PKOCEEDINGS 



OF THE 



ASIATIC SOCIETY OF BENGAL 



for August, 1869. 



A meeting of the Society was held on Wednesday, the 4th Instant, 

 at 9 o'clock p. m. 



T. Oldham, Esq., LL. D., President, in the chair. 



The minutes of the last meeting were read and confirmed. 



Presentations were announced — 



1. From the Government of India, Home Department. A set of 

 twenty photographs of the caves and Temples of Nassick, taken by 

 Mr. Sykes, photographer, Bombay. 



2. From W. Oldham, Esq., LL. D., Ghazeepore. Specimens of 

 bricks, bearing inscriptions, found at Musar near Arrah. 



The inscriptions are Pali, but owing to the broken state of the 

 bricks, the characters have not yet been completely deciphered. The 

 fragments shew that each brick contained the same word. 



3. From G. Smith, Esq., LL. D., a copy of ' Memorials of the 

 Rev. John Pourie.' 



4. From Father E. Lafont, S. J., a copy of ' Daily Meteorological 

 Observations at the St. Xavier's College Observatory, January to 

 June, 1869.' 



5. From A. Cameron, Esq., a copy of a pamphlet on the Dyaks of 

 Borneo. 



6. From Mohendralala Sircar, M. D., a copy of the Calcutta Jour- 

 nal of Medicine, Vol. II, parts 2 and 3. 



The following gentlemen duly proposed and seconded at the last 

 meeting were balloted for and elected Ordinary Members— 

 J. W. Selbach, Esq. 

 Prince Jahan Qadr Mirza Muhammad Wahid 'All Bahadur. 



