PROCEEDINGS 



OF THE 



ASIATIC SOCIETY OE BENGAL, 



For April, 1868. 



A monthly general meeting of the Asiatic Society of Bengal was 

 held on Wednesday, the 1st instant at 9 p. m. 



Dr. Oldham having declined to take the chair as President, it was 

 unanimously resolved, on the proposition of Mr. Blanford, that the 

 Honorable J. B. Phear, Vice-President, do take the chair. 



Mr.- Phear took the chair accordingly. 



The minutes of the last meeting were read and confirmed. 

 The following presentations were announced : — 



1. From Babu Kedaranatha Banerji. A copy of Venisamhara Nataka 

 of Bhattanarayana. 



2. From Captain T. C. Anderson. A copy of Proverbial Philo- 

 sophy of Cats, by the donor. A Copy of some Spanish Proverbs, 

 collated by the donor. A copy of Last Words of a few Celebrities 

 (concluded) by the same. A copy of ' Ubique,' being war services 

 of all the officers of H. M.'s Bengal Army, by the same. A copy 

 of the Order of the Victoria Cross, by the same. 



3. From the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Paris. A copy of 

 'Le Livre des Bois, par Abou'l Kasim Ferdousi, publie, traduit 

 et commente par M. Jules Mohl ; Cinquieme Tome.' 



The following gentlemen, duly proposed and seconded at the last 

 meeting, were balloted for and elected as ordinary members. 



H. S. H. Prince Frederic of Schleswig-Holstein. 



Cumara Pramathanatha Baya of Digapati. 



W. M. Smith, Esquire. 



Babu Bholanatha Chandra. 



Colonel H. Hyde, announced by a mistake of his agent as withdrawn, 

 was reinstated at his request, in the member list. 



