PROCEEDINGS 



ASIATIC SOCIETY OF BENGAL, 



foe July, 1853. 



The Society met on the 6th instant at the nsual hour. 



Sir James Colyile, Kt. President, in the chair — 



The minutes of the last month's proceedings were read and con- 

 firmed. 



The accounts and vouchers for the month of April and May were 

 laid on the table. 



The following presentations were announced : 



1. From J. A. Cockburn, Esq. Supt. Barrackpore Park. Speci- 

 mens of a Loris (Nycticebus tardigradus), a Pheasant (Phasianus 

 torquatus), and a Porcupine (Hystrix bengalensis). 



2. Prom the Secretary of the Meteorological Society of Mauri- 

 tius. Proceedings of the Society for May, 1853. 



3. Prom J. L. Beaufort, Esq. Pubnah. A silver coin of the reign 

 of the Emperor Akbar, dated 999 A. H. 



4. Prom Major Baker, on the part of Gr. Turnbull, Esq. Chief 

 Engineer of the E. I. Eailway. Specimens of fossil bones found in 

 the Eanigunge district. 



The following is an extract from Major B.'s letter. 



" I beg to forward, for presentation to the Asiatic Society, on the 

 part of Gr. Turnbull, Esq. Chief Engineer of the E. I. Eailway, some 

 fossil remains consisting of a set of tarsal bones, and three frag- 

 ments of the jaw, of a large ruminant. 



"I am informed that these specimens were found in the Eani- 

 gunge district, near the confluence of the Damuda and Singharin, 



