PROCEEDINGS 



OF THE 



ASIATIC SOCIETY OF BENGAL, 



j^oR JVLay, 1888. 



The Monthly General Meeting of the Asiatic Society of Bengal was 

 held on Wednesday, the 2nd May, 1888, at 9.15 p. m. 

 LiEUT.-OoL. J. Waterhouse, President, in the Chair. 



The following members were present : 



E. T. Atkinson, Esq., P. N. Bose, Esq., Babu Ganrdas Bysaok, E. C, 

 Cotes, Esq., E. Gay, Esq., E. J. Jones, Esq., Babu Asutosh Mukhopa- 

 dhyay, L. de Niceville, Esq., B. D. Oldham, Esq., A. Pedler, Esq., H. M. 

 Percival, Esq., T. A. Pope, Esq^, Abdur Rahman, Esq., Dr. P. K. Ray, 

 H. M. Rustomjee, Esq,, W. L. Sclater, Esq., D. Waldie, Esq. 



The minutes of the last meeting were read and confirmed. 



Thirty-one presentations were announced, as detailed in the ap- 

 pended Library List. 



The following gentleman, duly proposed and seconded at the last 

 meeting of the Society, was ballotted for and elected an Ordinary 

 Member : 



Nawab Mir Mahomed Ali. 



The following gentlemen are candidates for election at the next 

 meeting : 



A. P. Pennell, Esq., C. S., proposed by J. Crawfurd, Esq., seconded 

 by A. Pedler, Esq. 



Kumar Devendra Narayan Roy, proposed by Babu Gaurdas Bysack, 

 seconded by H. M. Percival, Esq. 



Maulvi Kabiruddin Ahmad, Khan Bahadur, (for re-election), pro- 

 posed by Babu Gaurdas Bysack, seconded by H. M. Percival, Esq. 



Babu Peary Mohun Roy, proposed by Babu Gaurdas Bysack, 

 seconded by Lt.-Col. Waterhouse. 



