PROCEEDINGS 



OP THE 



ASIATIC SOCIETY OF BENGAL, 



For May, 1898. 



The Monthly General Meeting of the Asiatic Society of Bengal 

 was held on Wednesday, the 4th May, 1898, at 9-16 p.m. 



The Hon. Mr. H. H. Risley, C.I.E., President, in the Chair. 



The following members were present : — 



Dr. A. Alcock, Babu Aghore Chunder Bhaduri, Dr. T. Bloch, W. 

 B. Colville, Esq., J. N. Das-Gupta, Esq., W. K. Dods, Esq., F. Finn, 

 Esq., Captain P. R. T. Gurdon, Dr. A. F. R. Hoernle, D. Hooper, Esq., 

 W. A. Lee, Esq., Babii Panchanana Mukhopadhyaya, J. D. Nimmo, Esq., 

 A. T. Pringle, Esq., Babu Jadu Nath Sen, M. J. Seth, Esq., Mahamaho- 

 padhyaya Haraprasad Shastri, The Revd. J. Watt, C. R. Wilson, Esq. 



Visitors : — W. F. Reynolds, Esq., Jas. Wyness, Esq. 



The minutes of the last meeting were read and confirmed. 



Sixteen presentations were announced, details of whicb are given 

 in the Library List appended. 



The following gentlemen duly proposed and seconded at the 

 last meeting of the society were ballotted for and elected ordinary 

 members : — 



R. N. Mookerjee, Esq. 



J. Bathgate, Esq. 



The following gentlemen are candidates for election at the next 

 meeting : — 



Babu Bepin Behari Gupta, M.A., Professor of Mathematics, Pre- 

 sidency College, Calcutta, proposed by Babu Jadu Nath Sen, seconded 

 by C. Little, Esq. 



