PROCEEDINGS 



OF THE 



ASIATIC SOCIETY OF BENGAL, 



For JVLarch, iSf^, 



The monthly general meeting of the Asiatic Society .of Bengal was held 

 on Wednesday, the 4th instant, at 9 o'clock p. m. 

 Col. H. Hyde, E. E., President, in the chair. 

 The minutes of the last meeting were read and confirmed. 

 The following presentations were laid on the table — 



1. From W. F. Blanford, Esq., Journal des Museum Godeffroy, Part 

 III, containing A. Garrett's South Sea Fishes, Part I, edited by Dr. A. C. 

 Giinther. 



2. From His Highness the Maharaja of Bardwan, a copy of the 

 Mahabharata, Salya, Souptika or Striparvas, in Bengali and Sanskrit. 



3. From the Author, a copy of a Vocabulary of dialects spoken in the 

 Nicobar and Andaman Isles, by Fr. Ad. de Eoepstorff. 



The following gentlemen duly proposed and seconded at the last 

 meeting were balloted for and elected Ordinary Members — 



A. C. Lyall, Esq., C. S. 



A. Crombie, Esq., M. D. 



R. Brown, Esq., M. D. 



C. A. Wood, Esq. 



Commander A. D. Taylor. 



J. H. Haworth, Esq. 



The following are candidates for ballot at the next meeting — 



W. D. Bruce, Esq., C. E., Calcutta, proposed by Captain J. Water- 

 house, seconded by Col. H. Hyde, R. E. 



James Kimber, Esq., C. E., Midnapur, proposed by G. Nevill, Esq., 

 seconded by P. Dejoux, Esq. 



The Council reported that they recommend the Rev. Fr. E. Lafont, S. J,, 

 for election as an Associate Member of the Society on the grounds of his 

 well known scientific attainments. 



