t.o 4- . I ; ^c> 4. O V FOR THE PEOPLE FOR EDVCATION FOR SCIENCE LIBRARY OF THE AMERICAN MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY PROCEEDINGS OF THE ASIATIC SOCIETY OF BENGAL, EDIIEU BY The Honorary Secretaries. JANUARY TO DECEMBER, 1896. CALCUTTA : PRINTED AT THK BAPTIST MISSIO^f PRESS, AND PUBLISHED BY THE ASIATIC SOCIETY OP BENGAL. 1897. CONTENTS. Proceedings for January, 1896 Ditto for February „ (including Annual Report) Ditto for March , Ditto for April , Ditto for May , Ditto for June , Ditto for July , Ditto for August , Ditto for November , Ditto for December , List of Members of the Asiatic Society on the 31st December, 1895 (Appendix to the Proceedings for February, 1896) Abstract Statement of Receipts and Disbursements of the Asiatic Society for the year 1895 (Appendix to the Pro- ceedings for February, 1896) 1-8 9-38 39-48 49-70 71-78 79-94 95-106 107-116 117-128 129-t3S- ifO, XVll-XXlX LIST OF PLATES. I.— Plan of Buddha's walk ... ... ... (p. 60) ■II. — General Cunningham's Rubbings in his Mahabodhi ... Ditto -III.— K W. Pillar Base of Buddha's walk ... ... Ditto V'lV.— N. W. Pillar of Buddha's walk ... ... Ditto v.— " Double " Rice ... ... ... ... (p. 66) VI. — Survey Round Sangla Hill ... ... ... (p. 88) VII.— Map of Gopalpur ... ... ... ... (p. 98) PROCEEDINGS OK THE ASIATIC SOCIETY OF BENGAL, For January, 1896. The Monthly General Meeting of the Asiatic Society of Bengal was held on Wednesday, the 8th January, 1896, at 9 p. m. Alexander Pedler, F. R. S., President, in the chair. The following members were present : — Moulvie Abdus Salam, Dr. A. W. Alcock, Dr. A. R. Anderson, Dr. A, F. R. Hoernle, His Grace Archbi>*hop Dr. Paul Goethals, Dr. G. A. Grierson, Babu Pancanana Mukherjee, Pandit Hariraohan Vidyabhushan, Babu Mahendranath Ray, Pandit Haraprasad ^astrl,, C. R. Wilson, Esq. Visitor : — Monsieur A. Foucher. The minutes of the last meeting were I'ead and confirmed. Twenty-six presentations were announced, details of which ar© given in the Library List appended. The following gentlemen duly proposed and seconded at the last meeting of the Society were ballotted for and elected ordinary members : — R. Paget Dowhurt, Esq. . Richard Bnrti, Esq. G. Place, Esq. Dr. Arnold Caddy. 2 Pandit Haraprasad (^astrl — Visnupur Circular Cards. [Jam. The following gentlemen are candidates for election at the next meeting : — W, C. Macpherson, Esq., I. C. S., proposed by Dr. G. A. Grierson, seconded by Dr. A. F. II. Hoernle. Surgeon-Lien tenant Charles E. Williams, I. M. S., 6th Punjab Infantr3% Edwardesabad, proposed by Dr. G. A. Grierson, seconded by C. R. Wilson, Esq. The following gentlemen have expressed a wish io withdraw from the Society : — Major J. Hayes Sadler, B. S. C. Dr. G. H. D. Gimlette, M.D. The Philological Secretary exhibited a personal relic of General Cunningham. Pandit Haraprasad ^astrl exhibited a second set of Visnupur Cir- cular Cards and I'ead the following note. A single pack contains forty-eight cards, in twelve groups of four each. The first four have each a figure, which though apparently a female figure, on closer examination appears to be the figure of a Malla king dressed in female attire. This is the Ace. The second four have two wrestlers. These are valued at two. The third four have three leaves. The fourth four have four conch shells ; the fifth, five flowers ; the sixth, six carpet cushions ; the seventh, seven swords ; the eighth eight Balcula fniits ; the ninth, nine full blown flowers; the tenth, ten plums. Tlie eleventh four have each a horseman and the twelfth each an elephant rider. They are valued at 11 and 12 respectively. The point of the game is this. He who gets the number seventeen first in a group of four players, wins the stakes. The cards are first shuffled then cut by the right-hand man, and one card is dealt to each player from right to left. Then the right-hand man is given another card. If he gets more than seventeen he loses the stakes and throws away his cards; if he gets seventeen he wins ; if he gets less, he has the option of either demanding another card or allowing cards to be given to others. If nobody gets seventeen, nobody wins. If a man gets two horses, two elephants, two aces and two twos, he also ■wins. Some of the designs in this pack are the same as in the Visnupur Circular Cards already described in Journal, Part I, p. 284, But others are not. The elephant rider, the horseman, the wrestlers and the king in the Ace remind one of the Asvapatis, Gajapatis and IS'JG.] Babu N. N. VnHU—Chronvhujif of fin' Sena Kiugs of Bengal 3 Narapatis Rajyairayadhipatis so often mentioued in the inscriptions of the twelfth and thirteenth centuries. The following papers wei'e read : — 1. Oil the Radical and Pa)-ticipial Tenses of the Modern Indo-Aryan Langriages. — By Gr. A. Grierson, Esq., Ph. D., C. I. E. The paper will be published in the Journal, Part I. 2. Chronology of the Sena kings of Bengal. — By Babu Nagendra- NATHA YaSU. (Abstract). Though considerable research has been made to construct a genuine history of the Sena kings, yet much remains to be done. The following conclusions are the abstract of the results of my perusal of the manu- scripts of the Dana-sagara, the Karikas of Edu-mi^ra and Hnri-rai^ra, and other books, tlie genealogy of the Caudra-dvipa dynasty, and a newly discovered copper-plate. 1. After the leign of Adi-9ura and his descendants, the Pala kings ascended the throne of Bengal. The Sena kings flourished after the Pala kings. 2. Vijaya-sena's son, Ballala-se;ia, wrote the Dana-sagara in 11C9 A.D., and ruled Bengal for 50 years. After ascending the throne, Ballala set out for the conquest of Mithila, and while thei-e, he heard the news of his son Laksmana's birth. There he inaugurated the Laksmaiia era in 1119, in commemoration of his son's birth. 3. Ballala's son, Laksmana-sena, established, after his father, kuli- nism among the Brahmanas. He reigned for 27 or '28 years from 1170 to 1198-99 A.D., when Bengal was conquered by Muhammad-i- Bakhtiar. 4. According to the Aln-i-Akbarl, Madhava-sena and Ke^ava-sena ruled Bengal in succession, after their father Laksmana-setia. But in ray opinion they never ascended tlie throne. They were pi'obably govern- ors of provinces, or regents of their father, during his life-time. Fol- lowing the advice of the Pandits, Madhava-sena left his father's kingdom, and went on a pilgrimage to Kedai'anatha, a fact corroborated by the existence of a copper-plate grant of Madhava-sena in the Yoge9vara temple near the city of Almora in Kumaun. 5. Ke9ava-sena, likewise, went away for fear of the Muhamadans, and took refuge iu the court of some king, — probably Vifvariipa-sena, another son of Laksmana-sena, and described as the terrible destrover of the Yavana dynasty in the copper-plate grant of the 14th year, noticed by me in the last meeting, and who I suppose formally ascended the throne in 1200 or 1201 A.D. 4 Librtry. [Jax. 6. According to the ancient Karikas of Kalacarvas, Danaaja- madhava. grandson of Laksmana-sena establi^bed kulinism among the Brahmanas and Vangaja kavasihas. Abu-l-£azl mentions one Raja Nojali as reigning after Sada-sena. This Xojah, is no doubt. Dananja of the Karikas and the Dananja Rava of the Tarikh-i Flroz-Shahi. But noue of them tells us his father's name. He is probably son and suc- cessor either of Vicrarupa or of Sada--e la. According to the genea- losrr of the Candi-a-Dvipa kings, Danauja-madhava is the founder of that famUj. His fifth descendant Jara-dera died without male issue, and so the kingdom jtassed to his daughter's son Paramananda of the Tasu family. After 7 Rajas from Paramananda had succeeded to the throne, the son of the last king's sister, namely Udayanara- Tana of the Mitra family inherited the kingdom. His descendants are now living at Madhavapaca. 7. There was another king named Ballala, who was a Yaidya and reigned at Vikrama-pura, and is described by his teacher Gopala- bhatta in his ' Ballala-carita ' written in 1376 A.D. This often leads to the error that the Sena kings of Bengal were Vaidyas. Ballala-sena son of Tijaya-sena and father of Laksmana-sena lived about 250 years previous to this Vaidya Ballala, who was probiibly a zamindar of note, and at the time of the dismemberment of the kingdom of Bengal rose to some eminence. The paper will be published in fall in the Journal, Part I. LlBI\AI\T. The following additions have been made to the Library since the meeting held in December last : — Transactions. Pi\oceedings and Jouf^nals, nraeuted by the respective Societies and Editors. Baltimore. Johns Hopkins University, — Circulars, Vol. XV, Xo. 121. Bombav. Anthropological Society of Bombay, — Journal, Vol. Ill, No. 7. . Bombav Natural History Society, — Journal, Vols. IX, Nos. 5; X. 1. Brussels. La Societe Royale Malacologique de Belgique, — Annales, Tome XXVII. . . . Proces-VerbrJ, 5 Xovembre, 1892. . Proces-VerbatLS des Seances, Tome XXII-XXIV. 1896.] Lilmry. 5 Calcutta. Indian Engineering, — Vols. XVIII, Nos. 23-26 ; XIX, I. . Indian Lancet,— Vols. VI, Nos. 12 ; VII, 1. . :Malia-bodhi Society, — Jonrnal, Vol. IV, No. 9. Chicago, 111. The American Antiquarian and Oriental Journal — Vol. XVII, No. 5. Frankfurt, a. O. Des Naturwissenschaftlichen Vereins des Reg.-Bez. Frankfurt, — Helios, Jahrg XIII, Nrn 1-6. . . Societatum Litters, Jahrg IX, Nrn 4-9. Havre. Societe de Geographie Commerciale da Havre, — Bulletin, Septembre-Octobre, 1895. The Hague. De Nederlandsclie Entomologische Vereeniging, — Tijd- schrift voor Entomologie, Deel XXVIII. Leipzig. Der Konigl. Sachsischeu Gresellschaft der Wissenschaften, — Abhandlungen, philologisch-historischen classe, Band XV, No. 4. London. Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland, — Journal, Vol. XXV, No. 2. . The Academy,— Nos. 1229-33. ■ — . The Athenseum,- Nos. 3652-56. . Nature, — Vol. LIII, Nos. 1360-62. . Royal Astronomical Society, — Monthly Notices, Vol. LVI, No. 1. Royal Geographical Society, — Geographical Journal, Vol. VI, No. 6. Mussoorie. The Indian Forester, — Vol. XXI, No. 12. Paris. La Societe de Geographie, — Bulletin, Tome XVI, No. 3. . . Compte Rendu de Seance, No. 13, 1895. . La Societe Philomathique de Paris, — Coraptes-Rendus Som- maire des Seances, Nos. 2 et 3, 1895. Philadelphia. American Academy of Political and Social Science, — Annals, Vol. VI, No. 3. Rome La Societa di Studi Geografici e Coloniale inFirenze, — Bollettino, Tome II, Nos. 8 et 9. . La Societa Degli Spettroscopisti Italiani, — Memorie, Vol. XXIV, Nos. 8-10. Santiago de Chile. Des Deutschen "Wissenschaftlichen Vereins za Santiago de Chile, — Verhandlungen, Band III, Heft 1 and 2. St. Petersburg. L'Academie Iniperiale des Sciences de St. Peters- bourg, — Bulletin, Ve Serie, Tome II, No. 5. . Der Kaiserlichen Mineralosfischen Gesellschaft, — Materialiea zur Geologie Russlands, Band XVII. . La Societe Imperiale Russe de Geographie, — Journal, Tome XXXI, No. 4. 