'atiq ; Qitf ul-samar ; Alintitjad ulrajih fi sharh ili'tiqad ilfahih ; HU9UI 

 ul mamul miu 'ilm il-u9ul ; Iksir fi 11911.1 iltafsii*. 



7. From J. Wood-Mason, Esq., a collection of j^hotographs found 

 among the effects of the late Dr. Stoliczka. 



The following gentleman, duly proposed and seconded at the last 

 meeting, was elected an ordinary member. 

 J. Crawfurd, Esq., B. A., C. S. 

 The following are candidates for ballot at the next meeting ; — 



