PROCEEDINGS 



OF THE 



ASIATIC SOCIETY OF BENGAL, 



j^OR M.AY, 1897 



The Monthly General Meeting of the Asiatic Society of Bengal 

 was held on Wednesday, the 5th May, 1897, at 9-15 p.m. 



Colonel J. Waterhouse, B.S.C, Vice-President, in the chair. 



The following members were present : — 



Dr. A. R. S. Anderson, Dr. T. Bloch, Babu Nagendra Nath Vasn, 

 W. B. Colville, Esq., F. Finn, Esq., J. H. Gilliland, Esq., Tom. D. La 

 Touche, Esq., 0. Little, Esq., L. de Niceville, Esq., R. D. Oldham, Esq., 

 Dr. D. Prain, A. T. Piingle, Esq., Pandit Haraprasad (^astri. 



The minutes of the last meeting were read and confirmed. 



Thirty- six presentations were announced, details of which are given 

 in the Library List appended. 



The following gentleman is a candidate for election at the next 

 Meeting : — 



Babu Annadaprasad Yasu, M.A., proposed by Pandit Haraprasad 

 iQastri, seconded by Dr. G. Ranking. 



The following papers were read : — 



1. Notes on Coins of Native States. — By Dr. A. F. Rudolf Hoernle. 

 The paper will be published in the Journal, Part I. 



2. Contributions to the Theory of Warning Colours and Mimicry, 

 No. III. Experiments tvith a Tupaia and a Frog. — By F. Finn, B.A,, 

 F.Z.S., Deputy Superintendent of the Indian Museum. 



The paper will be published in the Journal, Part II. 



3. The Bajrangarh Mint and Coins. — By Richard Burn, I.C.S. 



4. On the Kagmirl consonantal system. — By G. A. Grierson, Ph.D. 

 The papers will be published in the Journal, Part I. 



