PROCEEDINGS 



OP THE 



ASIATIC SOCIETY OF BENGAL, 



For December, 1898. 



The Monthly General Meeting of the Asiatic Society of Bengal 

 was held on Wednesday, the 7th December, 1898, at 9 p.m. 



L. DE NiciviLLE, Esq,, F.E.S., C.M.Z.S., in the Chair. 



The following members were present : — 



Major A. Alcock, I.M.S., Mr. J. Bathgate, Dr. T. Bloch, Mr. 

 W. K. Dods, Mr. J. N. Das-Gupta, Mr. F. Finn, Major 0. R. M. Green, 

 I.M.S., Captain W. Haig, Mr. H. H. Hajden, Col. T. H. Hendley, CLE., 

 I.M.S., The Revd. H. B. Hyde, Mr. C. Little, Major D. Prain, I.M.S., 

 Dr. P. C. Roy; Mr. M. J. Seth, Pandit Haraprasad Shastri, Mr. B. 

 Thornton, Major L. A. Waddell, I.M.S., The Revd. J. Watt, Mr. C. R. 

 Wilson. 



Visitors : — Major S. Burrard, Dr. F. G. Clemow, Captain A. H, 

 McMahon, C.S.I., C.I.E., Mr. C. B. Pigot. 



The minutes of the last meeting were read and confirmed. 



Forty presentations were announced, 



Babu Nrisingha Chandra Mukerjee and Mr. T, M. Munro express- 

 ed a wish to withdraw from the Society, 



The Secretary reported the death of Mr. C. J, Rodgers, an Associate 

 Member of the Society. 



Mr. C. Little brought forward the following motion of which he 

 had given notice at the last General Meeting. 



" That the reading and printing of communicated papers be di»- 



