PROCEEDINGS 



OF THE 



ASIATIC SOCIETY OE BENGAL, 



Foe June, 1859. 



The Monthly General Meeting of the Asiatic Society of Bergai 

 was held on the 1st Instant. 



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



The proceedings of the last meeting were read and confirmed. 

 Presentations were received. 



1. From Lieut.-Col. James Abbott, through W\ H. Fergusson, 

 Esq., two boxes of ancient copper coins. 



2. From Major Berdmore, Schue Gyen, on the Sitang River, 

 Tenasserim Provinces, a collection of reptiles and fishes, chiefly the 

 latter, obtained mostly from the lulls in the interior, and comprising 

 some new generic forms of much interest, with several new species 

 belonging to other mountain forms of India. 



3. From Capt. Hodge, through A. Grote, Esq., a bottle of 

 specimens preserved in spirits from Port Blair. 



4. From the Ilome Department, Nos. 53 A and 55, of the Selec- 

 tions from the records of the Madras Government. 



5. From Dr. E. Roer and W. A. Montriou, Esq., copy of a 

 work on Hindu Law and Judicature from the Dharma Sastra of 

 Yajuavalkya. 



6. From F. E. Hall, Esq., M. A., a work entitled " A Contribu- 

 tion towards an Index to the Bibliography of the Indian Philoso- 

 phical Systems." 



Major R. Tytler, duly proposed at the last meeting, was balloted 

 for and elected an ordinary member. 



R. H. M. Warraud, Esq , B. 0. S., proposed by Mr. Atkinson, 

 secouded by Mr. Grote, was named for ballot at the next meeting. 



