PROCEEDINGS 



OF THE 



ASIATIC SOCIETY OF BENGAL 



For July 1862. 



The monthly general meeting of the Asiatic Society of Bengal 

 was held on the 2nd instant. 



Colonel R. Strachey, Vice-President, in the Chair. 



The proceedings of the last meeting were read and confirmed. 



Presentations were received — 



From Mr. E. B. Harris, impressions of an inscription on the back 

 of an image of Buddha found in Sultangunge, near Monghyr. The 

 inscription contains the Buddhist creed so common on such images. 



2. From Major J. C. Haughton, a hollow wooden shield from 

 Port Blair, used by the natives as a tom-tom. 



3. From Archdeacon Pratt, a copy of his papers from the Philo- 

 sophical transactions on Mountain and other Local Attraction in 

 India. 



Read letters — 



From H. Bell, Esq., intimating his desire to withdraw from the 

 Society. 



From the Under-Secretary, Government of Bengal, forwarding an 

 extract of the annual general report of the Rajshahi Division giving 

 some account of a Cyclone which visited the western part of the 

 district in March last. 



From the Under-Secretary, Government of India in the Home 

 Department, containing the following extract from the proceedings 

 of the Government of India in the Financial Department, with 

 reference to the Society's solicitation for a reconsideration of the 

 decision of the late Hon'ble Court on Mr. Blyth's application for a 

 pension. 



