PROCEEDINGS 



ASIATIC SOCIETY OF BENGAL, 



Eon September, 1853. 



The Society met on the 7th instant at the usual hour. 



J. B. Colvin, Esq. V. P., in the Chair. 



Dr. Porter was introduced as a Visitor by Dr. A. Sprenger. 



The proceedings of the last month were read and confirmed. 



The accounts and vouchers for the month of July were laid on 

 the table. 



Donations were announced : — 



1st. — From J. A. Cockburn, Esq. Superintendent, Barrackpore 

 Park : The Carcass of a Leopard, Felis leopardus. 



2nd. — Erom Mon. C. Holmboe, Secretary of the Eoyal University 

 of Christiana : The latest publications of the University as per 

 list in the Library Report. 



3rd. — Erom Hodgson Pratt, Esq. Officiating Under-Secretary to 

 the Government of Bengal, specimens of copper smelted in Dhul- 

 bhoom, a district in the South West Frontier Agency, together with 

 reports on the quality of the same by the Assay and Mint Masters. 



The following is an extract from the Assay Master's report. 



"I have the honor to report that their (the specimens') pure con- 

 tents are as under : 



No. 1 90 per cent. 



No. 2 88 ditto ditto ; 



they both contain sulphur and iron, and seem to be fair specimens of 

 metal imperfectly refined.' ' 



The Mint Master adds that on trial at the laminating rollers of 

 the Mint both specimens were found unmalleable. 



