PROCEEDINGS 



OF THE 



ASIATIC SOCIETY OF BENGAL, 



Foe September, 1860. 



The Monthly General Meeting of the Asiatic Society was held on 

 the 5th instant — 



Major H. L. Thuillier, Vice President, in the chair. 



The Proceedings of the last Meeting were read and confirmed. 



Presentations were received — 



1. From Dr. C. Hoist, Secretary to the Royal University of 

 Christiania, the latest publications of the University. 



2. From the British Association for the Advancement of Science, 

 a report of the 29th Meeting of the Association held at Aberdeen, 

 in September, 1859. 



3. From the Secretary to the Government of Bengal, the latest 

 Peport of the Geological Survey of India. 



4. From the Acting Principal of the Grant Medical College, 

 Bombay, a copy of the report for the College Session 1859-60. 



5. From Baboo Eungalal Banerjea, a copy of his work on the 

 Importance of Physical Education, being the first work of the kind in 

 the Bengali language. 



6. From Mr. J. C. Evans, a few coins found by himself in Egypt ; 

 among these are some genuine Ptolemies and one or two forgeries 

 of the Ptolemaic period. 



7. From Baboo Eajendra Mullick, a pair of very fine adult Cas- 

 sowaries, male and female, that have been prepared as skeletons. 



8. From Captain Haughton, Port Blair, Andamans, through the 

 President, a marine annelide, taken off the coast of Sumatra. 



9. From G. J. Evans, Esq., a small lizard and two snakes from 

 Egypt. 



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