PROCEEDINGS 



ASIATIC SOCIETY OF BENGAL, 



Foe February, 1859. 



The Monthly General Meeting of the Asiatic Society was held on 

 the 2nd instant. 



The proceedings of the December and January meetings were 

 read and confirmed. 



Presentations were received. 



1. From Lieut. E. H. Fergusson, Superintendent, Government 

 Observatory, Bombay, a copy of the Magnetical and Meteorological 

 Observations made at the Bombay Observatory in the year 1857. 



2. From Captain Burbank, Steamer Fire Queen, an Andaman 

 Canoe. 



3. From Et. Rev. P. Bigandet, Bishop and Vicar Apostolic of 

 Ava and Pegu, a work on Buddhism in Burmah. 



4. From Captain F. A. V. Thurburn, a small tin box containing 

 124 copper coins collected at Ajodheia, of which 5 or 6 may prove 

 valuable, and which he begged to present to the Society. 



5. From Dr. Macgowan of Ningpo corresponding member of 

 the Society, some Chinese iron coins. 



6. From Mr. Jennings of Messrs. Osier and Co. through Major 

 Thuillier, a map of China and part of Hindostan, published in the 

 16th century. (Sent for exhibition.) 



7. From His Highness the Maha Eajah of Burdwan, a ball 

 found in the small intestines of a Giraffe which died suddenly. 



8. From E. A. Samuells, Esq., Dinapore, two wooden cannons 

 bound with iron, and a female figure in stone. 



9. From M. Natalis Rondot of Paris, commercial delegate at- 

 tached to the mission of M. de la Grene in China, two copies of his 