6 Library. [Jan. Sydney. Linnean Society of New South Wales, — Proceedings, •2"'^ Series, Vol. X, Part 2. Taiping. Perak Government, — Gazette. Vol. VIII, Nos. 29-31. Tokio. Der Deutschen Gesellscbaft f iir natur-und Tolkerkunde os- tasiens in Tokio, — Mittheilungen, Vol. VT, Heft 56, und Supple- ment-Heft II zu Band VI. Vienna. Der. K. K. geologisclien Reich sanstalt, — Verhandlungen, Krn 18-10, 1895. . Der K. K. zoologisch-botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien, — Verhandlungen, Band XLV, Heft 9. Books and j^amphlets, presented by the Authors, Translators, 8fc. Godwin- Austen, H. H. Description of a supposed new species of Land- Mollusk of the Genes Parmarion from Pulo Lant, an Island off the South-east Coast of Borneo. 8vo. London, 1895. . List and distribution of the Land-Mollusca of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, with descriptions of some supposed new species. 8vo. London, 1895. Lanman, Charles Rockwell. William D wight Whitney. 8vo. 1895. Seth Mesrovb, J. History of the Armenians in India from the earliest times to the present day. 8vo. Calcutta, 1895. Wackernagel, Jacob. Altindische Grammatik. 8vo. Gottingen, 1896. M.ISCELLANEOUS PRESENTATIONS. Books on China in the Library of the Essex Institute, Salem, Mass 8vo. Salem, Mass. 1895. Essex Institute, Salem, Mass. The Budh-Gaya Temple Case. H. Dharmapala versus Jaipal Gir and others. Fcp. Calcutta, 1895. MoHANTH Krishna Doyal Girc. Anderson, J. D. A short list of words of the Hill Tippera Language with their English equivalents. 8vo. Shillong, 1885. Needham, J. F. Oatline Grammar on the Singpho Language. 8vo. Shillong, 1889. Ramkhe , M. Bengali-Garo Dictionary, Svo. Tura, 1887. Government op Assam. General Report on Public Instruction in Bengal for 1894-95. Fcp. . Calcutta, 1895. Report on publications issued and registered in the several provinces of British India during the year 1894. Fcp. Calcutta. 1895. Report on the Rail-borne Traffic of Bengal during the year, 1894-95. Fcp. Calcutta, 1895. 1896.] Lihrnry. 7 Resolution reviewing tlie reports on the working of Municipalities in Bengal during the year 1894-95. Fop. Calcutta, 1895. GoVERNMENr OF BENGAL. The Agricultural Ledger, Agricultaral Series, Nos. 10 and 15 ; Medical and Chemical Series, No3. 1 and 2; Veterinary Series 11 and 14. 8vo. Calcutta, 1894-95. Records of the Botanical Survey of India, Vol. I, Nos. 5 and 6. 8vo. Calcutta, 1895. Government of India, Rev. and Agri. Department. Martin, L. Einige neue Tagschmetterlinge von Nordost- Sumatra. 8vo. Munich, 1895. Lionel de Nice'ville, Esq. Return of Wrecks and Casualties in Indian Waters for the year 1894. Fcp. Calcutta, 1895. Port Office, Calcutta. Tide-Tables for the Indian Ports for the year 1896, also January 1897. 8vo. London, 1895. Survey of India, Tidal and Levelling Operation, Poona. Barrows, Walter B ; and Schwarz, E. A. The Common Crow of the United States. 8vo. Washington, 1895. U. S. Department of Agriculture, Washington. PeF^ODICALS f'Uf^CHASED. Allahabad. North Indian Notes and Queries, — Vol. V, No. 9. Braunschweig. Jahresbericht iiber die Fortschritte der Chemie und verwandter Theile anderer Wissenschaften, — Heft V, 1890. Calcutta. Tlie Calcutta Review,— Vol. CII, No. 203. . Indian Medical Gazette, — Vol. XXX, No. 12. Geneva. Archives des Sciences Physiques et Naturelles, — Tome XXXIV, No. 11. Leipzig.. Annalen der Physik und Chemie, — Band LVI, Heft U und 12. . . Beibliitter, Band XIX, Stiick IJ. London. Numismatic Circular, — V'"ol. IV, No. 37. Vienna. Vienna Oriental Journal, Vol. IX, No. 3. JBOOKS I^URCHASED. Lockhart, J. H. Stewart. The Currency of the Farther East, from the earliest times up to the present day, Vol. I., and plates. 8vo. Hongkong, 1895. The Mahabharata, translated into English prose, Part 97. 8vo. Calcutta, 1895. Waddell, L. Austine. The Buddhism of Tibet or Laraaism. 8vo. London, 1895. PROCEEDINGS OP THE ASIATIC SOCIETY OF BENGAL, For February, 1896. The Annaal Meeting of the Asiatic Society of Bengal was held on "Wednesday, the 5th February, 1896, at 9 p.m. Alexander Pedler, Esq., F. R. S., President, in the chair. The following members were prfsent : — Maulvi Abdus Salam, Dr. A. W. Alcock, H. K. W. Arnold, Esq., J. C. Bose, Esq., F. Finn, Esq., Dr. Gr. A. Grierson, Dr. A. F. R. Hoernle, S. C. Laliarry, Esq., C. Little, Esq., J. Mann, Esq., R. D. Mehta, Esq., W. H. Miles, Esq., Babu Pahcanana Muklierjee, Dr. G. Ranking, Babu Lakshmi Narayana Simha, Major R. C. Temple, Dr. G. Watt, C. R. Wilson Esq., Visitors : — Dr. J. R. Adie, Babu Jyoti Bhusan Bhaduri. According to the Bye-laws of the Society, the President ordered the voting papers to be distributed for the election of Officers and Members of Council for 1896 and appointed Major R. C. Temple and Mr. J. C, Bose to be Scrutineers. The President then called upon the Secretary to read the Annual Report. Annual Report for 189^. The Council of tlie Asiatic Society have the honour to submit the following Report on the state and progress of the Society's affairs during the past year : — Member List. During the year under review 29 Ordinary Members were elected, 7 withdrew, 4 died, 16 were removed from the list, viz.f 11 under Rule 38 /y^o.^' 10 Annual Report. [Feb. as defaulters, and 5 under Rule 40, being more than 3 years absent from India. Tlie election of one Member was cancelled at his own request as he was contemplating an early return to Europe. Of the Members elected 2 were old Members who rejoined. The total number of Members at the close of 1895 was thus 297 against 295 at the end of the preceding year; of these 108 were Residents, 122 I^on-Residents, 12 Foreign, 28 Life, 31 Absent from India and 1 Special N on- Subscribing Member, as will be seen from the following table which also shows the fluctuations in the numbers of Ordinary Members during the past six years : — Pay ING. Non-Paying. Year. -p § 'S . a P5 'S u o "3 o 4i .a Special Non-Sub- scribinof. o Grand Total. 1890 105 140 10 255 21 25 2 48 303 1891 101 134 10 245 21 27 2 50 295 1892 115 127 11 253 22 33 2 57 310 1893 116 123 12 251 22 33 2 57 308 1894 98 125 12 235 22 36 2 60 295 1895 108 122 12 242 23 31 1 55 297 The four Ordinary Members, the loss of whom by death during the year we have to regret, were Mr. Valentine Ball (special non- subscribing member), H. H. the Maharaja of Johore, The Rev. D. G. Latham-Browne and Mr. A. M. Nash. There were five deaths amongst the Honorary Members, viz., those of Professor Hermann L. E. Helmholtz, Professor T. H. Huxley, Monsieur Louis Pasteur, Major-General Sir H. C. Rawlinson and Dr. Rudolph von Roth. To fill these vacancies and others previously existing, the Society, on the recommendation of the Council, elected as Honorary Members, T)r. George Biihler, The Right Honourable Lord Rayleigh,- Lieutenant- General R. Stracliey, and Mr. C. H. Tawney. Thus the number of Honorary Members stands at 21. Intimation of two deaths amongst the Corresponding Members was received, viz., Dr. R. Gosche of Berlin and Mx'. A. vou Kramer of Alexandria, the number now stands at 4. 1890.] Annual Heport. 11 The lists of Special Honorary Members and Associate Members continue unaltered from last year, there having been no casualties, their number standing at 5 and 10 respectively. During the year, one member, Mr. N. D. Beatson-Bell, compounded for his future subscriptions. Indian Museum. The following presentation made to the Society was transferred to the Indian Museum under the provisions of Act XX[I of J876. A Diorite plug found in the Banda District, presented by Mr. J. Cockburn and referred to in the Society's Proceedings for May and June 1894. The Trustees on behalf of the Society were : — Dr. A. F. R. Hoernle. A. Pedler, Esq. Dr. D. D. Cunningham. C. Little, Esq. Dr. Maliendralal Sarkar. Finance. The Accounts of the Society are shown in Statement No. 1, in the Appendix, under the usual heads. Statement No. 8 contains the Balance Sheet of the Society and of different Funds administered through it. The Budget Estimate for 1895 was taken at the following figures : — Receipts Rs. 16,844 ; Expenditure Rs. 16,013. The actual results were found to be : — Receipts Rs. 18,166-6-11. Expenditure Rs. 13,080-5-11. The Receipts show an increase of Rs. 1,322-6-11, while the Expenditure shows a decrease of Rs. 2,927-10-1 on the Budget Estimate. There is an increase in Receipts under the heads of " Subscriptions," " Sale of Publications," " Interest on Investments," " Rent of Rooms " and " Miscellaneous." " Subscriptions " and " Miscellaneous " show a very slight increase, but owing to the large Bale of the Society's Journals and Proceedings, " Sale of Publications " shows an increase of Rs. 1,050-7-2. During the year. Temporary Investments were made and there is thus an increase of Us. 183 un,der the head of " Interest on Investments." " Rent of Rooms " also shows an increase of Rs. 60. This is due to the payment in this year by the Photographic Society of India of one month's rent in advance. On the Expenditure side, the items of " Stationery," " Freight," " Contingencies," " Binding," " Jozirnal Part I," and " Proceedings " show an increase. Owing to new registers being required for the 12 Annual Report. [Feb. library, there is an increase of Rs. 33-6-6 under the head of " Stationery." The amount budg'etted for under the head of " Freight " has been exceed- ed by Rs. 10-14-0, an additional box containing the Society's publications having been despatched to the London Agents. There is an increase of Rs. 154-6-9 under the head of "Contingencies." This is due to the carting of good earth for the improvement of the Society's garden and to providing peons with new clothing for the cold weather. During the year, it was found necessary to bind many old works belonging to the Oriental Library, thus there is an increase of Rs. 81-12 under the head of " Binding." " Journal Part I " was estimated for at Rs. 2,100 whilst the actual expenditure was Rs. 3,036-5-0. In February 1894, the Council sanctioned a special grant of Rs. 1,265 for the printing of Major Raverty's article on the " Mihian of Sind and its Tributaries." As reported last year, Rs. 408-4-6 was spent for the printing of the maps only, leaving a balance of Rs. 756-31-6 unexpended. To meet the printing charges, the above balance has been freely drawn on for this purpose. " Proceedings " has exceeded its budget grant by Rs. 26-9-0. This is due to an extra plate. There were two items of extraordinary expenditure during 1895 under the heads of " Furniture " and " Registration Fees " not provided for in the Budget. After the repairs to the Society's building, none of the book cases could be locked as the almirahs were not on a level and the necessary repairs cost Rs. 79-13-0. In accordance with section 4 of Act XXI of 3860, Rs. 95, was spent in Registration Fees for 19 years from 1877 to 3895. The Actual expenditure on the " Journal " and " Proceedings " was as follows : — Journal F^^ ^ - ^^^ ^,036 5 0 (.Part II ... ... 1,537 9 6 Proceedings ... ... ... 1,026 9 0 Total Rs. 5,600 7 6 This is less than the Budget Estimate by Rs. 2,599-8-6. The Budget Estimate of probable ordinary Receipts and Expendi- ture for 3896 has been fixed as follows :^ Receipts Rs. 36,420. Ex- penditure Rs. 36,042. On the Receipts' side, the estimated income under the head of " Interest on Investments " has been increased by Rs. 76 on account of the interest on Temporary Investments. The two years for which the Government of Madras sanctioned an allotment having expired, " Government Allo^vance " has been reduced by Rs. 500. 