70 Proceedings of the Asiatic Society of Bengal. [No. 1, 



Foe Febktjaby, 1860. 



At a meeting of the Soeiety held on the 1st Instant. 



A. Grote, Esq., President in the chair. 



The Proceedings of the last meeting were read and confirmed. 



Presentations were received — 



1. From Dr. F. J. Mouat, a Jacket &c, worn hy the Anganii 

 Naga Hill chief who killed the French Missionary. 



2. From Dr. W. Hardinger of the Austrian Academy, several 

 volumes of the Transactions of that Academy. 



3. From the Seey. to the Royal Society of Sciences at Stockholm, 

 Parts 1 to 5 of a Voyage round the world of the It. Swedish Frigate 

 Eugenie. 



4. From H. M. the Ex-King of Oudh, a dead monkey, Preslytes 

 (Jeplialopterus. 



5. From Mrs. Turnhull, a fine stuffed specimen of Betaurus 

 Sciaurus, Shaw. 



6. From J. J. Atkinson, Esq., a few Birds' skius procured at 

 Singapore. 



7. From Alex. Thomas, Esq., in medical charge of Khyuk Phyoo, 

 Ramsee, Arakan, a fine specimen of Platydactylus gecko. 



8. From F. E. Hall, Esq., an inscription stone found among the 

 ruins of Patan, a decayed city near Ratgurh in the Saugor district. 



9. From Major R. R. W. Ellis (through F. E. Hall, Esq.,) a 

 copper-plate land grant, dated in the year of Vikramaditya answering 

 to A. D. 1097. This grant was translated by Mr. Hall in the 

 Journal of 1858. 



A letter was read from C. E. Chapman, Esq., desiring to withdraw 

 from the Society. 



The following gentlemen duly proposed at the last meeting were 

 balloted for and elected ordinary members. 



Col. E. W. S. Scott. Bengal Artillery. 



Major G. Pearse. 



Dr. F. J. Mouat, re-elected. 



Capt. T. G. Montgomerie, B. E., F. R. G. S. 



Mr. Robert Swinhoe and Rev. H. Baker were also elected corre- 

 sponding members of Society. 



