PROCEEDINGS 



OF THE 



ASIATIC SOCIETY OF BENGAL, 



For February, 1897. 



The Auimal Meeting of the Asiatic Society of Bengal was held on 

 Wednesday, the 3rd February, 1897, at 9 p.m. 



Dr. A. F. R. Hoernle, Vice-President, in the chair. 



The following members were present : — 



Dr. A. R. S. Anderson, Babu parat Candra' Das, F. Finn, Esq., The 

 Most Rev. Archbisliop P. Goethals, W. A. Lee, Esq., C. Little, Esq., 

 Kumar Rame^var Maliah, J. Mann, Esq., Babu Pancanana Mukiierji, 

 L. de Niceville, Esq., M. H. Oung, P]sq., A. T. Pringle, Esq., 

 T. W. Richardson, Esq., P. C. Roy, Esq., Pandit Satyavrata Sama9rami, 

 Babu Laksmi I^arayan Singh, Pandit Mahendranatha Vidyanidbi, 

 C. R. Wilson, Esq. 



Visitors : — Baba Sati9a Candra Acarya, Babu Jnan paran Cakravarti, 

 Babu Gaurinath Cakravarti, Babu TIrsike9a Candra, Dr. Ni^ikanta 

 Chatterji, Babu Hariprasad Chatterjee, Babu l9var Candra Das-Gupta, 

 The Rev. J. Morrison, Babu Pratul Candra Yasu. 



According to the Bye-laws of the Society, the Chairman ordered 

 the voting papers to be distributed for the election of Officers and 

 Members of Council for 1B97, and appointed Messrs. W. A. Lee and 

 M. H. Oung to be Scrutineers. 



The Chairman then called upon the Secretary to read the Annual 

 Report. 



Annual Report for 1896. 



The Council of the Asiatic Society have the honour to submit the 

 following Report on the state and progress of the Society's aff^drs 

 during the past year : — 