1896.] • Annual Beport. 13 On the Expenditure side, the amount budgetted for under " Fi^eight " has been increased by Rs. 20 to provide for the despatch of a greater number of cases of books for sale to the Society's agents. There is an additional item of Rs. 5 under the head of " Registra- tion Fees " which amount has to be paid yearly. Beyond the Auditor's fee, no other extraordinary expenditure is anticipated during 1896. The details of Budget Estimate are as follows : — Receipts. Subscriptions ... Sale of Publications Interest on Investments Rent of Rooms Government Allowances Miscellaneous ... Rs. 7,000 0 0 ... 400 0 0 ... 5,200 0 0 ... 720 0 0 ... 3,000 0 0 ... 100 0 0 Total Expenditure. Rs. 16,420 0 0 Salaries ... Rs. 3,400 0 0 Commission ... 400 0 0 Pension ... 52 0 0 Stationery ... ... 100 0 0 Lighting ... ... 40 0 0 Municipal Taxes ... 819 0 0 Postage ... ... 600 0 0 Freight ... ... 30 0 0 Meetings ... 80 0 0 Contingencies ... ... 150 0 0 Books ... 1,500 0 0 Local Periodicals ... 16 0 0 Binding ... • •• 500 0 0 Journal Part I ... ... ... 2,100 0 0 „ n ... ... 2,100 0 0 „ ni ... 3,000 0 0 Proceedings ... ... 1,000 0 0 Printing circulars, &c. ... 150 0 0 Registration Fees Total Rs. 5 0 0 16,042 0 0 14 Annual Report. [Feb. London Agency. The number of copies of parts of the Journals, of the Proceedings, and of the Bibliotheca Indica, sent to Messrs. Luzac and Co., during the year 1895, for sale, were 723, 363 and 556, valued at £ 108-9-0, £ 12-9-9 and Rs. 306-2-0 respectively. Three invoices of books purchased, and of publications of vari- ous Societies sent in exchange, were received during the year. The value of the books purchased amounted to £ 6-7-3. Continental Agency. The number of copies of parts of the Journal and of the Biblio- theca Indica sent to Mr. Otto Harrassowitz, the Society's Continental Agent, during 1895, for sale, were 40 and 225, valued at £6-0-0 and Rs. 133-2-0 respectively. Other books were sent for sale amounting to Rs. 3-8-0. Library. The total number of volumes or parts of volumes, added to the Library during the year was 2,080, of which 266 were purchased and 1,814 pi-esenled, or received in exchange for the Society's publications. The compilations of a new edition of the Society's Library Cata- logue is far advanced. Publications. There were published during the year nine numbers of the Tro- ceedings (No. 10 of 1894, and Nos. 1 to 8 of 1895), containing 158 pages of letter-press and 4 plates ; three numbers of the Journal, Part I (No. 4 of 1894 and Nos. 1 and 2 of 1895), containing 300 pages of letter-press and 23 plates ; three numbers of the Journal, Part II (No. 4 of 1894, and Nos. 1 and 2 of 1895), containing 322 pages of letter-press and 8 plates. The index to the Journal, Part I for 1894 was also published. Coin Cabinet. During the year, 64 coins were added to the Society's Cabinet. Among these, 8 were gold, 15 silver, and 41 copper coins. They belong to the following classes: — Great Kushan 3, Little Kushan 5, Ancient Hindu 29, Punch-marked 5, Muhammad Kar-luk 6, Malwa 6, Moghul 3, Durrani 1, Old British Mintage 6. All these were acquired under Treasure Trove Act. They belong to well-known types, and detailed notices of them ai'e published in the Society's Proceedings for April 1895. 1896.] Annual Report. 15 Office of Secretaries. Dr. G. A. Grierson carried on the duties of Philological Secretary and Editor of the Journal, Part I, throughout the year : — Dr. A. W. Alcock carried on the duties of Natural History Secre- tary and Editor of the Journal, Part II, till June wlien he was absent on deputation and Mr. Frank Finn took charge of the work in addition to his own duties as Anthropological Secretary. Mr. Finn was appointed Anthropological Secretary in May. Mr. C. Little carried on the duties of Treasurer throughoat the year. Mr. C. R. Wilson carried on the duties of General Secretary and Editor of the Proceedings throughout the year except for two months from April to May when Dr. Alcock officiated for hira. Dr. Alcock continued for one month when he was absent on deputation, and Dr. G. Ranking agreed to carry on the work till Mr. Wilson's return. Pandit Haraprasad f^astri was in charge of the Bihliotheca Indica and the search of Sanskrit Manuscripts, and carried on the duties of Joint Philological Secretary throughout the year. Mr. J. H. Elliott continued Assistant Secretary and Librarian throughout the year. Pandit Harimohan Vidyabhiishana, the Pandit of the Society was allowed leave, withoat pay, for 6 months from November and Pandit Annadaprasad Sarasvati was appointed to officiate in his place. There were no other changes in the office establishment. Bibliotheca Indica. The editing charges of sixteen and the printing charges of twenty- one fasciculi were paid for ; the total outlay being 7,000 rupees in round numbers. The average cost of each fasciculus, including both the charges, is 368 rupees. A descriptive catalogue of works published is given below : — A. Arabic-Persian Series. I. The Council sanctioned in the year 1884, the publication of the English translation of the first volume of Muntakhabu-t-Tawarlkh by Abdul Qadir, the Badaoni. It was arranged that it should be pre- pared uniformly with Mr. Lowe's translation of the second volume then in the course of preparation. Maulvi Abul Khair of the Mad- rasah College was requested to take the work in hand. For various reasons the editor could not commence work, and the work was kept in abeyance. Last year Dr. George Ranking accepted the editorship, and he has published his first fasciculas with copious annotations, Fasc. I. 16 Annual Report. [Feb. B. Sanskrit Series. • 1. The Aitareya Brahmana is, next to the Rg Veda, the most ancient Sanskrit work known, consequently it attracted the attention of Oriental Scholars very early. Hang published an edition of the work about 40 years ago. But he could not procure a commentary. Pandit Satyavrata Samagrami was therefore requested to undertake an edition with Sayana's commentary. He has published five fasciculi during the year, Vol. I, Fascs. IV and V ; Vol. II, Fasc. I to III. 2. Pandits Yoge^vara Smrtiratna and Kamakhyanatha Tarka- vagiya completed the second part of the third volume of the Caturvarga- Cintiimani. This brings the Pari9esa Khanda or Miscellaneous Volume to an end. Vol. Ill, Part III, Fasc. X. 3. The NyayakusumaSjali-prakarana has been completed by Maha- mahopadhyaya Candrakanta Tarkalarjkara with a commentary and a commentary on the commentary. The Editor in his preface makes an attempt to fix the date of the great teachers of the Nyaya philosophy. Vol. II, Fasc. III. 4. Professor Dr. Alfred Hillebrand of Breslau has published only one fasciculus, namely, Vol. II, Fasc. Ill of the (^rauta Sutra of ^amkhayana. This volume gives the commentary of Anarttiya, son of Varadatta. 5. Since the transfer of the editoi'ship of the Taittiriya Sambita by Mahamahopadhyaya Maheca Candra Nyayaratna to Pandit Satya- vrata Sama9rami the work is progressing at the rate of one Fasci- culus a year. The Fasciculus published last year is No. XXXVIII. 7. The Tattva-cintamani also has advanced by one fasciculus only, namely, Vol. V, Fasc. I. This is the first fasciculus of the last Khanda or part dealing with the evidencial value of speech. 8. The Madhyakhanda of the Vrhad-dharraa-purana has been completed. In two more fasciculi the work will be concluded. Fasc. V. was published during the year. 9. The Svayambhu-purana has also advanced by one fasciculus only, namely the fourth. C. Tibetan Series. 1. The Sanskrit and Tibetan edition of the Kalpalata advanced by two fasciculi, namely Vol. I, Fasc. V, and Vol. II Fasc. IV, under the joint editorship of Ray fa-i'^t Candra Das, C.I.E., Bahadur, and Pandit Harimohan Vidyabhusana. 2. Babu Pratapa Candra Ghosa has published one part of the Sher Phyin, namely Vol. Ill, Fasc. I. As he omits all the pass- ages which are often repeated, there is a prospect of the work coming 1896.] Annual Report. 17 to a speedy close. The publication of the ^atasahasrika Prajiifiparamita,, of which this is a Tibetan translation, otherwise would have been as great an undertaking as the publication of the Mahabharata. List of all Societies, Institutions, Sfc, to ivhich the Publications of the Asiatic Society have been sent during the year, or from lohich publica- tions have been received. * Societies, &c., which have received the Asiatic Society's publications, and have sent their publications in return. t Societies, &c., which have received the Asiatic Society's publications, but have sent none in return. § Societies, &c., whose publications have been received, but to which nothing has been sent in return. * Allahabad : — Editor, Pioneer. f Amsterdam : — Royal Zoological Society. t : — Koninklijke Akademie van Wetenschappen. * Angers : — Societe d' Etudes Scientifiques d' Angers. * Baltimore : — Johns Hopkins University. * Batavia : — Society of Arts and Sciences. * : — Kon. Natuurkundige Vereeuiging in Nederlandsch-Iudie. § Bellary : — Editor, Astrological Magazine. * Berlin : — Gesellschaf t Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin. * : — Royal Academy of Sciences. t Berne : — Societe Suisse d' Entomologie. § Birmingham : — Birmingham Philosophical Society. * Bombay : — Bombay Anthropological Society. * — Bombay Branch, Royal Asiatic Society. — Editor, Indian Antiquary. — Editor, Times of India. — Natural History Society. * * Bordeaux : — L' Academic Rationale des Sciences, Belles-Lettres efc Arts. * : — Societe Linneenne. * Boston : — ]S"atural History Society. * Brisbane : — Royal Society of Queensland, f Bi"Ookville : — Society of Natural History. •j- Brunswick : — Verein fiir Naturwissenschaf fc. * Brussels: — L' Academie Royale des Sciences. — Musee Royal d' Histoire Naturelle de Belgique. — Societe Eutomologique de Belgique. — La Societe Royale des Sciences de Liege. 18 Annual EepwL [Feb. t Budapest:— Hungarian Central Bureau for Ornithological Observa- tions. * — : — Royal Hungarian Academy of Sciences. t Buenos Ayres : — National Museum. * : — Academia National de Ciencias de la Republica Argentina. * Caen : — Societe de Linneenne de Normandie. * Calcutta: — Geological Survey of India. •Editor, Englishman. — Editor, Indian Daily News. — Editor, Indian Engineering. — Editor, Indian Mirror. — Editor, Medical Reporter. — Indian Meteorological Department. — Indian Museum. — Maliabodhi Society. — Maliommedan Literary Society. — Microscopical Society of Calcutta. — Photographic Society of India. — Survey of India. — Tuttobodhini Shova. — University Library, dge : — University Library. Der Verein fiir Naturkunde. f Cambri t Cassel t Cherbourg : — Societe Nationale des Sciences Naturelles. * Chicago, 111. : — Editor, American Antiquarian and Oriental Journal. § : — Editor, Open Cov,rt. * Christiana: — University Library. * Colombo: — Ceylon Branch, Royal Asiatic Society. * Copenhagen : — La Societe Royale des Antiquaires du Nord. f Cuttack: — Cuttack Library. * Danzig : — Naturforschende Gesellschaft. * Dehi'a Dun : — Great Trigonometrical Survey. § Dorpat : — Die Naturforscher-Gesellschaft bei der Universitiit Doi-pat. * Dresden: — Entomologischer Yerein "Iris." * -: — Koniglich Zoologisches und Anthropologiseh-Ethnograpbi- sches Museum zu Dresden, t Dublin: — Royal Dublin Society. * : — Royal Irish Academy. t Edinbui"gh :— Royal Society. f : — Scottish Geographical Society. t Florence : — Societa Italiana di Anthropologia, Etnologia e Piscologia Comparata. 