PROCEEDINGS 
OF THE 
ASIATIC SOCIETY OF BENGAL 
FoR May, 1871. 
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The monthly meeting of the Society was held on Wednesday, 
the 3rd instant at 9 Pp. M. 
The Hon. Mr. Justice Phear, President, in the chair. 
The minutes of the last meeting were read and confirmed. 
The receipt of the following presentations was announced :— 
1. From T. R. Lewis, Esq., M. B.—a copy of a Report on the 
Microscopic Objects found in Cholera Evacuations, &e. 
2. From E. Blyth, Esq.,—several copies of a Note on the contro- 
versy between Mr. W. Theobald and Dr. Gray. 
Mr. Blyth records his belief that the skull of Zestudo Phayrei, 
which was transferred from Dr. Falconer’s collection to the British 
Museum, belongs to a specimen of the same tortoise in the Society’s 
collection ; it was originally sent to the Calcutta Museum by Sir 
A. J. Phayre from Arracan. The fact was first noticed by Mr. W. 
Theobald, but its correctness was disputed by Dr. J. E. Gray in one 
of the late numbers of the Athenzeum. 
3. From S. E. Peal, Esq.,—a few notes on the cultivation and 
manufacture of Tea. 
4. From Akshayacumdra Datta,—a copy of The Religious 
Sects of the Hindus. 
5. From His Highness Thakura Giriprasada Sinha, Raja of 
Besma, Allyghur, — a copy of Vedarthapradipa, Commentary of 
White Yajur Veda, Fasc. I, in Braj Bhasha. 
6. From W. H. Dall, Esq., through Rev. H. Dall,—A Preli- 
minary Sketch of a natural arrangemeat of the Order Docoglossa, 
