PROCEEDINGS 



OF THE 



ASIATIC SOCIETY OF BENGAL, 



For A/Larch, 1878. 



The Monthly General Meeting of the Society was held on Wednesday, 

 the 6th March, at 9 o'clock p. m. 



W. T. Blaneoed, Esq., F. E. S., President, in the Chair. 

 The Minutes of the last meeting were read and confirmed. 

 The following presentations were announced — 



1. From Major-General F. S. Eoherts, C. B., V. C, Quarter Master 

 General in India, copies of " Eoutes in the Bengal Presidency," and " Eoutes 

 in Asia, Section I," compiled under his directions. 



2. From J. W. McCrindle, Esq., M. A., a copy of his work entitled, 

 *' Ancient India, as described by Megasthenes and Arrian ; being a transla- 

 tion of the fragments of the Indika of Megasthenes collected by 

 Dr. Schwanbeck, and of the first part of the Indika of Arrian." 



3. From the Eev. C. H. A. Dall, M. A., " The Nomenclature in Zoo- 

 logy and Botany," by W. H. Dall. 



4. From Capt. C. J. F. Forbes, three copies of his pamphlet on the 

 " Affinities of the Dialects of the Chepang and Kusundah Tribes of Nipal 

 with those of the Hill Tribes of Arracan." 



The following gentlemen duly proposed and seconded at the last Meet- 

 ing were elected Ordinary Members — 



W. M. Souttar, Esq., C. S. Surgeon-Major E. J. Gayer. 



James Wilson, Esq., C. S. The Hon'ble Horace Cockerell, C. S. 



A. Campbell, Esq. G. W. Allen, Esq. 



H. G. Keene, Esq., C. S. W. Hoey, Esq., C. S. 



Babu Adhar Lai Sen. 



The following are candidates for ballot at the next Meeting — 



1. F. E. Mallet, Esq., Assistant Superintendent Geological Survey 

 of India, proposed by W. T. Blanford, Esq., seconded by H. B. Medlicott, 

 Esq. 