1896.] Annual Report. 19 * Florence : — Societa Africnna d'ltalia. * Frankfurt: — Seuckeubcrgische Naturfoi'schende Gesellscliaft. * : — Naturwissenscliaftlicher Verein des Reg.-Bez. Frankfurt, t Geneva: — Societe de Physique et d' Histoire Naturelle. •f Genoa: — Museo CiVico di Storia Natnrale. * Giessen : — Oberhessische Gesellscliaft fiir Natur-und Heilkunde. t Graz : — Naturwissenscliaftlicher Verein fiir Styria. * The Hague: — Koninklijk lustituut voor de Taal-Laud- en Volken- kunde van Nederlandsch-Indie. * : — Netherlands Entomological Society. § Halifax : — Nova Scotiau Institute of Sciences. + Halle: — Deutsche Morgenlandische Gesellscliaft. t : — Kaiserliche Leopoldinisch-Carlinische Akademie. * Hamburgh : — Natui-historiches Museum zu Hambur^r. * : — Naturwissenscliaftlicher Verein. * Hamilton (Canada) : — Hamilton Association. * Havre: — Societe de Geographie Comraerciale du Havre. * Helsingfors : — Societas pro Flora efc Fauna Fenuica. + : — Societe Fiuno Ougreinne. * : — Societe des Sciences de Finlande. § Kiel : — Naturwissenschaftlicher Verein fiir Schleswig-Holsfcein. •f Kiew : — Societe des Naturalistes. t Konigsberg: — Die Physikalisch-Oekonomische Gesellschaft. * Lahore: — Editor, Civil and Military Gazette. •j" : — Agricultural Society. § Leipzig: — Deutsche Morgenlandische Gesellschaft. § : — Die K. Siichsische Gesellschaft der Wissenschafteu. t Leyden : — Royal Herbarium. * Liege: — Societe Geologique de Belgique. * : — Societe des Sciences. t Liverpool : — Literary and Philosophical Society. * London : — Anthropological Institute. — Editor, Academy. — Editor, Athemeum. — Bi'itish Museum. — Geological Society. — Institution of Civil Englneei's. — Institution of Electrical Engineers. — Institution of Mechanical Engineers. — Editor, Nature. — Linnean Society. — Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland, 20 Annual Report. [Feb. * London: — Royal Astronomical Society. ■ Royal Geoorapliical Society. — Royal Institution of Great Britain. — Royal Microscopical Society. — Royal Society. — Statistical Society. — Zoological Society. Lyons: — La Societe d' Agriculture, d' Histoire Naturelle et des Arts Utiles. : — La Societe d' Agriculture Sciences et Industrie de Lyon. — Museum d' Histoire Naturelle. ; — La Societe d' Anthropologic. Madison, Wiss : — Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts and Letters. Madras : — Literary Society. : — Government Central Museum. § — : — Editor, Indian Journal of Education. § Melbourne : — Royal Society of Victoria. § Meriden : — Meriden Scientific Association. * Manchester: — Literary and Philosophical Society, t Mexico : — Sociedad Cientifica " Antonio Alzate." * Moscow : — Societe Imperiale des Naturalistes. * Munich: — K. Bayerisclie Akademie der Wissenschaften. * Nantes : — Societe des Sciences Naturelles de L' ouest de la France. t Naples : — Societa Af ricana d' Italia. * New Haven: — Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences. § — '■ : — Yale University. t Newport (R. I.): — Natural History Society. * New Tork : — American Museum of Natural History. § : — Editor, Nation. * Ottawa : — Geological and Natural History Survey of the Dominion of Canada, t Oxford : — Bodleian Library. t : — Indian Institute. — Societe de Geographie. — Societe d' Anthropologie. — Societe Asiatique. — Societe Philomathique. — Musee Guimet. — National Library. — Societe Zoologique. — Societe Academique Indo-Chinoise. ; — Museum d' Histoire Naturelle. * Paris * 1896.] Annual Report. 21 * Pennsylvania: — University of Pennsylvania. * Philadelphia: — Academy of Natux^al Sciences. § : — American Philosophical Society. f : — Editor, Journal of Comparative Medicine and Stirgerij. * Pisa: — Societa Toscana di Scienze Naturali. § Prague : — K. K. Sternwarte. § Rio de Janeiro : — Museu National do Rio de Janeiro. § Rome : — Editor, Zoologicae Res. § • : — Societe degli Spettroscopisti Italiani. § Roorkee : — Editor, Indian Forester. § St. Louis : — Academy of Sciences. * St. Petersburgh : — Comite Geologique. — Imperial Library. — Russian Geographical Society. — Academic Imperiale des Sciences. — Jardin Imperiale de Botanique. — Societe Imperiale de Mineralogique, § Salem : — Essex Institute. * San Francisco : — Californian Academy of Arts and Sciences. § Santiago : — Deutscher Wissenchaftlicher Verein. § Schaffhausen : — Swiss Entomological Society. •f- Shanghai: — China Branch, Royal Asiatic Society. t Simla : — United Service Institution of India. ^ •f Stettin : — Entomological Society. * Stockholm : — Entomologische Tidskrift. * : — Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. * Stuttgart: — Der Verein fiir vaterliindische Naturkunde in Wiirttem- berg. f Sydney : — Royal Society of New South Wales. f : — Linnean Society of New South Wales. § Taiping: — Government of Perak. •f Toi'onto : — Canadian Institute. * Tokyo : — Imperial University of Japan. ■f" Trieste : — Societa Adriatica di Scienze Naturale. * . ■-: — Museo Civico di Storia Naturale. * Tring : — Zoological Museum. * Turin : — Reale Accademia delle Scienze. t Ulwar : — 'Ulwar Library. * Vienna : — Anthropologische Gesellschaft. * : — K. K. Akademie der Wissenschaften. * ■ : — K. K. Geologische Reichsanstalt. * : — K. K. Natuxhistorisches Hof museum. 22 Annual Beport. [Feb. * Vienna: — Zoologisch-bofcauische Gesellschaft. « t : — Ornithologischer Verein. § Washington : — American Historical Association. — Commissioners of the Department of AgdcuUnre. — Smithsonian Institution. — United States Geological Survey. — United States National Museum. * Wellington : — New Zealand Institute. * : — Polynesian Society. * Yokohama : — Asiatic Society. * : — Deutsche Gesellschaft f iir Natur-und Volkerkuude Ostasiens. t Zagreb : — Archa3ological Society. * Zurich : — Naturforschende Gesellschaft. Abstract op Proceedings of Council during 1895. February \st, Ordinary Meeting. An order was made thanking Dr. G. A. Grierson for his report as the Delegate of the Asiatic Society of Bengal at the 10th International Congress of Orientalists held at Geneva in the year 1894. On the recommendation of Babu Gaui'das Bai9ak and Babu parat Candra Das, two Tibetan Manuscripts were returned to the donor, Mahanta Omrao Giri Gossein. At the request of Monsieur de la Vallee Poussin, a copy of the 9th Chapter of the Commentary of the Sanskrit Manuscript " Bodhi- caryavatara " was ordered to be sent from the Society's Library. The General Secretary was authorized to vote on behalf of the Society for Ward No. 16. On the recommendation of the Council, a new edition of Burton's Arabian Nights edited by Leonard C. Smithers was ordered to be pur- chased for the Society's Libi^ary. The Budget of the expenses of the Bibliotheca Indica drawn up by the Philological Committee for the year 1895 was approved. Messrs. Meugens, King and Simson -were appointed to audit the Accounts for 1894. Dr. Grierson having returned from leave and relieved Dr. A. F. R. Hoenile of the Philological Secretaryship of the Society, the change was recorded and ordered to be reported at the next Gcuex'al Meeting. 1896.] Annual Report. 23 February 28th, Ordinary Meeting. On the recommendation of the Natural History Secretary a copy of Geyer's Supplement to J. Hiibner's Saramlung Exotischer Schmet- terlinge was subscribed for. At the request of Ihe Manager, Moslem Chronicle and the Mahom- medan Observer, it was decided that the Arabic and Persian series of the Bibliotheca Indica should be advertised in that paper once a month for 6 months at Rs. 6 per month. Permission was given to Mr. E. A. Gait to reprint and sell his article on the " Koch Kings of Kamrup " from the Society's Journal for 1893. On the recommendation of the Philological Secretary, several books were ordered to be purchased for the Society's Library. On the recommendation of the Natural History Secretary, it was agreed to purchase a copy of Oliver's translation of Botany by Kerner for the Society's Library. March 28th, Ordinary Meeting. On the recommendation of the Natural History Secretary, it was agreed to purchase a copy of Vol. II. of Letheerry's and Severin's Catalogue General des Hemipteres for the Society's Library. At the request of the Secretary of the Nagari Pracarini Sabha, Benares, Journal, Part I. and Proceedings, were offered to the Sabha in exchange for its publications. A copy of Lassen's Indische Altertumskunde, in four volumes and supplements, vols. I. and II, 2nd edition, was purchased for the Society's Library. A letter was recorded from the Government of India sanctioning the continuation of the Annual Grant of Rs. 3,200 in aid of the operations in search of Sanskrit Manuscripts in Bengal up to the end of the financial year 1899-1900. On an application from Babii Manmatha Natha Datta, a copy of his translation of the " Ramayana " was purchased, and the publications of the " Wealth of India " series, were subscribed for. Pandit Madhu Sudan Smrtiratna was allowed to edit the " Kala- viveka " and the " Smrti Candrika " for the Bibliotheca Indica fi^om the manuscripts in his possession. On the recommendation of the General Secretary, several books were purchased for the Society's Library. On the recommendation of the Council, it was ordered that General Strachey, Lord Rayleigh, Mr. C. H. Tawney and Professor Dr. G. Biihler, should be proposed at the next General Meeting for Honorary Membership. 24 Annual Report. [Feb. April 2oth, Ordinary Meeting. On the recommendation of the Philological Secretary, a copy of Gnidi's Tables Alphahetiques du Kitab-al-agani, 1st Tasc, was ordered to be purchased for the Society's Library. At the suggestion of Dr. Grierson, Mr. Gait's notes on the subject of Historical Research in Assam were ordered to be published in the Proceedings. Mr. Frank Finn was elected a member of the Council and Anthro- pological Secretary in the place of the Hon. Mr. H. H. Risley and Dr. A. W. Alcock to officiate as General Secretary in the place of Mr. C. R. Wilson. Max) SOth, Ordinary Meeting. The purchase of the 2nd part of the Persian manuscript of " Irshadu-z-zara'at," price Rs. 15 was approved. Mr. E. Teza was supplied with a copy of the Society's Journal, Part I, No. 2 of 1888, containing Babu f arat Candra Das' article on Tibetan characters. The purchase of a copy of the Persian manuscript of " Jamiu-1- Qawami," was sanctioned. The publication of the index to the Riyazu-s-Salatin was sanc- tioned. Mr. Finn was ordered to officiate as Natural History Secretary and Dr. George Ranking, as General Secretary. On the recommendation of the Philological Secretary, an additional grant of Rs. 300, making a total of Rs. 1,500, for the publication of the " Sher Phyin " was sanctioned. A copy of the " Katalog der Arraenischen Manuscripte der Kloster- bibliothek der Mechitharisten-Congregation in Wien " was oi'dered to be purchased for the Society's Library. June 27th, Ordinary Meeting. Permission was granted to Professor F. Schwally of . Strassburg to retain the manuscript of " Kitabu-1-Mahasui-wal-Masani Mahazirat " till the coming autumn. On the recommendation of the Philological Secretary, the purchase of a copy of Mahendranath Chatterjee's English translation of the f rimad-bhagavata. Book 1, was sanctioned. The offer of Mr. A. F. Goumeche to prepare the index to Major Raverty's translation of the Tabaqat-i-Nasiri, at Re. 1 per printed page, was accepted. 