PROCEEDINGS 



OF THE 



ASIATIC SOCIETY OF BENGAL, 



For December, 1884. 



The Monthly General Meeting of the Asiatic Society of Bengal was 

 held on Wednesday, the 3rd December, 1884, at 9 p. m. 



H. F. Blanford, Esq., F. R. S., President in the Chair. 

 The minutes of the last meeting were read and confirmed. 



The following presentations were announced : — 



1. From the Authors, — (1) Le Ferite avvelenate per effetto di Vipera, 

 Scorpione e Tarantola, by Dr. Giuseppe Badaloni ; (2) La Vaccinazione 

 Primaverile nel Circondario di Frosinone nell' anno 1884, by the same ; 

 (3) Some Remarks on the Life and Labours of Alexander Csoma de 

 Koros, by Dr. Theodor Duka ; (4) The Higher Branch of Science, or 

 Materialism refuted by Facts, by H. J. Browne. 



2. From the Editorial Committee of the Norwegian North Atlantic 

 Expedition, — Norwegian North Atlantic Expedition, 1876-78, XI, Aste- 

 roidea, by D. C. Danielssen and Johan Koren. 



3. From the Director, British Museum (Natural History), — Report 

 on the Zoological Collections made in the Indo-Pacific Ocean during the 

 Voyage of H. M. S. " Alert," 1881-82. 



4. From the Colorado Scientific Society, — The Artesian Wells of 

 Denver. A Report by the Special Committee of the Colorado Scientific 

 Society. 



5. From the Home Department, — List of Antiquities, Madras, Part 

 II, by Robert Sewell. 



The following gentlemen, duly proposed and seconded at the last 

 meeting, were ballotted for and elected Ordinary Members : — 



1. George M. Giles, Esq., M. B. 



2. R. B. McCabe, Esq., C. S. 



3. Prince Mirza Saraiya Jah Bahadur. 



