XII 



PROCEEDINGS 



or THE 



ASIATIC SOCIETY OF BENGAL, 



For December, 1875. 



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

 the 1st December, 1875, at 9 o'clock p. m. 



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



The minutes of the last meeting were read and confirmed. 



The following presentations were announced — 



1. From the Government of India, Home Dept , a set of 67 photo- 

 graphs of the ancient Architectural remains of Chutia-Nagpur, taken by 

 T. F. Peppe, Esq. 



2. From the Director of the Imperial Botanical Garden of St. Peters- 

 burg, Trudbi, Imperatorskago Petersburgkago Botanischekago, Soda. 

 Tome III, Pt. II. 



3. From the Government of Bengal, a copy of the first volume of 

 Dr. Hooker's Flora of British India. 



4. From the Italian Society of Spectroscopists, through Prof. Tacchini, 

 several numbers of their Journal. 



The following gentleman, duly, proposed and seconded at the last 

 meeting, was balloted for and elected an ordinary member : — ■ 



J. B. Knight, Esq. 



The Rev. J. D. Bate, Allahabad, and Maulawi Abdul Hai, Calcutta, 

 duly proposed and seconded at the last meeting, were balloted for and 

 elected Associate Members. 



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



W. McGregor, Esq., Supdt. Indian Telegraphs, Akyab, proposed by 

 Mr. H. Blochmann, seconded by Col. H. Hyde, 11. E. 



Ottokar Feistmantel, Esq., M. D., Geological Survey, Calcutta, pro- 

 posed by Mr. H. Blochmann, seconded by Dr. T. Oldham. 



The following gentlemen have intimated their desire to withdraw from 

 the Society — 



Thos. W. Bourne, Esq., A. D. B. Comes, Esq., Raja Chundranath 

 Rai, of Nator, C. B. Clarke, Esq. 



