PROCEEDINGS 



OF THE 



ASIATIC SOCIETY OF BENGAL, 



For M.ARCH, i: 



The Monthly General Meeting of the Asiatic Society of Bengal was 

 held on Wednesday, the 7th March 1888, at 9 p. m. 



LiEUT.-CoL. J. Waterhouse, President, in the chair. 



The following members were present : 



Nawab Abdul Latif Bahadur, 0. 1. E,, E. T. Atkinson, Esq., W. R. 

 Criper, Esq., S. R. Elson, Esq., E. Gay, Esq., Dr. Hoernle, Prince Jahan 

 Qadr Muhammad Wahid Ali, Bahadur, E. J. Jones, Esq., Rev. Father 

 E. Lafont, Babu Asutosh Mukhopc4dhyaya, T. R. Munro, Esq., L. de 

 Niceville, Esq., Moung Hla Oung, Esq., H. M. Percival, Esq., Hon. Dr. 

 Mahendralala Sarkar, C. I. E., 0. H. Tawney, Esq., D. Waldie, Esq., 

 J. Wood-Mason, Esq. 



T. D. La Touche, Esq., visitor. 



The minutes of the last meeting were read and confirmed. 



Twenty-seven presentations were announced, as detailed in the 

 appended Library List. 



The following gentlemen are candidates for election at the next 

 meeting : 



Babu Haridasa Shastri, Principft.1, Maharaja's College, Jeypiir, pro- 

 posed by Pandit Haraprasada Shastri, seconded by H. M. Percival, Esq. 



Maulvi Ahmad, Arabic Professor, Presidency College, proposed by 

 Nawab Abdul Latif Bahadur, seconded by A. Pedler, Esq. 



The following gentleman has intimated his wish to withdraw from 

 the Society : 



P. C. Barnes, Esq. 



The Secuetaey reported the death of the following member ; 

 S. S. Jones, Esq., 0. S. 



