PROCEEDINGS 



OF THE 



ASIATIC SOCIETY OF BENGAL, 



For April, 1887. 



The Monthly General Meeting of the Asiatic Society of Benga 

 were held on Wednesday the 6th April 1887 at 9-15 p. M. 



Lt.-Col. J. Waterhouse, Vice-President, in the Chair. 



The following members were present : 



Abdul Latif, C. I. E., Nawab Bahadur, H. Beveridge, Esq., H. F. 

 Blanford, Esq., E. Gay, Esq., Dr. Hoernle, A. Hogg, Esq., Dr. Ra/jen- 

 dralala Mitra, C. I. E., Rai Bahadur, E. F. Mondy, Esq., Babu Asutosh 

 Mukhopadhyaya, L. de Niceville, Esq., Pandit Mahamahopadhyaya Mahes- 

 chandra Nyayaratna, H. M. Percival, Esq., The Hon. Dr. Mahendralal 

 Sarkar, C. I. E., Pandit Haraprasad Scistri, Maulavi Golam Sarwar, D. 

 Waldie, Esq., J. Wood-Mason, Esq. 



The minutes of the previous meeting were read and confirmed. 



Twenty presentations were announced, as detailed in the appended 

 Library List. 



The following gentlemen, duly proposed and seconded at the last 

 meeting of the Society, were ballottedfor, and elected Ordinary Members'- 

 Dr. W. J. Simpson. 

 F. J. E. Spring, Esq. 

 Fritz Noetling, Esq., Ph. D. 



The following gentlemen are candidates for election at the nest 

 meeting : 



T. R. Munro, Esq., Port Commissioner's Department, proposed by 

 D. Waldie, Esq., seconded by H. M. Percival, Esq. 



Dr. P. K. Ray, Professor, Presidency College, proposed by the Hon. 

 Dr. Mahendralal Sarkar, seconded by Professor Nilmani Mukherji. 