2896.] Annual Report. 25 The purchase of tlie manuscripts of " TafsIr-i-GharIb " " Sharhu-s- Sirajiyyah " and " Zakhlra-i-IskandaranI," price Rs. 40, was approved. At the request of Mr. L. de Niceville, a copy of Wallace's "Darwinism" was ordered to be purchased for the Society's Library. The purchase of a copj of Elia's English translation of the *' Tarikh-i-Rashidi," price 30 shillings was approved. Mr. Wilson having returned and resumed charge of General Secretaryship from Dr. Ranking, the change was ordered to be reported at the next Monthly General Meeting. On the recommendation of the Philological Secretary, the purchase of a copy of Waddell's " Tibetan Buddhism," was sanctioned. August 1st, Ordinary Meeting. P^mission was granted to Mr. H. Beveridge to borrow the manu- script of " Jawami-i-Ahkamu-n-Nujum " and a lithograph book entitled " Hadaiqu-n-Nujum " from the Society's Oriental Library. The Librarian was ordered to subscribe for two copies of the Journal and Text of the Buddhist Text Society of India. An order was given to purchase two copies of a new edition of the Atharvaveda Sarhhita with the commentary of Sayanacarya edited by the late Rai Bahadur faijkar Pand,urang Pandit, vols. I-IV. In reply to a letter from the Officiating Secretary to the Govern- ment of India in the Home Department covering a proposal by Dr. Grierson of a scheme for preliminary Language Survey of India and asking if the Asiatic Society would give Government their advice as to how the proposal could be carried into effect so far as Northern and Central India were concerned and also whether the Society would be willing to take charge of the necessai'y ojDerations provided that it were assured of assistance from Government Officials and an annual grant, the Government of India was informed that in the opinion of the Society, the proposed Survey would be a work of the utmost utility, that it was essential that the work should be entrusted to experts and that one or more selected officers should be placed on special duty for that purpose by the Government of India, that in the opinion of the Society, Dr. Grierson was the fittest person to be placed in charge of the operations provided that all District and Political Officers were requested to give all necessary information and assistance, and that if the scheme was carried out on these lines, the Society Avould be very glad, in order to secure continuity in the event of change of officers, to undertake the general control and supervision of the woi^k, and with this object, the Society would place their library at the disposal of the selected officer. 26 Amiual Report. [Feb. August 29th, Ordinary Meeting. Mr. J. H. Elliott was confirmed in the appointment of Assistant Secretary to the Society from the first of January 1895. Babu Nani Lai Manna, the copyist, was allowed to draw the full pay of his post. Septemher \2th, Ordinary Meeting. Permission was granted to Dr. L. A. Waddell to borrow Mdo, Vol. II, Fol. 426, a Tibetan manuscript from the Society's Librjiry. It was agreed that the Philological Secretary should ask Maha- mahopadhyaya Mahe^a Candi-a Nyayaratna to get a copy made of th.e " Prayascitta Khanda of Hemadri " from a good manuscript in Benares for Rs. 60, the copying being supervised by the Mahama- hopadhyaya. October 31st, Ordinary Meeting. Pandit Harimohan Vidyabhiishana, the Pandit of the Society, was granted leave for six months, without pay, from 1st November, 1895. A letter having been received from the Under-Secretary to the Government of Bengal in the General Department covering copy of a communication addressed to the Government of India in the Revenue and Agricultural Department, with, enclosures, reporting on the measures taken by the Lieutenant-Governor to procure for the Indian Museum, facsimili reproductions of the Acoka Inscriptions in India, it was ordered that the Government of Bengal should be thanked for its action and that selections from the report should be published in the Proceedings, November 28th, Ordinary Meeting. A copy of Clarke's translation of Sikandar-nama-i Bara, price Rs. 19, was ordered to be purchased for the Society's Library. Pandit Annadaprasad Saras vati, the officiating Pandit of the Society was allowed leave for one month, without pay, from 1st Novem- ber 1895, and his services placed at the disposal of the Government of Bengal, P. W. D. December I9th, Ordinary Meeting. Messrs. Thacker, Spink and Co. were allowed to purchase certain numbers of the Society's Journal at a reduction of 25 °/o. In reply to a letter from Dr. C. Bomford stating that the Surgeon General, I. M. S., has agreed to offer to the Society the Barclay 1896.] lElliot Prize for Scientific Research. 27 Memorial Medal, together with Rs. 500 odd, belonging to the fund and inquiring what were the Society's proposals and intentions in the matter, he was informed that the Society would be willing to accept the medal, that the conditions under which it was to be awarded would be referred to a Committee consisting of Col. Waterhouse, Dr. Cun- ningham and Dr. Alcock and the rules would be forwarded in due course for the information of the donors. The Report having been read, the President invited the Meeting to put any questions or to offer any remarks which any member might think necessary in connection therewith. * No remarks having been offered the President moved the adoption of the RejDort. The motion was unanimously carried. The President proposed that the hearty thanks of the Society be given to the Honorary Secretaries and Ti'easurer for the able manner in which they have carried on the work of the Asiatic Society for 1895. The President then read the report of the Trustees of the " Elliott Prize for Scientific Research." Report oj the Elliott Prize for Scientific Research for 1895. The Trustees have received Essays from the following competitors for the prize : — 1. On the transformation of hypochlorites into chlorates by Yati Bhiisana Bhaduri, M.A., Premcand Raicand Scholar. 2. On the wastage of gold in the course of preparing jewelry in Bengal, especially in "colouring," with explanations of interesting indi- genous chemical processes, and researches into the subject of recovering the gold that is lost, by Jiiana parana Cakravartti, b.a. The Trustees, after consulting experts as provided in the scheme, adjudge the prize for the year 1895, to Babu Yati Bhusana Bhaduri, M.A. They also consider the Essay by Babu Jfiana ^arana Cakravartti, b.a. to be worthy of commendation. A. Croft. '\ [■ Trustees. Alex, Pedleb. ) Calcutta^ 18th January, 1896. The President then delivered an address, which has been printed separately from the Proceedings. 28 Election of Officers and Members of Council. [Feb. Tbe President announced that the Scrutineers reported the result of the election of Officers and Members of Council to be as follows : — President. A. Pedler, Esq., F.R.S. Vice-Presidents. Sir A. W. Croffc, M.A., K.C.I.E. Col. J. Waterhouse, B.S.C. Dr. A. F. R. Hoernle. Secretaries and Treasurer. Dr. O. A. Grlerson, C.S., CLE. Dr. A. W. Alcock, C.M.Z.S. F. Finn, Esq., B.A. C. R. Wilson, Esq., M.A. Pandit Haraprasad (^astri, M.A. C. Little, Esq., M.A. Other Members of Gouncil. Babu Pratapa Candra Ghosa, B.A. Dr. D. D. Cunningham, F.R.S., CLE. C L. Giiesbach, Esq., CLE., F.G.S. Dr. C. Ranking, M.D. T. H. Holland, Esq., A.R.C.S., F.G.S. Dr. G. Watt, CLE. The Hon. Mr. Justice Amir Ali, CLE. Dr. P. K. Ray. The Meeting was then resolved into the Ordinaiy General Meeting. Alexander Pedler, F. R. S., President, in the chair. The minutes of the last meeting were read and confirmed. Thirty-seven presentations were announced, details of which are given in the Library List appeuded. The following gentlemen duly proposed and seconded at the last meeting of the Society were ballotted for and elected Ordinary Members : — W. C Macpherson, Esq., I. C S. Surgeon- Lieutenant Charles E, Williams, I. M. S. The Council reported that in consequence of the deaths of : — Major- General Sir H. C. Rawlinson, Professor T. H. Huxly, Professor Hermann L. E. Helmholtz, Dr. Rudolph von Roth, and Monsieur Louis 1896.] Proposal of Honorary Members. 29 Pasteur, there were now four vacancies in the list of the Honorary Members. The Council therefore recommended the four following gentlemen for election as Honorary Members at the next meeting : — Sir Joseph Lister, Bart., P. R. S., Surgeon Extraordinary to the Queen, Professor of Clinical Surgery in King's College, London, is the author of numerous papers on Surgical Pathology and Histology, but is celebrated, before all, as the great originator and exponent of the An- tiseptic System of Surgery, a system that has not only revolutionized surgery and reformed Hospital Hygiene, but also has had a beneficial influence on every other brai*ch of Medicine. In the history of the antiseptic reformation. Sir Joseph Lister was the foremost to recognize, first, that septic changes in wounds are of the nature of fermentations, and are due to the advent and multiplication within wounds of organic germs ; and secondly, that these germs find their surest and riiost favourable abode in places where the wounded are improperly crowded together. The " antiseptic treatment " initiated by Sir Joseph Lister was aimed more at the destruction of the germs in the neighbourhood of any given wound ; but with the spread and acceptance of Listerian principles the treatment became more and more directed towards remov- ing the conditions under which the germs were found to exist, until to-day the antiseptic treatment is not so much a matter of special surgical technique as a matter of scrupulous sanitary cleanliness. But the wide reforms in the care of the sick which this strict sanitary observ- ance has brought about are the direct and obvious outcome of the origi- nal antiseptic teaching of Sir Joseph Lister. Professor Michael FosteRj Secretary of the Royal Society, Professor of Physiology in the University of Cambridge, is the author of numerous papers on pure physiology as well as on histology, but is specially known by his Text Book of Physiology, and for his influential labours in the cause of scientific education at Cambridge University. The Text Book of Physiology is, practically, original