PROCEEDINGS 



OF THE 



ASIATIC SOCIETY OF BENGAL, 



For February, 1891. 



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The Annual Meeting of the Asiatic Society of Bengal was held on 

 Wednesday, the 4th February 1891, at 9 p. m. 



H. Beveridge, Esq., C. S., President, in the Chair. 



The following members were present : 



Babii Nobinchand Bural, W. Connan, Esq., Hon. Sir A. W. Croft, 

 Dr. D. D. Cunningham, Babu Saratchandra Das, Most Rev. Dr. Paul 

 Goethals, Babu Rajanikanta Gupta, Colonel H. S. Jarrett, Dr. W. 

 King, Rev. Father E. Lafont, C. Little, Esq., C. J. Lj^all, Esq., Kumar 

 Rameswar Maliah, Babu Asutosh Mukopadhyay, L. de Niceville, Esq., 

 J. D. Nimmo, Esq., M. H. Oung, Esq., Hon. Dr. Mahendralal Sarkar, 

 W. L. Sclater, Esq., Pandit Haraprasad Shastri, C. H. Tawney, Esq., 

 Dr. J. H. Tull Walsh, Colonel J. Waterhouse, J. Wood -Mason, Esq. 



According to the Bye-Laws of the Society, the President ordered 

 the Voting papers to be distributed for the election of Office-Bearers 

 and Members of Council for 1891, and appointed Messrs. de Niceville 

 and Donaldson to be Scrutineers. 



The President then called upon the Secretary to read the Annual 

 Report. 



Annual Report for 1890. 



The Council of the Asiatic Society have the honor to submit the 

 following report on the state and progress of the Society's affairs during 

 the past year. 



