PROCEEDINGS 



OF THE 



ASIATIC SOCIETY OF BENGAL, 



Foi^ January, 1872. 



A meeting of the Society was held on Wednesday the 3rd instant, at 

 9 o'clock, p. M. 



The Hon'ble J. B. Phear, President, in the Chair. 



The minutes of the last meeting were read and confirmed. 



Presentations were announced — 



1. From Dr. C. R. Francis, Dinapore, a box of ' petrified seeds,' from 

 near Rajmahall. The following extract of a letter from Me. E. Stewart, 

 Extra Assistant Commissioner, Hajmahall, accompanied the donation — 



' In regard to the petrified seeds, they are found on the borders of a 

 tank at Bui'hait, about thirty miles from Rajmahall in the centre almost of 

 the Rajmahall Hills. 



' The tank is said to be a very ancient one, dug by some former Rajah, 

 and the seeds are found among the soil immediately on its banks ; no doubt 

 this soil contains a good deal of lime and other calcareous ingredients. 



* The natives suppose that the seeds were dropped by former travellers 



who used to sit on its banks and eat their rice, dall, &c. ; but I am not 



V entirely free from doubt in my own mind as to whether they are seeds at all.' 



2. From H. F. Blanford, Esq. — A copy of an English and Tamil 

 Dictionary ; also a copy of an English Telugu and Tamil Vocabulary. 



3. From the author — A copy of a Speech on the Metric System, 

 delivered by Mr. Stevenson, M. P., in the House of Commons. 



4.. From the author — Two copies of ' The Dm-ga Puja,' by Babu 

 Pratapachandra Ghosha, B. A. 



