131 Library. [June, 



Lepchas), when Darjiling was first established, could never have been 

 generated in the wilds and isolation of the Himalayas, the body of the people 

 may still exist, and may, perhaps, yet be discovered, probably in the north 

 of China about Mongolia or Manchuria. 



The receipt of the following communications was announced — 



1. On a new species of Kite. By A. Anderson, Esq., with a note by 

 W. E. Brooks, Esq., C. E. 



2. Rude Stone Monuments in Chutia Nagpur. By Col. E. T. Dalton 

 C. S. I. 



Library. 



The following additions have been made to the Library since the meet- 

 ing held in May last. 



Presentations. 

 * # * Names of Donors in Capitals. 

 Bulletin, Mars 1873. 



Col. H. Yule. — L'orographie et le system des eaux du Pamir. (Extract from the 

 author's essay in Wood's " Sources of the Oxns"). N. de Khanikoff. — Les documents 

 sur le Khanate de Khiva. (An abstract of the sources of information available re- 

 garding the Khanate of Khiva). Vivien de St. Martin. — Voyage d' exploration en Indo- 

 Chine. L'Abbe Desgodins. — Vegetation des sommets au Nord de Yerkalo. Hauteurs 

 entre Yerkalo et Bathang. (The first of these papers also contains some meteorologi- 

 cal observations taken on the range separating the Lan-tsang Kiang from the 

 Kin-cha-Kiang near Yerkalo.) 



The Geographical Society op Parts. 

 K. Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin. Monats- 

 bericht, December, 1872. 



Poggendorff, — Beitrag zur niiheren Kenntniss der Elektromaschine (Zweiter Art). 

 Peters, — Uber Hydrus fasciatus, Schneider, und einige andere Seeschlangen. Hagen, — 

 Beobachtungen iiber die Bewegung der Luft und des Wassers. 



The Royal Prussian Academy of Sciences op Berlin. 



Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Proceedings, Oct. 1872. 



A. Morton, — On the ejector condenser for steam engines, dispensing with an air 



pump. A. C. Hill. — On the working of the improved Compound Cylinder Blowing 



En"-ines and Howard Boilers at the Lackenby Iron Works, Middlesbrough. Colonel 



(3lay } — On an improved construction of Tool for Turning metals at increased speed. 



The Institution op Mechanical Engineers, Birmingham. 



Bengal Social Science Association, Transactions, Vol. VI. 



Address by the President. The Hon. J. B. Phear.—On some features of Litiga- 

 tion in Bengal. W. Clarice.— On Tied Arches. Tlie Rev. J. Long. — Village commu- 

 nities in India and Russia. Mr. J. Geoghegan. — Indian Cooley Emigration. Peary 

 Mohun Moolcherjee. — Agriculture in Bengal. 



The Benqal Social Science Association. 



