PROCEEDINGS 



or THE 



ASIATIC SOCIETY OF BENGAL, 



For December 1872. 



The Monthly General Meeting of the Society, was held on Wednesday, 

 the 4th instant, at 9 P. M. 



T. Oldham, Esq., LL. D., President, in the chair. 



The minutes of the last meeting were read and confirmed. 



Mr. Wood-Mason exhibited on behalf of A. WalHs Paul, Esq., — 



The sides of a stone box and of a copper box found in Hatkhola, 

 Chittagong, together with two figures. 



The following letter accompanied them. 



' About the middle of March last, I was informed by the police of Mais- 

 cal* (Maheshkhali) thana, that a stone chest containing two idols had been 

 found in the house of a Hindu, living at Hatkhola in Thakurtala, and at the 

 same time they sent the two images, which are now with you. They did 

 not say that there was anything else. Some time after this I heard 

 that some money and a small metal box were in the chest when found, but 

 had not been given up by the finder. On a second order being sent, the 

 pieces of metal, now with you, were given up, but all knowledge of the 

 existence of treasure was denied.' 



' There is no certainty as to the date of its discovery. The finders 

 declare that they gave information to the police instantly, and have delivered 

 up all they found, viz., the chest, fragments of the box, and the images. The 

 mohunt of the Adhinath at Thakurtala, is, however, of the opinion, that 

 the box was discovered some two years ago, but its existence concealed from 



* Maiscal is a lar-ge island, extending from opposite Cox's Bazar away to the 

 nortii. 



