PROCEEDINGS 



OF THE 



ASIATIC SOCIETY OF BENGAL, 



For March, 1858. 



The Monthly General Meeting for March was held on the 3rd 

 instant. 



Hon'ble Sir James Colvile, Kut., President, in the chair. 

 The proceedings of the last Meeting were read and confirmed. 

 Presentations were received : — 



1. From the Imperial Geological Institute of Austria in Vienna, 

 a complete series of the publications of the Institute, comprising 

 twenty volumes beautifully illustrated. 



2. From the Ven'ble Archdeacon Pratt, some valuable Astrono- 

 mical works. 



Letters from J. J. Gray, Esq., R. Cust, Esq., and Dr. Campbell? 

 announcing their wish to withdraw from the Society, were recorded. 

 Mr. Gray stated, that he had written to announce his intention 

 in Nov. last. His letter, however, had not been received. 



Mons. R. Schlagintweit was balloted for as a corresponding mem- 

 ber of the Society, and declared elected. 



The Council submitted the following report : — 



The Council beg to recommend that Bryan Houghton Hodgson, 

 Esq., and Dr. H. Falconer be elected Honorary Members of the 

 Society. 



Mr. Hodgson has been for twenty-five years a member of the So- 

 ciety, and has been a constant contributor to the Transactions and 

 Journals. His papers published by the Society amount to the large 

 number of 118, embracing the most varied subjects in Philology, 

 Archaeology, Geography, Ethnology, and Natural History. 



He has at the same time contributed largely to other scientific 

 bodies, and his reputation is widely spread amongst the cultivators 



