PROCEEDINGS 



OF THE 



ASIATIC SOCIETY OF BENGAL, 



For October, 1868. 



The monthly Meeting of the Society was held on Wednesday the 

 7th 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. 



The receipt of the following presentations was announced : — 



1. From Dr. F. Mason, A copy of a Burmese Handbook of Medicine, 

 by the donor. 



2. From Dr. J. B. Davies, A copy of Grecian Anthropology, by 

 the donor. 



3. From the Curator Government Books, North-West Provinces, 

 A copy of Report on past famines in the North-West Provinces, by C. 

 E. R. Girdlestone, Esq. 



4. From Dr. H. A. Jaeschke, A copy of Ueher die Phonetik der 

 Tibetanischen Sprache, by the donor. 



5. From J. Avdall, Esq., A copy of the second edition of Les 

 Auteurs Hindoustanis et hears ouvrages, by M. Garcin de Tassy. 



6. From Major F. Tennant, R. E., A photograph of the Moon on 

 glass. 



7. From the Government of India, Ethnological Report on the Races 

 of Rajputana, with photographs. 



The following gentlemen duly proposed and seconded at the last 

 meeting were balloted for and elected ordinary members — 

 W. Eddowes Esq., M. D. 

 S. M. Shircore, Esq., M. D. 



