PROCEEDINGS 



OP THE 



ASIATIC SOCIETY OF BENGAL, 



For Febf^uae^y, 1898. 



Tlie Annual Meetino- of the Asiatic Society of Bengal was held on 

 Wednesday, the 2nd February, 1898, at 9 p.m. 



Dr. A. F. R. Hoernle, O.I.E., President, in the chair. 



The following members were present : — 



Dr. A. Alcock, Dr. T. Bloch, Babu Annadaprasad Basu, Rai 

 Bahadur Saratchandra Das, W. K. Dods, Esq., F. Finn, Esq., The Most 

 Revd. Archbishop P. Goefchals, J. N. Das Gupta, Esq., A. Hogg, Esq., 

 G. W. Kiichler, Esq., C. Little, Esq., J. Mann, Esq., R. D. Mehta, Esq., 

 Babu Pancanana Mukhopadhyaya, L. de Niceville, Esq., J. D. Nimmo, 

 Esq., A. T. Pringle, Esq., The Hon. Mr. H. H. Risley, F. J. Rowe, Esq., 

 P. C. Roy, Esq., Pandit Safcyavrata Samaprami, Dr. J. Scully, Babu 

 Hera Lai Sen, Babu Jadu Nath Sen, M. J. Seth, Esq., Mahamaho- 

 padhyaya Haraprasad fastri, Babu Lakshminarain Singh, Babu N'agen- 

 dra Nath Vasu, Pandit Mahendranath Vidyanidhi. 



Visitors :— A. Caddy, Esq., E. B. Havell, Esq., M. R. Mehta, Esq., 

 H. A. Stark, Esq., Babu Surendra Nath Vasu, A. G. Westertout, Esq. 



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

 the voting papers to be distributed for the election of Officers and 

 fjN Members of Council for 1898, and appointed Dr. G. Watt and Mr. J. 

 ^ Mann to be Scrutineers. 



The President then called upon the Secretary to read the Annual 

 Report. 



