PROCEEDINGS 



OF THE 



ASIATIC SOCIETY OF BENGAL 



For January, 1883. 



The Monthly General Meet^^g of the Asiatic Society of Bengal was 

 held on Wednesday, the 3rd January, 1883, at 9 p. m. 



The Hon. J. Gibbs, C. S. I., C. I. E., F. R. G. S., Vice-President, in 

 the Chair. 



The minutes o£ the last meeting were read and confirmed. 



The following presentations were announced : — 



1. From the Ceylon Government, — The Lepidoptera of Ceylon, Parts 

 III-V, by F. Moore. 



2. From the Committee, Norwegian North Atlantic Expedition, — ■ 

 Norwegian North Atlantic Expedition, 1876-78. VI, Zoology, Holothurioi- 

 dea, by D. C. Danielssen and Johan Koren ; VII, Zoology, Annelida, by 

 G. Armauer Hansen. 



3. From the Directeur van 'Slandsdrukkerij, Batavia, — Minhadj at- 

 Talibin. Le Guide des zeles croyants. Manuel de Jurisprudence Musul- 

 mane selon le Rite de Chafi'i, Vol. I, by L. W. C. van den Berg. 



4. From the Norwegische Commission der Europaischen Gradmes- 

 sung, Christiania, — Geodatische Arbeiten, Hefte I- 1 1 1, — Vandstandsobser- 

 vationer. Heft I. 



6. From the Home Department (Forest Branch), — (1) A Manual of 

 the Land Revenue Systems and Land Tenures of British India, by B. H. 

 Baden-Powell ; (2) Suggestions regarding the Demarcation and Manage- 

 ment of the Forests in Kulu, by Dr. W. Schlich. 



7. From the Curator, Government Central Book Depot, Bombay,-— 

 Report on Sanskrit MSS. during the year 1881-82. 



8. From the Meteorological Reporter for Western India, — Brief 

 Sketch of the Meteorology of the Bombay Presidency in 1881. 



9. From the Secretaria de Fomento, Guatemala, — Movimento de 

 Poblacion habido en los Pueblos de la Republica de Guatemala durante el 

 ano de 1881. 



