PROCEEDINGS 



OF THE 



ASIATIC SOCIETY OF BENGAL, 



For August, 1878. 



The Monthly Geneial Meeting of the Asiatic Societj'- was held on 

 Wednesday, the 7th Instant at 9i o'clock p. m. 



W. T. Blanfoed, F. K. S., President, in the Chair. 



The Minutes o£ the last Meeting were read and confirmed. 



The following presentations were announced — . 



1. From the Secretary to the Bengal Government. 



Eeport of the Jails of Bengal, 1877. By A. S. Lethbridge, Esq. 



2. From the Madras Government, Eeport on the Administration of 

 the Madras Presidency for 1876-77 ; and Report of Vaccination. 



3. From the Chief Commissioner, Central Provinces, Report of the 

 Registration Department. 



4. From Captain W. Clarke, the author, — a Persian Manual. 



5. From Capt. A. D. Taylor, Charts of the Singora Roads. 



6. From 0. Bohtlingk, the author, — a Sanskrit Chrestomathie. 



7. From L. H. Mitchell, Esq., the author, — Report on the Seizure by 

 the Abyssinians of the Geological and Mineralogical Reconnaissance Expe- 

 dition attached to the General Staff of the Egyptian army. 



8. From the Under-Secretary to the Government of India, — one Gold 

 and two Silver Coins, found at Baroda. 



The following Gentlemen, duly proposed, and seconded, at the last 

 Meeting, were ballotted for, and elected Ordinary Members. 



1. Pierce DeLacy Henry Johnstone, Esq., B. C. S., M. A. of Balliol 

 College, Oxford, formerly Taylorian and Boden University Scholar. 



2. Major T. H. Lewin, re-elected. 



3. Dr. E. Laurie. 



