PROCEEDINGS 



OF THE 



ASIATIC SOCIETY OF BENGAL, 



Foe Apeil, 1860. 



The Monthly General Meeting of the Asiatic Society, was held on 

 tlie 4th instant. 



A. Grote, Esq., President, in the Chair. 



The proceedings of the last Meeting were read and confirmed. 



Presentations were received — 



1. From Bajah Kimdurpeshvvar Sinha, througli the Collector of 

 Burdwan, four silver coins. 



2. From the Royal Academy of Sciences at Stockholm, a copy of 

 "Eugenies Besa, JELeft 6. 



3. From Henri de Saussure, of Geneva, Parts 8 and 9 of Mono- 

 grapliie des Guipes Sociales. 



4. From Major H. L. Thuillier, a map of the China coast. 



5. From Captain Jethro Fairweather, commanding the ship For- 

 farshire, a skull of Delphinus eurynome, from the Bay of Bengal ; a 

 very beautiful and perfect specimen. 



6. Mrs. Edwards, two fishes from Port Blair, one of them a Ser- 

 ranus new to the Museum. 



7. Beceived by Banghy Dák, the skin of a Lagomys. 



8. From the Curator, a fine stuffed specimen of Rupicola sangui- 

 nolenta, Gould. 



The following gentlemen, duly proposed at the last Meeting, were 

 balloted for, and elected ordinary Members. 



J. E. T. Aitchison, Esq., M. D. ; A. K. Dyer, Esq.; H. Braddon, 

 Esq. ; and Alonzo Money, Esq., B. C. S. 



Dr. M. Haug, of Poonah, was also balloted for, and elected a cor- 

 responding member, 



