PROCEEDINGS 



or THE 



ASIATIC SOCIETY OF BENGAL 



j^OR jJuNE, 1883, 



The Monthly General Meeting of the Asiatic Society of Bengal was 

 held on Wednesday, the 6th June, at 9-15 p. M. 

 Dr. D. Waldie, in the Chair. 



The minutes of the last meeting were read and confirmed. 

 The following presentations were announced : — 



1. From Dr. Eajendralala Mitra, C. I. E., — (1) Baidyanatha Mahat- 

 mya (MS.) ; (2) Rubbing of an inscription from a temple in the garden 

 of the Mahant adjoining his matha, Buddha Gaya. 



2. From the Trustees of the Indian Museum, — Catalogue and Hand- 

 Book of the Archseological Collections in the Indian Museum, Part I, 

 by Dr. J. Anderson. (6 copies.) 



3. From the Author, — Index Verborum to the Published Text of 

 the Atharva-Veda, by William D wight Whitney. (Large paper edition). 



4. From the Secretary of State for India, — A Catalogue of the 

 Chinese Translation of the Buddhist Tripitaka, by Bunyiu Nanjio. 



5. From the K. b. Akademie der Wissenschaften, Miiuchen, — Chur- 

 fiirst Maximilian I. von Bayern, by Felix Stieve. 



6. From the K. Instituut voor de Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde van 

 Nederlandsch-Indie, — Keis in Oost- en Zuid- Borneo, by Carl Bock. 



7. From the Home Department, — (I) Selections from the Records of 

 the Government of India, Home Department, No. 191 ; (2) Manual of 

 Jurisprudence for Forest Officers, by B. H. Baden-Powell. 



The following gentlemen, duly proposed and seconded at the last meet- 

 ing, were ballotted for and elected Ordinary Members : 

 Sirdar Gurdial Singh, C. S. 

 Colonel A. C. Toker. 



