PROCEEDINGS 
OF THE 
ASIATIC SOCIETY OF BENGAL, 
j^OR yApRIL, 1879, 
The monthly General Meeting of the Asiatic Society of Bengal was 
held on Wednesday, the 2nd instant, at 9 p. m. 
W. T. Bbanfobd, Esq., f. k. s., President, in the Chair. 
The minutes of the last Meeting were read and confirmed :— 
The following presentations were announced— 
1. Prom E. T. Atkinson, Esq., Statistical, Descriptive and Historical 
account of the Bijnor District,—by H. Conybeare, b. c. s., edited by 
E. T. Atkinson, Esq., b. a. 
2. From E. Thomas, Esq., f. b. S., a copy of his paper,—On the 
Position of Women in the East in olden time. 
3. From the Madras Government,—Index to sixty-two MS. volumes 
deposited in the Government Oriental MS. Library. 
4. From the Chandernagore Pustakagar,—Deport on the Chander- 
nagore Pustakagar. 
5. From Messrs. L. Schwendler and E. S. Brough, Instructions for 
Testing Lines, Batteries and Instruments ; and Guide to the Technical Ar¬ 
rangement of Telegraph Offices in India, Vol. II. 
6 . From the India Office Library, Codices Indici Bibliothecse Eegias 
Ilavniensis. 
7. From Commander A. D. Taylor, Superintendent of Marine Surveys, 
Chart of Eatnagiri. 
The following gentlemen, duly proposed and seconded at the last 
meeting, were balloted for and elected Ordinary Members— 
The Eight Eev. the Lord Bishop of Calcutta. 
A. C. Lyall, Esq., c. s. (re-elected). 
Babu E. Saran Dass, m. a. 
