PROCEEDINGS 



OF THE 



ASIATIC SOCIETY OF BENGAL, 



For July, 1891. 



The Monthly General Meeting of the Asiatic Society of Bengal was 

 held on Wednesday, the 1st July, 1891, at 9-15 p. m. 



J. Wood-Mason, Esq., Vice-President, in the chair. 



The following members were present : — 



Dr. A. W. Alcock, Babii Sarat Chandra Das, Rev. H. B. Hyde, 

 C. Little, Esq., Babii Asutosh Mukhopadhyay, L. de Niceville, Esq., 

 J. D. Nimmo, Esq., C. R. Wilson, Esq. 



The minutes of the last meeting were read and confirmed. 



Fifty-one presentations were announced, details of which are given 

 in the Library List appended. 



The following gentleman, duly proposed and seconded at the last 

 meeting of the Society, was ballotted for and elected an Ordinary 

 Member : — 



Thomas H. Holland, Esq. 



The Secretary reported the death of the following member : — 

 Lieut.-Col. Sir 0. B. St. John, R. B., K. C. S. I. 



The President stated that the votes of the members would now 

 be taken on the proposed transfer of Rs. 50,000 of the Society's Per- 

 manent Reserve Fund to Municipal Debentures, reported at the meet- 

 ing in May last, and appointed Dr. A. W. Alcock and Babii Asutosh 

 Mukhopadhyay to be Scrutineers, who reported that there were 80 votes 

 in favour of and 14 votes against the proposed transfer, whereupon the 

 President announced that it had been duly carried. 