work — original in its treatment of the subject, and above all original in its wealth of philosophical suggestion. It is not too much to say of the earlier editions of that work that they have had a deep influence far beyond the limits of their special field of education, and that their introductory and few closing chapters, without departing from strictly physiological ground, exhibit physiology at its highest level as a branch of learning. Professor F. Kielhorn Ph.D., CLE., now Professor of Sanskrit in the University of Gottingen in Germany, formerly Professor of Oriental Languages in the Deccan College in British India. He is equally distinguished by his intimate knowledge of Sanskrit Grammar and of 30 Bihliotheca Indica Budget, [Feb, Indian Epigraphy and Palaeography. In the former department he has published in English, an excellent Sanskrit Grammar for students ■which has been translated into German by Dr. Solf. His edition of the Vyakarana Mahabhashya of Pataiijali is a standard work on Sanskrit Grammar. He has contributed numerous valuable papers on Indian Epigraphical subjects to our own Journal, as well as the Indian Antiquary, the JEpigrapJiia Indica and other learned periodicals. The British Government has acknowledged his eminence as an Oriental scholar by the bestowal on him of the honour of a C.I.E. Professor Charles Rockwell Lanman, Professor of Sanskrit in the Harvard College, Cambridge, in the United States of America. He is — since the death of Professor W. D. Whitney of the Yale Univer- sity— the most distiuguished Sanskrit scholar in America. He is the author of a very excellent Sanskrit Reader with Vocabulary and Notes, and has published numerous valuable papers on a variety of points touching the grammar and religion of the Vedas as well as Indian subjects generally, which were contributed to the Journals of the American Oriental Society and other learned Societies, our own included. He is also one of the Secretaries of the first-named Society. The following gentlemen are candidates for election at the next meeting : — F. MacBlaine, Esq., I. C. S., Nowgong, proposed by Dr. G. A, Grierson, seconded by C. R. Wilson, Esq. Maulvi Abdul Karim, B.A., Assistant Inspector of Schools for Muhammedan Education, Presidency Circle and Orissa Division, proposed by Maulvi Abdul Wali, seconded by Dr. A. F. R. Hoernle. T. N. Das, Esq., B.A., (Oxon.) Bar.-at-Law, Assistant Professor, Hooghly College, proposed by S. C. Laharry, Esq., seconded by Dr. G. A. Grierson. Sati9 Candra Banerjie, Esq., M.A., LL.B., proposed by S. C. Laharry, Esq., seconded by Dr. G. A. Grierson. C. H. Bompas, Esq., proposed by Dr. G. A. Grierson, seconded by C. R. Wilson, Esq. H. N. De, Esq., proposed by S. C. Laharry, Esq., seconded by Dr. Grierson. The following gentleman has expressed a wish to withdraw from the Society : — W. Crooke, Esq., C.S. The President laid on the table the Budget of expenses on the Bihliotheca Indica for 1896 drawn up by the Philological Committee and approved by the Council, 1896.] Bihliotheca Indica Budget. 31 PROCEEDINGS OF A MEETING OF THE PHILOLOGICAL COMMITTEE OF THE ASIATIC SOCIETY OP BENGAL. Held on Friday, December 20th, 1895. Present : Maliamaliopadhyaya Mahe9a Candra Nyayaratna, CLE. G. A. Grierson, Esq., Ph.D., CLE., Hon. Phil Secy. Dr. A. Rudolf Hoernle. Dr. George Ranking. Dr. A^utosa Mukherjee. Pandit Haraprasad f^astri, Hon. Jt. Phil. Secy. 1. We recommend tkat, for tlie present, no action be taken on the report of the Tenth International Congress of Orientalists on the subject of transliteration, until we see what action has been taken by the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland. We further recommend that that Society be asked what it intends to do in the matter. 2. We recommend that the following Budget for the " Bihliotheca liidica" for the year 1896 be approved : — Budget Estimate for 1896. Eeceipts. bs. AS. p. Disbursements. RS. AS. p. Balance in hand . . ... 10,000 0 0 Tattva-cintamani .. 900 0 0 Government grant for 1896 9,000 0 0 SvayambhQ-purana ... .. 700 0 0 — Tul'si-sat'sai .. 300 0 0 Total 19,000 0 0 Brhad-dharma-purana .. 600 0 0 — Pag-Sam-Thi-Sin ' ... .. 500 0 0 Markandeya-purana ... .. 600 0 0 Nyaya-vartika .. 900 0 0 Kalpalata .. 1,050 0 0 C aturvarga-cintamani ., 300 0 0 Taittiriya-samhitil .. 600 0 0 (^rauta-sfitra of (^amkhayans L 350 0 0 Ma'asirn-l-nmara .. 400 0 0 Aitareya-briihmana ... .. 1,800 0 0 Translation of Mantakliabu- t- tawarikh .. 3,000 0 0 Sher Fhyin .. 600 0 0 Translation of Akbarnama .. 600 0 0 Kalaviveka .. 600 0 0 Natadbamma-katlia-sntta .. 300 0 0 Apastaraba-{jrauta-sutra .. 700 0 0 Padumavati ... 900 0 0 Aniibhasya .. 300 0 0 Para^ara-smrti ... 300 0 0 (the last fasciculns was le ft incomplete). ~~' 16,300 0 0 32 BibliotJieca Indica Budget. [Feb. Brought forward Ks. As. P. 19,000 0 0 Note— No account lias been taken of the eale-proeeeds of books, as they cover the establishment, postage and other charges. Brought forward Es. As. P. .. 16,300 0 0 New works recommended. Translation of Riyazu-s-salatin 1,000 0 0 Apararka 300 0 0 Balambhatta 300 0 0 1,600 0 0 Dr. Hoernle having agreed to continue the translation of the Su9rata, kept in abey- ance, we recommend that one fascicuhis of it be bud- getted for this year 600 0 0 18,500 0 0 We recommend that certain fasciculi, portions of long works, now out of print, be reprinted 500 0 0 19,000 0 0 3. Caturvarga-cintamani should not be continued, unless suitable MSS. are available. 4. We recommend that the Smrti-candrika be removed from the list, as a good edition has been published at Madras in the Thamal character. The publication of the Atharvana-Upanisads has been announced in Bombay, so that work, too, should be removed from the list. 5. The following work has been stopped for various reasons : — Lalita-vistara (English Translation). 6. The following list of works sanctioned and approved by the Council, but not taken in hand, has been drawn up in order of urgency : — Karana-grantha. Bhattotpala's Commentary on the Brhat-samhita. Yajnavalkya-gita (English Ti'anslation). English Translation of Ca- raka. Translation of Saihkhyapra- vacana bhasya. 1. Hiranya-keQi-siitra (f^rauta). 9. 2. Baudhayana-sutra (yiauta). 10. 3. Vipaka-sutra (Jaina). 4. Sad-dharma-pundarika (Bauddha). 11. 5. Tawarikh-i-Yamini. 12. 6. Tawarikh-i-Wassaf. 7. Taju-1-Ma'asir. 13. 8. Naqa'idu-1-farazdaq wa Jarir. 1896.] Library. 33 The following papers were read : — 1. Notes on the ancient topography of the Pir Pantsdl Route. — By Dr. M. a. SteixX. 2. Two unrecorded sculptures in the Ananta Gave, Khandagiri, Orissa. — By ALEXANDtiR E. Caddy. Communicated by Dr. A. F. R. Hoernle. (Witli four Plate.s). These papers will be published in the Journal, Part I. The following additions have been made to the Library since the meeting held in January last : — Tl^ANSACTIONS, Pl^CEEDINGS AND JoUE^ALS, presented by the respective Societies and Edito's. Amsterdam. De Koninklijke Akademie van Wetenschappen, — Jaar- boek, 1894. . . Verslagen en Mededeelingen, Afd. Letterk, — 3'''^ Reeks, Deel XI. Batavia. Bataviaasch Genootschap van Kunsten en Wetenschappen, — Tijdschrift voor Indische Taal,-Land- en Volkenkuude, Deel XXXIX, Aflevering 1. Berlin. Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift, — Berliner Entomolo- gische Zeitschrift, Band XL, Heft 3 und 4. Bombay. The Indian Antiquary, — Vol. XXIV, Parts 305 and 306. Brussels. L'Academie Royale des Sciences, des Lettres et des Beaux- Arts de Belgique, — Annuaire, J 894-95. . . Bulletins, — 3™e serie. Tome XXVI-XXIX. . -. Memoires, — Tome LI, et LII. . . Memoires Couronnes, — Tome XL VII, L-LII. . — . Memoires Couronnes et Memoires des Savants Etrangers, — Tome LIII. Budapest. La Societe Hongroise de Geographie, — Bulletin, Tome XXIII, Nos. 1-5. Calcutta. Indian Engineering, — Vol. XIX, Nos. 2-6. . The Indian Lancet, — Vols. VI, Nos. 11 ; VII, 2 and 3. '. Indian Meteorological Memoirs, — Vol. VIII, Part 1. . Mahabodhi Society, — Journal, Vol. IV, No. 10. . Photographic Society of India, — Journal, Vol. IX, Nos. 1 and 2. 34 Library. [Feb. Chicago, 111. The American Antiquarian and Oriental Journal, — Vol. XVII, No. 6. Copenhagen. La Societe Royale des Antiquaires du Nord, — Memoires, Nouvelle Serie, 1894, Dorpat. Die Naturforscher-Gesellschaft bei dei- Universitat Jurjew (Dorpat), — Sitzungsberichte, Band XI, Heft 3. Dresden. Die Gesellsebafb Iris zu Dresden, — Deutsche Entomolo- gische Zeitschrift, Band VIII, Heft 1 und 2. Florence. La Societa Italiana di Antropologia, Etnologia e Psicologia Comparata, — Archivio per L' Antropologia e la Etnologia, Tome XXV, Nos. 1 et 2. The Hague. Koninklijk Instituut voor de Taal,-Land- en Volken- kunde van Nederlandsch -Indie, — Bijdrageu tot de Taal, -Land- en Volkenkunde van Nederlandsch-Indie, 6^ Volgr, Deel II, Aflevering 1. . De Nederlandsche Entomologisclie Vereeniging, — Tijdscbrift voor Entomologie, Band XXXVII, Nos. 1-4. lasi. Organul Societatii Stiintifice si Literare din lasi, — Arhiva, Anul VI, No. 11, si ]2. ' ' Leipzig. Die Koaigl. Sachsische Gesellschaft der Wissenschaften, — Abhandlungen, Phil.-bist. CI., Band XVII, Nrn. 1 ; XXII, 2-5. London. The Academy, — Nos. 1234-38. . The Athenteum, — Nos. 3557-61. . Institution of Civil Engineers, — Charter, Supplemental Charter, By-Laws and Li-^t of Members, 6th September, 1895. . . ]\linutes of Proceedings, Vols. CXXI and CXXII ; and Subject-Index, Vols. LIX-CXVIII. . Institution of Mechanical Engineers, — Proceedings, Nos. 1 and 2, 1895. . Linnean Society, — Journal, Botany, Vol. XXX, Nos. 209 and 210. Zoology,— Vol. XXV, Nos. 158-60. and 2. List of Members, 1894-95. Proceedings, — Session, 1893-94. Transactions, Botany, — 2nd series. Vol. V, Parts 1 . Zoology, — 2nd series, Vol. VI, Part 3. — . The Messenger of Mathematics, — New series. Vol. XXV, No. 1. — . Nature,— Vol. LIII, Nos. 1365-69. — . Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland, — Jour- nal, January, 1896. 1896.] Lihranj, 35 London. Royal Astronomical Society, — Monthly ISTotices, Vol. LYI, No. 2. — • . Royal Geographical Society, — Geographical Journal, Vol. VII, No! I. . Royal Microscopical Society, — Journal, Part 4, 1895. . Royal Society, — Proceedings, Vol. LVIII, Nos. 347-51. . Zoological Society of London, — Proceedings, Part 3, 1895. . . Transactions,— Vol. XIII, Part 2. Madras. Indian Joui'nnl of Education, — January, 1896. Mexico. La Sociedad Cientifica " Antonio Alzate," — Memorias y Re- vista, Tome VIII, Nos. 1 et 2. Mussoorie. The Indian Forester, — Vol. XXII, No. 1. New Haven. Tale University, — Catalogue, 1895-96. Ottawa. Royal Society of Canada, — Proceedings and. Ti-ansactions, Vol. XII. Paris. Journal Asiatique, — Tome V. Nos. 3 ; VI, 1. . Museum d'Histoire Naturelle, — Bulletin, No. 7, 1895. . La Societe de Geographie, — Comptes Rendus des Seances, Nos. 14-16, 1895 . La Societe Nationale des Sciences Naturelles et Mathema- tiques de Cherbourg, — Llemoires, Tome XXIX. . La Societe Pliiloraathique de Paris, — Bulletin, Tome VII, No. 3. . . Comptes Rendus Sommaire des Seances, Nos. 4-6, 1895. Pisa. La Societa Toscana di Scienze Natmali, — Atti, Memorie, Tome XIV. . . Atti (Pix)cessi Vei-bali), 5 Maggio, — 7 Luglio 1895. Rome. La Societa degli Spettroscopisti Italiani, — Memorie, Tome XXIV, Nos. llet 12. . La Societa di Studi Geografici e Coloniali in Firenze, — Bol- lettiuo, Tome II No. 10. St. Petersburg. L'Academie Imperiale des Sciences de St. Peter-s- bourg,- - Bulletin, V^ Serie, Tome III, No. 1. Stockholm. Kongl. Sveuska Vetnskaps-Akademiens, — Accessions- Katalog, IX, 1894. . . Handlingar, Band XXVL . . Ofversigt, Band LI. . Societe Entomologique a Stockholm, — Journal Entomologique, Tome XVI, Nos. 1-4. Taiping. Perak Government, — Gazette, Vol. IX, No. 1. Tokio. Die Kaiserlich-Japanische Universitat, — Mittheilungeu aus der Medicinischen Facultat, Band III Nr. 11. Tring. Novitates Zoologicae, — Vol. 11, No. 4. 