PROCEEDINGS 
or THE 
ASIATIC SOCIETY OE BENGAL, 
Fos Noyehbeb, 1862. 
The Monthly General Meeting of the Asiatic Society of Bengal 
was held on the 5th instant. 
A. Grote, Esq., President, in the chair. 
The proceedings of the last meeting were read and confirmed. 
Presentations were received—- 
1. From Lieut.-Col. J. P. Beadle through E. C. Bayley, Esq., a set 
of the photographs of Buildings, Monoliths, &c. in Orissa taken by 
the Government Photographer in Cuttack. 
2. From C. A. Elliott, Esq., a copy of his work entitled—The 
Chronicles of Oonao, a district in Oudh. 
8. From the Academy of Sciences, Hungary, several publica¬ 
tions of the Academy. 
The Council reported that they had appointed Dr. J. Fayrer to be 
a member of the Committee of Finance vice Dr. Crozier, who has gone 
to E ngland. 
The undermentioned gentleman was named for ballot at the next 
meeting : 
S. Lobb, Esq., M. A. of the Presidency College, proposed by Mr. 
Cowell and seconded by Mr. Atkinson. 
With reference to a recommendation of the Council that Mr. 
E. Thomas be appointed Honorary Agent of the Society in place of 
the late Professor H. H. Wilson, the President stated as follows :—• 
“ The Council have asked me to obtain the assent of the Meeting 
to their proposition to appoint Air. E. Thomas to be their Honorary 
Agent in London. I need not explain that Mr. Thomas is an old and 
