PROCEEDINGS 



OF THE 



ASIATIC SOCIETY OF BENGAL, 



For February, 1888. 



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

 Wednesday the 1st February 1888, at 9 p. m. 



E. T. Atkinson, Esq., C. S., President, in the chair. 



The following members were present : 



H. Beveridge, Esq., Babu Nobin Chand Bural, E. C. Cotes, Esq., 

 Babu Saratchandra Das, Kumar Vinayakrishua Deva, Bahadur, S. R. 

 Elson, Esq., E. Gay, Esq., Dr. G. M. Giles, Dr. Hoernle, A. Hogg, Esq., 

 Dr. George King, Dr. William King, Rev. Fr. E. Lafont, Dr. K. 

 MacLeod, R. D. Mehta, Esq., Babu Asutosh Mukhopadhyay, T. R. 

 Munro, Esq., L. de Niceville, Esq., Moung Hla Oung, Esq., H. M. 

 Percival, Esq., Dr. Prasanna Kumar Ray, Hon. Dr. Mahendralal Sarkar, 

 Pandit Haraprasad Shastri, Dr. W. J. Simpson, D. Waldie, Esq., Lieut.- 

 Col. J. Waterhouse, J. Wood-Mason, Esq. 



Visitors: — W. L. Sclater, Esq., Babu Pratapchandra Roy, Babu 

 Siddheswar Mitra, Pandit Harimohan Vidyabhushan, Lama Ugyen 

 Gyatsho, LamaNamgyal, (Lama of Tsun-thang %on-pa,) Lama Ralang. 



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

 voting papers to be distributed for the election of officers and members 

 of Council for 1888, and appointed Messrs. Beveridge and Gay, 

 Scrutineers. 



The President then called apon the Secretary to read the Annual 

 Report. 



Annual Report for 1887. 



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

 submit the following Report on the state and progress of the Society's 

 aii'airs during the past year. 