36 Lih-arij. [Feb. Vienna. Die Antliropologisclie Gesellscliaft in Wien, — Mittheilungen, Band XXV, Heft 4 und 5. , Die K. K. Zoologiscli-botanische Gesellschaffc in Wien, — Verhandlungen, Band XLV, Heft 10. Yokohama. Asiatic Society of Japan, — Transactions, Vol. XXllI, Supplement. Ziiiicli. Die Natuiforscliende Gesellscliaft in Ziiiicli, — Nenjalirs- blatt, Nr. XCVIH. . •. Vierteljahrsschrift, — Tome XL, Heft 3 und 4. Books and Pamphlets, presented hy the Authors, Translators, ^c. Haeckel, Ernst. Die cambrische Stammgruppe der Echinodermen. 8vo. Jena, 1895. Lyman, Benjamin Smith. Metallurgical and other features of Japanese swords. 8vo. Philadelphia, 18&6. . The Yardley Fault; and the Chalfont Fault Rock, so called. 8vo. Philadelphia, 1895. Pringle, Arthur T. The Diary and Consultation Book of the Pre- sident Govemior and Council at Fort St. George, 1685, First Series, Vol. IV. 8vo. Madras, 1895. Miscellaneous Presentations. Chi.js, J. A. VAN DER. Dagh-Register gehonden int Ensteel Batavia vaut passerende daer ter plaetse als over geheel Nederlandts-India, Anno, 1665-1697. Batavia, Society of Arts and Sciences. Koro-es gamle Love iudtil 1387. Band V, Heft 2. 4to. Chiistiania, 1895. BiBLiOTHtQUE DE l'Universit^ Royale de Norv:6ge a Christiania. Report of the sixty-fifth meeting of the British Association for the Advancement of Science, held at Ipswich in September, 1895. 8vo. London, 1895. British Association for the Advancement of SciENCii:. Cataloo-ue of the Library of the Ceylon Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society. 8vo. Colombo, 1895. Ceylon Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society, Report on the Administration of the Central Provinces for the year 1894-95. Fcp. Nagpur, 1895. Chief Commissioner, Central Provinces. Annual Report of the Department of Agriculture, Brisbane, for the year 1894-95. 8vo. Brisbane, 1895. Department of Agriculture, Brisbane. 1896.] Lihmry. 37 Magnetical and Meteorological Observations made at the Government Observator}', Bombay, 1894. Fc{d. Bombay, 1895. GOVEKNMENT OBSERVATORY, BOMBAY. Report on the Administration of Bengal, 1894-95. Fcp. Calcutta, 1895. Repoi't on the River-borne Ti-affic of the Lower Provinces of Bengal, and on the Inland Trade of Calcutta, and on the Trade of Cliitta- gong Port for the year 1894-95. Fcp. Calcutta, J §95. Resolution reviewing tlie reports on the working of the District Boards in Bengal during the year 1894-95. Fcp. Calcutta, 1895. Government of Bengal. North Indian Notes and Queries for December, 1895. 4to. Allahabad, 1895. Government of India, Home Department. 'Report on the Administration of the Madras Presidency during the year 1894-95. Fcp. Madras, 1895. Government of Madras. Gazetteer of the Rawalpindi District, revised edition, 1893-94. 8vo. Lahore, 1895. Government of the Punjab. Report of the eighteenth Annual Meeting of the Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science held on the 30th July, 1895. 8vo. Calcutta, 1895. Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science. Catalogue of the Library of the Institution of Civil Engineers, London, A-G, H-Pa, Pe-End. 8vo. London, 1895. Institution of Civil Engineers, London. Die Handschriften-Verzeichnisse der Koniglichen Bibliothek za Berlin, Band XIX. 4to. Berlin, 1895. KoNitiLiCHE Bibliothek zu Berlin. Bemmelen, J. M. Van. Over de Samenstelling, het Voorkonien, en de Vorming van Sideroze (Witte Klien) en van Viviauiet in de onderste darglaag der hoogveenen van zuidoost drenthe. 8vo. Amsterdam, 1895. Cappelle, Dr. H. Van. Diluvialstudien im Siidwesten van Priesland. 8vo. Amsterdam, 1895. DOJES, P. H. Over de theorie der straling in verband met de voor- stelline: van Fourier. 8vo. Amsterdam, 1895. Hamburger, Dr. H. J. Ueberdie Reglung der osmotischen Spanukraft von Fliissigkeiten in Bauch-und Pericardialhohle. 8vo. Amster- dam, 1895. Hubrecht, a. a. W. Die Phylogenese des Amnions und die Bedeutung des Trophoblastes. 8vo. Amsterdam, 1895. 38 Lihranj. [Feb. 1896.] Kapteyn, W. Over de merkwaardige punten van den diiehoek. 8vo. Amsterdam, 1895. KoLK, Dr. J. L. C. ScHROEDER VAN DER. Bijdrage tot de Karteering Onzer Zandgronden, (I). 8vo. Amsterdam, 1895. MuLLBR, J. J- A. De verplaatsing van eenige Triangulatie-Pilaren in de residentie Tapauoeli (Sumatra) tengevolge Van de Aard- beving van 17 Mei, 189-2. 8vo. Amsterdam, 1895. MuLLER, S. De Germaansche Volken bij Julius Honorius en Anderen. 8vo. Amsterdam, 1895. ScHOUTE, P. H. Regelmassige Schnitte und Projectionen des hun- dertzwanzigzelles und sechshundertzelles im Vierdimensionalen Raurae. 8vo. Amsterdam, 1894. Went, Dr. F. A. F. C, und Geerligs, H. C. Prinsen. Beobach- tungen iiber die Hefearten und Zuckei-bildenden Pilze der Araek- fabrikation. 8vo. Amsterdam, 1895. WiSSELiNGH, C. VAN. Over de Vittae der Umbelliferen. 8vo. Amster- dam, 1894. Der KoNiNKLijKE Akademie van Wetenschappen te Amsterdam. Scientific Memoirs by Medical Officers of the Army of India, Part IX. 4to. Calcutta, 1895. Sanitary Commissioner with the Government of India. Hafpkine, W. M. Anti-cholera Inoculation. 4to. Calcutta, 1895. Messrs. Thacker, Spink & Co. North American Fauna, No. 10. 8vo. Washington, 1895. U. S. Department of Agricdlture, Washington. PEf^^ODICALS PUE\CHASED. Allahabad. North Indian Notes and Queries, — Vol. V, No. 10. Calcutta. Indian Medical Gazette,— Vol. XXXI, No. 1. Geneva. Archives des Sciences Physiques et Naturelles, — Tome XXXIV, No. 12. Leipzig. Annalen der Physik und Chemie, — Band LVII, Heft 1. . . .. Boiblatter, Band XX, Stuck 1. London. Numismatic Circular, — Vol. IV, No. 38. ■POOKS Puf^CHASED. Oliver, F. W. The Natural History of Plants, their forms, growth, reproduction, and distribution. From tiie German of Anton Kerner von Marilaun. Vol. II. 4to. London, 1895. Wallace, Alfred Russel. Darwinism ; an exposition of the Theory of Natural Selection with some of its applications. 8vo. London. 1890. PROCEEDINGS OF THE ASIATIC SOCIETY OF BENGAL, For M.ARCH, 1896. The Monthly General Meeting of the Asiatic Society of Beno-al was held on Wednesday, the 4th March, 1896, at 9-15 p.m. Alexander Pedler, Esq., F. E,. S., President, in the chair, The following members were present : — Dr. A. W. Alcock, P. Finn, Esq., Dr. G. A. Grierson, J. Mann, Esq., J. D. Nimmo, Esq., Dr. P. C. Roy, Pandit Satyavrata Sama^rami, R. E. S. Thomas, Esq., C. R. Wilson, Esq. Visitor: — Hugh Grants, Esq. The minutes of the last meeting were read and confirmed. Twenty-two presentations were announced, details of which are given in the Library List appended. The following gentlemen duly proposed and seconded at the last Meeting of the Society were ballotted for and elected Ordinary Mem- bers : — F. MacBlaine, Esq. Maulvi Abdul Karim. T. N. Das, Esq. Babu Sati9 Candra Banerjee. C. H. Bompas, Esq. H. N. De, Esq. The following gentlemen are candidates for election at the next Meeting : — The Hon. Guruprasad Sen, Calcutta, proposed by P. N. Bose, Esq., seconded by R. C. Dutt, Esq. 40 "Election of various Committees. [March, Babu pyam Lai Mallik, proposed by Babu Gaurdas Basak, seconded by C. R. Wilson, Esq. The following gentlemen have expressed a wish to withdraw from the Society : — J. J. D. LaTouche, Esq. M. Finucane, Esq. P. N'olan, Esq. Lt.-Col. E. H. Molesworth. The Secretakt reported the death of the following gentlemen : — W. Swinhoe, Esq., Babu Balai Cand Siriiha. The Secretary read the names of the following gentlemen who had been appointed to serve in the various Committees for the present year. Finance and Visiting Committee. Sir A. W. Croft. Dr. A. F. R. Hoemle. Babu Pratapa Candra Ghosa, Col. J. Waterhouse. C. L. Griesbach, Esq. Library Committee. Babu Gaurdas Basak, Dr. l9utosa Mukherjee. Dr. D. D. Cunningham. L. de Niceville, Esq. Babu Pratapa Candra Ghosa. Pandit Nilmani Mukherjee, Nyaya- His Grace Archbishop Dr. P. laijkara. Goethals. Mahamahapadhyaya Mahe9a Can- Dr. A. F. R. Hoernle. dra Nyayaratna. T. H. Holland, Esq. Dr. G. Ranking, The Rev. H. B. Hyde. Dr. Mahendralal Sarkar. Prince Sir Jahan Qudr Muhammad Major R. C. Temple. Wahid Ali Khan Bahadur. Col. J. Waterhouse. J. Mann, Esq. Dr. G. Watt. Philological Committee. Maulvi Abdus Salam. Dr. A. Fiihrer. Maulvl Ahmad. Babu Pratapa Candra Ghosa. Sir Sayid Ahmad. Dr. A. F. R. Hoemle. Babu Gaurdas Basak. • J. Mann, Esq. Babu ^arat Candra Das. Dr. A9utosa Mukhei-jee. 1896.] Election of various Committees. 41 Pandit Nilmat.ii Muklierjee, Nyaya- Raya Rajkumar Sarvadliikari, Ba- laijkara. hadur. Mahamaliapadhyaya Malie^a Can- Dr. Malieudralal Sarkar. dra Nyayaratna. Maliamahapadhyaya Candida Kauta F. E. Pargiter, Esq. Tarkalaijkai'a. Captain D. C. Phillott. Major R. C. Temple. Dr. G. Ranking. Dr. G. Thibaut. Pandit Satyavrata Sama9ranii. A. Venis, Esq. Coins Committee. J. A. Bourdillon, Esq. Dr. A.- Fuhrer. Dr. A. F. R. Hoernle. C. J. Rodgers, Esq. V. A. Smith, Esq. E. Thurston, Esq. History and Archaeological Cominittee. The Hon. Mr. Justice Amir Ali. Babu Gaurdas Basak. Dr. A. Fiihrer. Babu Piatapa Candra Ghosa. His Grace Archbishop Dr. P. Goethals. The Rev. H. B. Hyde. Pandit Mohanlal Yisnulal Pandia. Major R. C. Temple. Natural History Committee. Dr. D. D. Cunningham. S. E. Peal, Esq. J. F. Duthie, Esq. Dr. D. Prain, T. H. Holland, Esq. Dr. J. Scully. C. S. Middlemiss, Esq. R. E S. Thomas, Esq. L. de Niceville, Esq. E. Thurston, Esq. Dr. Fritz Noetling. Dr. G. Watt. R. D. Oldham, Esq. J. C. Bose, Esq. P. N. Bose, Esq. Dr. D. D. Cunningham. J. Eliot, Esq. T. H. Holland, Esq. Dr. G. King. The Rev. Father E. Lafont. C. S. Middlemiss, Esq. Dr. A9iitosa Muklierjee. Physical Science Committee. Dr. Fritz Noetling, R, D. Oldham, Esq. Dr. D. Prain. Dr. P. C. Roy. Dr. Mahendralal Sarkar. Dr. J. Scully. Dr. W. J. Simpson. Col. J. Waterhouse. 