May, 1914.] Proceedings of the A si at, Soc. of Bengal. xeiii 



The Peritoneum and the Absorption of Fluids from the 



Peritoneal Cavity. By T. H. Bishop. 

 The Presence and Absence of the Gall Bladder in the 



Rodentia. By Major R. E. Lloyd, I.M.S. 

 On the Reproductive System of Atopos. By E. Ghosh. 



Geology. 



The Classification of the Gondwana System. By E. 



Vredenburg. 

 On the Correlation of the Kamthi Beds. By H. C. Dass 



Gupta. 

 A Note on Radio-activity of the Kolar Rocks. By H. E. 



Watson. 



Botany. 



Indian Botanical Problems. By P. Briihh 



Wild Plants in the neighbourhood of Calcutta. By P 



Mukerjee. 



Ethnography. 



A comparative study of the Marriage Customs of the 

 Cochin Castes. By L. K. Anantha Krishna Iyer. 



Relics of the Constitution of Mud Turtles in India and 

 Burma. By N. Annandale and M. Haraprasad Shastri. 



Stone Implements from Yunnan. By J. Coggin Brown. 



Distribution of the Shan Tribes of Yunnan. By J. Coggin 



Brown. 

 Magic and Witchcraft of Chota Nagpur. £y S. C. Roy. 

 The Nainbuthin Brahmins of Malabar. By L. K. Anantha 



Krishna Iyer. 



The Council of the Asiatic Society of Bengal has agreed 

 to publish such of these papers as are accepted by its Publica- 

 tion Committee. 



Resolutions passed at a meeting of the Indian Science 



Congkess, January 29th, 1914. 



1. That the Asiatic Society be requested to publish foi 

 the present an account of the proceedings of the Congress, and 

 of such of the papers read as might be agreed upon by the 

 Congress Committee and the Secretaries of the Society. 



2. That the invitation to have the next meeting of 

 Congress at Madras be accepted, the date and all other details 

 to be settled by the Madras Committee in consultation with 

 the Calcutta Committee and the Committees to be formed in 

 other centres. ! 



