PROCEEDINGS 



OP THE 



ASIATIC SOCIETY OE BENGAL, 



For October, 1866. 



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The Monthly General Meeting of the Asiatic Society of Bengal was 

 held on Wednesday, the 3rd October, at 9 p. m. 



A. Grote, Esq., in the Chair. 



The proceedings of the last meeting were read and confirmed. 



The following presentation was announced: — 



From Professor R. Schlagintweit, 100 copies of the Chart of the 

 Meteorology of India, for distribution. 



The following report of the Philological Committee recommending 

 the publication of the Ayin-Akbary, was read ; and adopted by the 

 meeting. 



Report. 



The Council beg to report that they have made arrangements for 

 the publication of a new and carefully collated edition of the Ayin- 

 Akbary in the new series of the Bibliotheca Indica. 



The materials available for the work consist of nine MSS., viz. : — 



1. A MS. belonging to Nawab Ziyauddin, 



2. A MS. belonging to Colonel Hamilton. 



3. A copy of the lithographed Delhi edition. 



4. A copy forwarded by Mr. Ward. 



5. A copy (parchment) belonging to the Asiatic Society. 



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7. Do. do. do. 



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9. A copy belonging to Sayyid Faqiruddm. No. 2, is an old and 

 very valuable manuscript, supposed to have, at one time, belonged to 

 the Emperor Shah Jehan. 



