440 Proceedings of the Asiatic Society. [No. á ; 



Capt. Raverty's Gulshan-rah — Afghan Poetry and Prose. 

 Ditto. üictionary of the Pushto or Afghan language. 

 Ditto. Grammar, Ditto. Ditto. 



Fon Decembek, 1860. 



At a meeting of tlie Society held on the 5th Instant — 



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



Presentations were received — 



lst. From Major Hollings, a baked clay fac-simile of Sanscrit in- 

 scription on a stone pillar in the Behar Fort. 



2nd. From the Bombay G-eographical Society, the 25th Vol. of 

 their Transactions. 



3rd. From Mr. W. S. Seton-Karr, Secretary to the Government 

 of Bengal, forwarding, on behalf of the India House, certain copies 

 of the Memoirs and Beports of the Royal Astronomical Society. 



4th. From the Academy of Natural Sciences at Philadelphia, a 

 copy of the proceedings of the Academy for 1860. 



The Secretary announced the publication of the Shell catalogue, a 

 copy of which was laid on the table, price fixed at 3 Es. a copy. 



The following gentlemen who were proposed at the last meeting 

 were balloted for and elected ordinary members. 



F. Cooper, Esq. C. S. 



Moulavie Abdool Luteef Khan Bahadur, Deputy Magistrate and 

 Deputy Collector, 24-Pergunnahs. 



Baboo Gooroo Chum Doss, Deputy Magistrate, Jessore. 



D. H. Macfarlane, Esq., Calcutta. 



The following gentlemen were named for ballot at the next meeting. 



J. C. Erskine, Esq. proposed by Sir Bartle Frere and seconded by 

 Captain W. N. Lees. 



Lewis Jackson, Esq. C. S. proposed by Mr. Atkinson and seconded 

 by Mr. Cowell. 



William Thompson Dodsvvorth, Esq,, Surveyor, Ganges Canal, Deli- 

 ra Dhoon, proposed by Colonel Waugh and seconded by Major 

 Tliuillier, 



