PROCEEDINGS 



OF THE 



ASIATIC SOCIETY OF BENGAL, 



For M.AY, 1877. 



The Monthly General Meeting of the Asiatic Society was held on 

 Wednesday, the 2nd inst., at 9 o'clock p. m. 



W. T. Blanfoed, Esq., Vice-President, in the Chair. 

 The Minutes of the last Meeting were read and confirmed. 

 The following presentations were announced — 



1. From the editor, C. Morehead, "Memorials of the Life and 

 Writings of the Eev. R. Morehead, D. D." 



2. From the author, " The Materia Medica of the Hindus," compiled 

 from Sanskrit Medical Works, by Udoy Chand Dutt. 



3. From the author, " Serpent and Siva Worship and Mythology in 

 Central America, Africa, and Asia," by Hyde Clarke. 



4. From the authoress, " The Mountain Karen Colony in Toungoo, 

 Bui'ma," by Mrs. E. Mason. 



5. From Babu Haris Chandra of Banaras, through Dr. Rajendralala 

 Mitra, a Tibetan drawing of Buddha and his disciples. 



The following gentlemen, duly proposed and seconded at the last 

 Meeting, were elected Ordinary Members — 



Mr. J. A. Bourdillon. 



Mr. W. Sandford. 



The Hon'ble T. E. Ravenshaw, C. S. 

 The following are candidates for ballot at the next Meeting — 



1. H. K. W. Arnold, Esq., proposed by Major H. H. Godwin- Austen, 

 seconded by J. Talboys Wheeler, Esq. 



2. The Maharaja of Darbhanga, proposed by H. B. Medlicott, Esq., 

 seconded by Capt. J. Waterhouse. 



A. W. Croft, Esq., for re-election, proposed by H. F. Blanford, Esq., 

 seconded by W. T. Blanford, Esq. 



