PROCEEDINGS 



OF THE 



ASIATIC SOCIETY OF BENGAL 



For May, 1849. 



The usual monthly meeting of the Asiatic Society was held on 

 Saturday, the 5th May, 1849. 



The Hon'ble Sir James Colville, President, in the chair. 



The proceedings of the April meeting were read and confirmed, and 

 the accounts and vouchers of the preceding month laid upon the table. 



Dr. Macrae, having been proposed at the April meeting, was bal- 

 lotted for and duly elected. 



The following gentlemen were proposed as members : — 



Cecil Beadon, Esq., C. S. proposed by Mr. Piddington, seconded by 

 Mr. Laidlay. 



Dr. Row, Superintending Surgeon, Dacca, proposed by Lieut. 

 Staples, seconded by Mr. Laidlay. 



R. V. Thurnburn, Esq., proposed by Dr. McClelland, seconded by 

 Dr. Walker. 



Raja Radhakant Deb intimated his desire to withdraw his name 

 from the list of members* 



Read a letter from H. M. Elliot, Esq. Secretary to Government of 

 India, with the Governor General, forwarding for publication Journal 

 of a Trip through, the Kohistan of the Jullunder, by Lieut. W. H. 

 Parish. (Ordered for publication in the Journal.) 



From A. Shakespear, Esq. Officiating Assistant Secretary to the Go- 

 vernment N. W. P., transmitting Capt. Fenwick's Journal of his passage 

 down the Nerbudda from Chikulda to Baroach. As also abstracts of two 

 Journals containing a notice of the most important obstructions to the 

 navigation. 



