1853.] Proceedings of the Asiatic Society. 683 



for December, 1853. 



At a meeting of the Society held in the Society's Rooms, Park 

 Street, on the 7th instant, at the usual hour, 



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



The minutes of the last month were read and confirmed, and the 

 accounts and vouchers for the month of October laid on the table. 



Presentations were received — 



1st. Prom Mons. Stanislas Julian, the first volume of his Life 

 and Travels of Hiuean Thsang. 



2nd. Prom J. J. Gray, Esq. a MS. copy of the Eyas-us Sala- 

 teen, a History of Bengal in Persian, by Gholam Hossein. 



3rd. Prom the Government of Bengal, for the Museum of Eco- 

 nomic Geology, through W. G. Young, Esq. Under-Secretary, a map 

 of the district of Tirhoot. 



4th. Prom P. L. Beaufort, Esq. an image of Vishnu found in 

 the bed of a Nalla in the Pubnah district. 



5th. Prom Mons. E. Mulsant, Secretary to the Societe Eoyale 

 des Agriculture, &c. de Lyon. Memoirs of the Academy for 1851. 



6th. Prom Shah Kabeer Uddeen. The following Persian works : 

 Dele Sard, 

 Nala Dard. 



7th. Prom Captain Hayes. A collection of ancient coins from 

 Lucknow. 



8th. Prom H. Piddington, Esq. Clay Pigures of Kaluraya and 

 Dakhinraya, forest gods of the Hindus, found on Saugor Island. 



9th. Prom J. Bitchie, Esq. of Bombay, through Mr. Piddington, 

 a lithographed copy of the Map of Bengal and the Sunderbund, 

 published in De Barros's History. 



Eaja Isriprasad of Benares, duly proposed and seconded at the 

 last meeting, was balloted for and elected an ordinary member. 



The following gentlemen were named for ballot at the next 

 Pebruary meeting. 



Babu Nagendranath Tagore, — proposed by Sir James Colvile, and 

 seconded by Dr. Sprenger. 



G. H. Preeling, Esq. — proposed by Mr. E. Thomas, and seconded 

 by Mr. Grote. 



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