PROCEEDINGS 



OF THE 



ASIATIC SOCIETY OF BENGAL, 



For August, 1885. 



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The Monthly General Meeting of the Asiatic Society of Bengal was 

 held on Wednesday, the 5th August, 1885, at 9.15 p. m. 

 Dr. R. L. MiTRA, President, in the Chair. 

 Til 3 minutes of the last meeting were read and confirmed. 



Several presentations were announced, as detailed in the Library 

 List appended. 



The undermentioned gentleman, proposed and seconded at the last 

 meeting, was ballotted for and elected an ordinary member of the So- 

 ciety : 



John Barnett, Esq., Branch Pilot. 



Mr. G. S. Leonard and Colonel S. T. Trevor have intimated their 

 wish to withdraw from the Society. 



The President announced that Dr. A. F. R. Hoernle had resumed 

 his duties as Philological Secretary, and proposed a vote of thanks to 

 Mr. J. Beames for his services during Dr. Hoernle's absence. 



The vote was carried unanimously. 



The President reported that the Council had. sanctioned the pub- 

 lication, in the Bibliotheca Indica Series, of the following works : 



1. The Sat Sai of Tulsi Das, to be edited by Pandit Beharilal 

 Chaube of the Patna College. 



2. A translation of the Tuzakh-i-Jaliangiri, by Professor W, H. 

 Lowe of Cambridge. 



