PROCEEDINGS 



OF THE 



ASIATIC SOCIETY OF BENGAL, 



For Janqary, 1877. 



The Monthly General Meeting of the Asiatic Society was held on 

 Wednesday, the 17th January, 1877, at 9 o'clock p. m. 



The Hon. Sir E. C. Bayley, K. C. S. I., President, in the chair. 

 The Minutes of the last Meeting were read and confirmed. 

 The following presentations were announced — - 



1. From the author, a copy of " Remarks on the Sikshas," and " Kat- 

 yayana and Patanjali, their relation to each other and to Panini." By F. 

 Kielhorn, Ph. D. 



2. From the Superintendent Geological Survey of India, a copy of 

 a work entitled " Eastern Persia, 1870-72" ; Vol. I, " Geography with 

 Narratives", by Sir F. J. Goldsmid ; and Vol. II, " Zoology and Geology", 

 by W. T. Blanford. 



3. From the author, a copy of the " Arian Witness, or the Testimony 

 of Arian Scriptures in corroboration of Biblical History and the Rudiments 

 of Christian Doctrine." By the Rev. Dr. K. M. Banerjea. 



4. From K. Kuroda, Chokuwan of Kaitakshai, Tokei, Japan, a eoipj 

 of a work, entitled " Reports and Official Letters to the Kaitakushi", by 

 Horace Capron, Commissioner and Adviser, and his Foreign Assistants. 



5. From Babu Ram Das Sen, a copy of his " Aitihosika Rahasaya, 

 Vol. II. 



The following gentleman, duly proposed and seconded at the last Meet- 

 ing, was balloted for and elected an ordinary Member. 

 Kumara Radha Kishor Deb, Juvraj of Hill Tiperah. 



Dr. J. Muir, proposed by the Council at the last Meeting as an Hono- 

 rary Member, was balloted for and duly elected. 



