PROCEEDINGS 



OF THE 



ASIATIC SOCIETY OF BENGAL. 



For June, 1881. 



The Monthly General Meeting of the Asiatic Society of Bengal was 

 held on Wednesday, the 1st June, at 9-15 p. m. 



The Hon'ble H. J. Reynolds, C. S., Vice-President, in the Chair. 

 The minutes of the last Meeting were read and confirmed. 

 The following presentations were announced — 



1. From the Marine Survey Department, — Chart of Bankot and en- 

 trance to Mhar or Savitri River. 



2. From the Bengal Government, — (1), Report on the Amaravati Tope 

 and excavations oh its site in 1877, Irv R. Sewell ; (2), Selections from 

 the Records of the Government of India, Home, Revenue and Agricultural 

 Department, No. 174. 



3. From the Authors, — (1), Kaiser Akbar, Part II, by Graf. F. A. 

 Noer ; (2), Report on the Census of Calcutta taken on the 6th April 1876, 

 by H. Beverley; (3), The Indo- Aryans, their History, Creed and Practice, 

 by Ramachandra Ghosha. 



4. From the Magistrate of Fatehpur, — A pice of Shah Alam's reign. 



The following Gentleman is a candidate for ballot at the next meet- 

 ing- 

 Prince Firukh Shah, proposed by Moulvie Kabiruddin Ahmad, se- 

 conded by J. Eliot, Esq. 



The Secretary reported that Mr. C. E. Buckland had intimated his 

 desire to withdraw from the Society. 



The Council reported that during Dr. M'Cann's absence for a month 

 from Calcutta, Mr. J. Eliot had been asked to officiate as Honorary Secre- 

 tary. 



