PROCEEDINGS 
OF THE 
ASIATIC SOCIETY OF BENGAL, 
jIanuaf^y, i8 95- 
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The Monthly General Meeting of the Asiatic Society of Bengal, was 
held on Wednesday, the 2nd January, 1895, at 9 p. m. 
Dr. A. F. R Hoernle, Vice-President, in the chair. 
The following members w r ere present:— 
Surgeon-Major-General A. F. Bradshaw, A. A. Caspersz, Esq., 
Babu farat Candra Das, C. L. Griesbach, Esq., Babu parat Candra 
Lahiri, Kumar Rame^ar Malia, J. Mann, Esq., L. de Niceville, Esq., 
Pandit Haraprasad pastri, C. R. Wilson, Esq., J. G. Woodroffe, Esq. 
The minutes of the last meeting were read and confirmed. 
Thirty-one presentations were announced, details of which are 
given in the Library List appended. 
The following gentlemen have expressed a wish to withdraw from 
the Society:— 
S. R. Elson, Esq. 
Lieutenant W. A. Harrison. 
Dr. Kenneth Macleod. 
Mr. C. L. Griesbach exhibited some antique beads and stones. 
Note on the above by Mr. J. H. Shrine. 
At Scibour, 5 miles east of Bhagulpur, in an alluvial soil 12 miles 
from nearest rock formations, are found immense quantities of beads and 
stones. The time is June, when the rains burst. The soil is thus 
covered with them and the roads, too, have their quota. The natives 
