PROCEEDINGS 



OF THE 



ASIATIC SOCIETY OF BENGAL, 



For August, 184/. 



The usual monthly meeting of the Asiatic Society was held, on the 

 evening of Wednesday, the 4th of August. 



The Right Rev. the Lord Bishop, in the chair. 



The proceedings of the previous meeting having been read, and the 

 accounts and vouchers presented — the following gentlemen were balloted 

 for and duly elected members of the Society. 



J. Beckwith, Esq., Calcutta, Wm. Greenway, Esq., Assay Master, 

 Agra, and Capt. J. D. Cunningham, Bhopal. 



The names of the following gentlemen were submitted, as candidates, 

 for election at the September meeting. 



Dr. Lamb, Surgeon General, proposed by Lieut. Staples, seconded by 

 J. W. Laidlay, Esq. 



Gilson R. French, Esq., proposed by Mr. Laidlay, seconded by Dr. 

 O'Shaughnessy. 



Wm. McDougal, Esq., proposed by Mr. Laidlay, seconded by Dr. 

 O'Shaughnessy. 



Read letters from the Secretary to the Military Board, forwarding 

 copies of the Water-guage Register Report for 1845 and 1846, for the 

 Ganges and Jumna rivers. 



From H. M. Elliot, Esq., Secretary to the Government of India, 

 Foreign Department, announcing that a British mission was about to 

 proceed to Thibet and inviting the suggestions of the Society regarding 

 all matters of scientific or literary interest the Society might desire to 

 have investigated by the Commissioners. 



A communication on this subject, from the Council of the Society, 

 will be found in the sequel of the evening's proceedings. 



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