PROCEEDINGS 



OF THE 



ASIATIC SOCIETY OP BENGAL, 



For April, 1867. 



A meeting of the Asiatic Society of Bengal was held on Wednesday 

 the 3rd April, at 9 p. m. 



Dr. J. Fayrer, President, in the chair. 



The minutes of the last meeting were read and confirmed. 



Presentations were announced : — 



1. From A. Grote, Esq. a specimen of Tragulus Javanicus. 



2. From Dr. J. E. T. Aitchison, a specimen of Larus Ichlhyaetus 

 a Sea Gull, shot at Umritsar in the Punjab in May last. 



3. From Lieutenant J. Waterhouse, a box of specimens of plum- 

 bago from the Sonah mines near Delhi. 



4. From Baboo Gour Doss By sack, a few bricks and a carved 

 Koran stand from the Sat-Gombouj of Bagharhaut. 



5. From the Bev. C. H. Dall, 3 photographs of the hairy family 

 at Ava. 



6. From Captain J. Anderson, a fragment of stone from the old 

 tomb of Mrs. Mary Hastings at Berhampore with a copy of the 

 epitaph. 



7. Mr. Blanford exhibited, on part of Mr. Grote, a few specimens 

 of a curious sponge (" Bagaderos") from the Philippine islands. 



8. The Council reported that they have elected H. Blochmann, Esq. 

 a member of the Library Committee. 



9. The following gentlemen, proposed at the last meeting, were 

 balloted for and elected as ordinary members : — Major G-. Main waring ; 

 Lieutenant- Colonel B. Ford ; the Hon'ble Nawab Sir Sherif ul Omrah 

 Bahadur, K. C. S. I. ; Dr. Mohindra Lala Sirkar. 



