PROCEEDINGS 



OF THE 



ASIATIC SOCIETY OF BENGAL, 



April, 1847. 



Lieut.-Col. Forbes, in the Chair. 



The Proceedings of last meeting were read and adopted. 



The accounts and vouchers of the previous month were submitted as 

 usual. 



The following gentlemen were then duly elected members of the 

 Society : — 



The Rev. S. Slater. 



Count Lachersteen. 



D. Money, Esq. C. S. 



Lieut. Staples, Bengal Artillery. 



The Senior Secretary communicated the desire of Capt. Jas. Abbott, 

 Boundary Commissioner, Punjab, to rejoin the Society from 1st 

 January, 1847. 



The following gentlemen were named as candidates for admission : — 



Capt. J. C. Hanyngton, 24th N. I. Dep. Com. Chota Nagpore, 

 proposed by Lieut.-Col, Ousely, seconded by Capt. Kittoe. 



Rev. James Thomson, proposed by Dr. O'Shaughnessy, seconded by 

 Col. Forbes. 



Geo. Udny, Esq. C. S., proposed by Lieut.-Col. Forbes, seconded 

 by Dr. O'Shaughnessy. 



12. Thwaites, Esq. Professor Hoogly College, proposed by Mr. Jones, 

 seconded by Mr. Kerr. 



M. E. Gibelin, Procureur du Roi a Pondicherry, proposed by Mr. 

 Piddington, seconded by Mr. Laidlay. 



J. R. Logan, Esq. Singapore, proposed by Dr. O'Shaughnessy, 

 seconded by Mr. Laidlay. 



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