PROCEEDINGS 



OK THE 



ASIATIC SOCIETY OF BENGAL, 



For July, 1847. 



The usual monthly meeting of the Asiatic Society was held on Wed- 

 nesday evening, the 7th July, 1847. 



Sir J. P. Grant, Vice-President, in the chair. 



The minutes of proceedings of the last meeting were read and 

 adopted, and the accounts and vouchers for June laid on the table. 



E. Currie, Esq., C. S. duly proposed and seconded at the June meet,, 

 ing, was ballotted for and elected a member. 



The following gentlemen were named as candidates for election at 

 next meeting : — 



Capt. J. B. Cunningham, proposed by J. W. Laidlay, Esq., second- 

 ed by Col. Forbes. 



J. Beckwith, Esq., proposed by W. P. Grant, Esq., seconded by Sir 

 J. P. Grant and Col. Forbes. 



William Greenivay, Esq., Assay Master, Agra, proposed by Col. 

 Forbes, seconded by Dr. W. B. O'Shaughnessy. 



Read letters from — 



The Secretary to the Military Board, forwarding a communication 

 from the Agricultural and Horticultural Society on the timber trees of 

 Bengal, (referred to Capt. Munro, who is entrusted with the preparation 

 of a Report on this subject on behalf of the Society.) 



From Mr. Muir, forwarding his translation from the German of Dr. 

 Rudolph Roth's preliminary Essay on the literature and history of the 

 Vedas. 



From Mr. James Corcoran, submitting a specimen of his Urdu His- 

 tory of the Chinese Empire, and requesting the Society's patronage of 

 the work. (Referred to the Committee of Papers.) 



From the Royal Academy of Munich, presenting several works and 

 requesting others in exchange. (Referred to Librarian for Report.) 



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