PROCEEDINGS 



OF THE \ 



ASIATIC SOCIETY OF BENGAL 



For JAay, 1904. 



The Monthly General Meeting of the Society was held on Wednes- 

 day, the 4th May, 1904, at 9-15 p.m. 



The Hon. Mr. Justice F. E. Pargiter, B.A.,T.0.S., President, in 

 the chair. 



The following members were present: — 



Major A. Alcock, I.M.S.; Dr. A. S. Allan; Mr. R. P. A^hton; Mr. 

 J. Bathgate; Dr. T. Blocli ; Mr. I. H. Burldll; Dr. A. Caddy; Babu 

 Monmohan Chakravarti ; Mr. W. K. Dods ; Mr. K. G. Gupta ; Babu 

 Jotindra Nath Mukerjee ; Captain L. Rogers, I. M.S.; Mr. A. Shrager 

 Pandit Jogindranath Vidyabhushan ; Pandit Satischandra Vidyabhu- 

 shan ; Mr. E. Vredenburg ; Lt.-Col. J. H. Tail Walsh, I.M.S. 



Visitors ;— Mrs. and Miss McMaster and Mr. P. M. Mukerjee. 



The minutes of the last Meeting were read and confirmed. 



Fifty-two presentations were announced. 



Mr. Framjee Jamasjee Thanawala and Mr. K. N. Knox were 

 ballotted for and elected Ordinary Members. 



Ifc was announced that Mr. T. W. Arnold and Mr. C. R. Marriott 

 had expressed a wish to withdraw from the Society. 



The General Secretary reported the death of Dr. Otto von Bohtlingk, 

 an Honorary Member of the Society. 



Dr. T. Bloch read the following obituary notice of Dr. Bohtlingk. 



