Proceedings of the Asiatic Society of Bengal, January, 1846, 



The stated monthly meeting was held on Wednesday evening, the 

 7th of January, W. B. O'Shaughnessy, Esq., M. D., senior member of 

 the Committee of Papers, in the chair. 



The Proceedings for the month of December were read and confirmed. 



The Secretary referred to what had passed at that meeting in refer- 

 ence to an Iron Railing, and it was resolved that the following gentle- 

 men be nominated a committee to take this matter into consideration : 



Captain Marshall, B. N. I. 



W. Tayler, Esq. C. S. 



R. Frith, Esq. 



W. Elliot, Esq., Madras C. S. was ballotted for and declared duly 

 elected and the following new member was proposed : 



Lord Arthur Hay. 



Proposed by E. Blyth, Esq., seconded by R. Frith, Esq, 



The following gentlemen were^kjr^c^as members of the com- 

 mittee of papers for 1846: /^2k5^T* V^\ 



G. A. Bushby, Esq. C. S^f|*t'\ , !%>0| 



J. R. Colvin, Esq. C. S. !J%tS%^^<5/ 



W. Tayler, Esq. C. S. \^^^^M 



The Secretary stated that, tr^h^yjlt^Rev. J. Long, Raja Sreesh 

 Chunder Bahadoor of Nuddea had placed at the disposal of the Socie- 

 ty for copying, a portrait of his ancestor the learned Raja of Nuddea, 

 which was in the hands of a competent artist. The thanks of the Socie- 

 ty were voted by acclamation to the Raja. 



Read the following list of books, presented, exchanged, and pur- 

 chased : 



List of Books received for the Meeting of Wednesday , the Itlt January, 1846. 

 Presented. 



1. The Calcutta Christian Observer for December, 1845, and January, 1846. — By the 

 Editors. 



2. The Oriental Christian Spectator for December, 1845. — By the Editor, 



3. Sepulchres of Ancient Etruria.— By 11. Torrens, Esq. 



4. Central America, Chiapas and Yucatan, 2 vols. — By H. Torrens, Esq, 



