PROCEEDINGS 



OF THE 



ASIATIC SOCIETY OF BENGAL, 



j^OR JVLay, 1878. 



The Montlily General Meeting o£ the Society was held on Wednesday 

 the 1st May at 9i o'clock p. m. 



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

 The following presentations were announced — 



1. From the E,ussian Geographical Society, back numbers of their 

 publications, and other books, including a copy of " Reisen in Siiden von 

 Ost-Sibirien in den Jahren 1855-1859", by Gustav Radde. 



2. From the British Museum, a copy of " The Gigantic Land Tor- 

 toises (living and extinct) in the collection of the British Museum," by 

 A. C. L. G. Gunther. 



3. From Lieut. R. C. Temple, 21st R. N. B. Fusiliers, a copy of the 

 " Transliteration of the Burmese Alphabet into Roman characters, and a 

 note on the Vocal and Consonantal Sounds of the Peguan language." Also 

 " The Lord's Prayer in the South Andaman language." 



The following gentlemen, duly proposed and seconded at the last 

 meeting, were elected Ordinary Members — 



1. James Copley Moyle, Esq. 



2. The Hon'ble L. S. Jackson (re-elected). 



3. R. Griffith, Esq. (re-elected). 



4. P. Donaldson, Esq. 



5. C. J. Sharpe, Esq. 



6. James A. Murray, Esq. 



The following are candidates for ballot at the next meeting — 

 Charles Steuart Bayley, Esq., C. S., proposed by W. T. Blanford, 



Esq., seconded by Capt. J. Waterhouse. 



Lieutenant R. C. Temple, 21st R. N. B. Fusiliers, Dharmsala, proposed 



by Capt. J. Waterhouse, seconded by H. Blochmann, Esq. 



