PROCEEDINGS 
OF THE 
ASIATIC SOCIETY OF BENGAL, 
j^OR January, 1879 , 
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The monthly General Meeting of the Asiatic Society of Bengal was 
held on Wednesday, the 8th instant, at 9 p. m. 
W. T. Branford, Esq., F. R. S., President, in the Chair. 
The minutes of the last Meeting were read and confirmed :— 
The following gentlemen, duly proposed and seconded at the last 
Meeting, were ballotted for and elected Ordinary Members—- 
R. Sewell, Esq., M. C. S. 
J. F. Browne, Esq., C. E., M. R. A. S. 
Capt. W. E. Gowan. 
The following are candidates for ballot at the next meeting— 
1. Lieut. C. R. Macgregor, Quarter Master, 44th N. I., Shillong, 
proposed by Dr. Anderson, seconded by G. H. Damant, Esq., C. S. 
2. Major J. Sconce, B. S. C., Depy. Surveyor General of India, propos- 
ed by Col. J. T. Walker, R. E., C. B., seconded by Capt. J. Waterhouse. 
3. J. F. Duthie, Esq., Superintendent Botanical Gardens, Saharun- 
pore, proposed by Dr. G. King, seconded by Capt. J. Waterhouse. 
The Secretary announced that Dr. W. J. Palmer had intimated his 
desire to withdraw from the Society on proceeding to England. 
In the absence of Dr. Hoernle, Philological Secretary, Mr. C. H. Tawney 
read the following note on Jainism received from Mr. E. Thomas : 
Jainism. 
Among other questions put down for consideration and discussion at 
the ‘ Congres des Orientalistes’ at Lyons, on the 31st of August last, there 
was formulated a subdivision devoted to “ Les Dja'inas sont-ils d’anciens 
Bouddhistes anterieurs a Sakia Mouni, ou des Bouddhistes modifies depuis 
les persecutions brahmaniques ?” 
As I have paid some attention to this subject,* though unable to 
attend the Congress, and therefore unaware of the course taken in the dis- 
* ‘ Jainism; or, the Early Faith of Asoka’ (Triibner, 1877) ; J. E. A. S., IX, p. 155. 
