PROCEEDINGS 



OP THE 



ASIATIC SOCIETY OF BENGAL, 



For January, 1878. 



The Monthly General Meeting o£ the Asiatic Society was held on 

 Wednesday, the 2nd instant, at 9 o'clock p. m. 



Dr. Rajekdealala Mitba, Rai Bahadtje, C. I. E., Vice-Presi- 

 dent, in the Chair. 



The minutes of the last Meeting were read and confirmed. 



The following presentations were announced : — 



1. From Signor 0. Beccari, a copy of his work entitled — 



" Malesia ; Raccolta di Osservazioni Botaniche intorno alle piante dell' 

 Archipelago Indo-Malese e Papuano." — Vol. I. fas. 2. 



2. From the Right Hon'ble the Secretary of State for India, 

 through the Military Department, Government of India, the following books 

 published by the Hakluyt Society : — 



Barent's three Voyages to the Arctic Regions. The Commentaries of 

 the Great Afonso D'Alboquerque, by W. de Gray Birch. Vol. 2. 



3. From the Government of India, copies of the following works by 

 H. F. Blanford, Esq., Meteorological Reporter to the Government of India. 



The Indian Meteorologist's Vade-Mecum, Pts. I, II. Tables for the 

 reduction of Meteorological Observations in India. 



The following gentlemen, duly proposed and seconded at the last 

 Meeting, were elected Ordinary Members — • 

 Lieutenant H. A.. Sawyer, B. S. C. 

 Alexander Ward, Esq. 



The following are candidates for ballot at the next Meeting — 



Col. the Hon'ble Sir Andrew Clarke, R. E., K. C. M. G., C. B., proposed 



by Major-General H. L. Thuillier, C. S. I., seconded by Dr. Rajendralala 



Mitra. 