42 G. A. Grierson — On Irregular Causal Verhs. [March, Anthropological Committee. M. L. Uames, Esq. The Hon. Mr. H. H. Risley. Babu Qarat Candra Das. Raya Rajkumar Sarbadhikari Ba- E. A. Gait, Esq. hadur. R. Greeven, Esq. Major R. C. Temple, J. Mann, Esq. E. Thurston, Esq. S. E. Peal, Esq. Dr. G. Watt. The President announced that the Council had resolved to form a Committee consisting of the President, Dr. D. D. Cunningham, Dr. A. W. Alcock, Mr. T. H. Holland and Dr. Mahendralal Sarkar, with power to add to their number, to invite subscriptions and take such steps as they considered necessary to further the purpose of the Huxley Memorial. The following papers were read : — 1. On Irregular Causal Verhs in the Indo- Aryan Vernaculars. — By G. A. Grierson, Esq., C.I.E., Ph.D. (Abstract.) In the formation of causal verbs, in the Vernaculars of Central and Western India, certain verbs insert d, r, I, or n before or after the causal suffix. Examples are Gujarat! hes-d-d, 'cause to sit;' SindhI, sikha-r ' teach ; ' Hindi, di-l-a, ' cause to give ; ' Ka9miri, pak-an-av, ' cause to go.' The origin of these inserted letters has hitherto been considered obscure. The author points out that recent comparative philology shows that in Sanskrit many verbal roots took nominal suffixes before adding the personal terminations. Examples are kri-nd-ti, ' he buys,' su-noti,^ ' he squeezes,' mr-na-ti, ' he kills,' krp-anya-ti, ' he is a suppliant,' Id-la-ya-ti 'he causes to adhere.' Sometimes these suffixes give a causal force to the root, and sometimes, so far as meaning goes, they are merely pleonastic. The author next shows that some modera Indo- Aryan roots have certainly taken similar pleonastic suffixes. As an example, he takes the Sanskrit drava-ti ' he i-uns,' and shows that in some languages, it takes k, in others g, in others r, in others d or r, and, in one, both g and r ; so that we find the forms (1) druk, dok, daug, (2) dor, dor, daur, (3) dugur, all of which mean ' run.' He finally explains the consonants inserted in modern causals, by stating that they have a similar origin. The paper will be published in full in the Journal, Part I. 1896.] Yati Bhusan Bhadurl — Hypochlorites into chlorates. 43 2. Contrihxdions to the Theory of Warning Colours and Mimicry, No. IT. Experiments %oith a Lizard (calotes versicolor). — By Frank Finn, Esq., B.A., Deputy Superintendent, Indian Museum. 3. A note on the nature of the substance formed during Indigo Fer- mentation from tohich Indigo-Blue is eventtially formed and an Indigo- Broion. — By Surgeon-Lieutenant-Colonel George Ranking, B.A., M.D. The papers will be published in the Journal, Part II. 4. On the transformation of hypochlorites into chlorates. — By Babu Tati Bhusan Bhaduei, M.A., Premcand Raycand Scholar. Communi- cated by the President. (Abstract.) In the preliminary portion the various methods of estimatino- chlorates and hypochlorites have been carefully examined. Direct estimation of both in a mixture containing the same have been found possible by distillation in moderately dilute solution with pure phos- phoric acid and then the residue with fuming hydrochloric acid. Hypo- chlorites can not be estimated in acid solutions (with KI and HCl) in presence of chlorates. The action of chlorine on sodic hydrate is ascertained by passino- the washed gas through a solution of the hydrate. Owing to consider- able change of volume consequent on absorption, the amount of sodium is determined afterwards. The total chlorine is determined by reduc- tion with zinc copper couple and the hypochlorite by Penot's, or distilla- tion method. From numerous experiments it is found that the amount of chlorate which is formed in solution up to 7 per cent, of concentra- tion and containing free alkali is insignificant. Above 10 per cent, solution, however, the secondary reaction — transformation — becomes more distinct and when the concentration exceeds 20 per cent., time becomes an important factor. Presence of free alkali retards the change. To study the transformation, the solution of known strength is kept in stoppered bottles or sealed tubes and then exposed to rays of different degrees of refrangibility or kept in absolute darkness. After the required time the contents are analysed (the volume of oxygen also determined). The results of the analyses prove that a solution of sodium hypochlorite slowly decomposes even when kept in absolute darkness. The rate of decomposition increases as the refrangibility of the rays increases. Yellow rays are far more active than the red. The change is one into chlorate and free oxygen. If there be little or no free alkali, chlorine is simultaneously liberated. When the change takes place at about 100° C. strong sealed glass 44 Library. [Maech, tubes are used. Comparing the percentage decomposition of a number of solutions in which the relative quantities of free alkali, chloride, chlorate and hypochlorite are the same, the following peculiarities are observed. The decomposition diminishes with dilution up to a certain point when it is minimum. Further diminution in concentration instead of diminishing increases decomposition. This peculiar deportment is observed not only with similar solutions heated to different periods of time, but in all solutions which are examined, the ratio of hypochlorite to free alkali being approximately as 2 : 5, 2 : 2 and 2 : 1. When the percentage decompositions are represented by curves whose ordinates express percentage decompositions and abscissa concentrations, greatest depressions (minimum decompositions) lie very nearly in the same vertical line. The exact strength of the solution which decomposes least is not yet known with great accuracy, but it appears to lie between. 1"5 to 1'7 per cent, of concentration. The influence of other constituents may be neglected as all the solutions containing widely different quanti- ties of chlorate, hypochlorite and free alkali lead to the same conclusion. In all cases oxygen and chlorate are simultaneously produced. At the end of the first hour the amount of oxygen that is liberated varies from J to ^ of the oxygen fixed in the chlorate. As the duration of heating is prolonged the quantity of free oxygen is increased, but in no case is this quantity greater than the oxygen of the chlorate although the strength of the solution is seen to vary from 3 to 8'9 per cent, and duration of heating from one to six hours and a half. As the strength of the solution diminishes the liberation of free oxygen increases. For the same weight of chlorate formed, the quantity of oxygen diminishes with the rapidity with which the solutions are heated. h IBRARY. The following additions have been made to the Library since the meeting held in February last : — Transactions, Proceedings and Journals, presented by the respective Societies and Editors. Calcutta. Buddhist Text Society of India, — Journal, Vol. Ill, Part 2. . Geological Survey of India, — Memoirs, Vol. XXVII, Part 1, . . Records, Vol. XXIX, Part 1. Indian Engineering, — Vol. XIX, Nos. 7-9. The Indian Lancet,— Vol. VII, Nos. 4. and 5. 1896.] Lihrary. 45 Calcutta. Indian Meteorological Memoirs, — Vols. VI, Parts 2 ; VII, 5 ; IX, 1. Ithaca. . Cornell University, — Library Bulletin, Vol. Ill, No. 10. . . Register, 1895-96. Leipzig. Die Deutschen Morgenlandischen Gesellschaft, — Zeitscbriffc, Band XLIX, Heft 4. Liege. La Sooiete Geologique de Belgique, — Annales, Tome XX, No. 4. London. The Academy, — Nos. 1239-41. ■ . The Athenaeum,— Nos. 3562-64. • . Geological Society, — Geological Literature, 31st December, 1895. • . Quarterly Journal, — Vol. LII, Part 1. ■ Institution of Electrical Engineers, — Journal, Vol. XXIV, No. 119. . Nature,— Vol. LIII, Nos. 1870 and 1371. . Royal Astronomical Society, — Memoirs, Vol. LI. . . Monthly Notices,— Vol. LVI, No. 3. • . Royal Geographical Society, — Geographical Journal, Vol. VII, No. 2. • . Royal Microscopical Society, — Journal, Part 6, 1895. Royal Society, — Proceedings, Vol. LVIII, No. 352. Madras. The Indian Journal of Education, — February, 1896. Mussoorie. The Indian Forester, — Vol. XXII, No. 2. Paris. Journal Asiatique, — IV Serie, Tome VI, No. 2. . La Societe Philomathique de Paris, — Compte-Rendu Som- maire de Seance, No. 7, 1896. Rome. La Societe Degli Spettroscopisti Italiani, — Memoire, Indice, Tome XXIV. St, Petersburg. Comite Geologique, — Bulletins, Supplement au Tome XIV. . . Memoires, Tome X, No. 4. . Russian Imperial Geographical Society, — Proceedings, Vol. XXXI, No. 5. Sydney. Linnean Society of New South Wales, — Proceedings, Vol. X Part 3 ; and Supplement to Vol. X. Taiping. Perak Government, — Gazette, Vol. IX, Nos. 2-4. Tokyo. Imperial University of Japan, — Journal of the College of Science, Vols. VIII, Parts 3; IX, 1. Vienna. Die K. Akademie der Wissenschaften, — Almanack, 1894. • • Archiv fiir Osterreichische Geschichte, — Band LXXXI, Heft 2. . . Denkschriften — Band LXI. 46 Library. [March, Vienna. Die K. Akademie der Wissenscliaften, — Sitzungsberichte, Math.-Naturw. CI, Abth. I, Band CIII, Heft 4-10; II a, ClII, 6-10; II b, cm, 4-10; III, CIII, 5-10. . . . . Phil.-hist. CL., Baud CXXXI, und Regis- ter Band CXXI-CXXX. Yokohama. Asiatic Society of Japan, — Transactions, Vol. XXIII. M.ISCELLANEOUS Pi^ESENTATIONS. Report on the Nagpur Experimental Farm in the Central Provinces for the year 1894-95. Fcp. Nagpur, 1896. Returns of the Rail-borne Traffic of the Central Provinces during the quarter ending the 30th September, 1895. Fcp. Nagpur, J 895. Chief Commissioner, Central Provinces. Anderson, J. D. A short vocabulary of the Aka language. 8vo. Shillong, 1896. Government of Assam. Blanford, W. T. The Fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma, Birds, Vol. III. 8vo. London, 1895. Notes on the Administration of the Registration Department in Bengal for the year 1894-95. Fcp. Calcutta, 1895. Returns of the Rail and River-borne Trade of Bengal during the quarter ending the 30th September, 1895. Fcp. Calcutta, 1896. Government of Bengal. The Indian Antiquary for November and December, 1895. 4to. Bombay, 1895. North Indian Notes and Queries for January, 1896. 4to. Allahabad, 1896. Government of India, Home Department. The Agricultural Ledger, Agincultural Series, No 14 ; Entomological Series, No. 4 ; Implements and Machinery Series, No. 3. 8vo. Calcutta, 1895. Epigraphia Indica, Vol. IV, Part 2. 4to. Calcutta, 1895. Government of India, Revenue and Agricultural Department. Bulletin of the Department of Land Records and Agriculture, N.-W. P. and Oudh, Veterinary Series, Nos. 2 and 3. 8vo. Allahabad, 1895. Government op N,-W. P. and Oudh. Report on the Administration of the Punjab and its Dependencies for 1894-95. Fcp. Lahore, 1896. Government op the Punjab. Monumenta Concilorum Generalium, Tome III, Pars 3. 4to. Vindo- bonae, J 895. 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Vienna Oriental Journal, — Vol. IX, No. 4. Books Purchased. Clarke, H. Wilberforce. The Sikandar Nama, e Bara or Book of Alexander the Great. Translation. 8vo. London, 1881. Dctt, Manmatha Nath. The Wealth of India Series, Vol. Ill, Parts I-VI. 8vo. Calcutta, 1895. PROCEEDINGS ASIATIC SOCIETY OF BENGAL, For Ai^hil, 1896. Plates I. — IV. will be issued with a subsequent Number. Fonrf/;ori pro8enfcation« were armoanced, detail h of which aro (.nven in tho Library Li.st appended. Tho following {^entlomfjn. duly propoHod and Hfjcoridcd at the lasfc meeting of the Society were ballotted for and elected Ordinary Mem- ber h : — The Hon'blc Mr. GtirnpraHad Sen. Baba (^'yarn Lai Mallik. The following gentlemen arc- candiflatca for election at the next meeting : — Babu Aghilr Candra Bha/liiri, L. M. 8., Medical Practitioner, Cal- cutta, proponed by 8. C Laharry, \''jH(\., H<;c/>u