120 Presentations. [July & August, 



A Chapter from Brunnhofer's Life of Giordano Bruno. Translated from 

 tlie German, by N. Triibner; (9) On the Fresh-Water Shells of the Island 

 of Socotra collected by J. Bayley Balfour, Part III, and (10) On speci- 

 mens of the male and female of Phasianus humicd from Munipur, by Col. 

 H. H. Godwin-Austen ; (11) The llamayana of Tulsi Das, translated from 

 the original Hindi, by P. S. Growse ; (22) Catalogue of Fishing Appliances 

 sent to the International Fisheries Exhibition, London, by the Government 

 of Bengal, compiled by Dr. J. Anderson ; (13) Alphabetical Index to 

 Mr. C. Marvin's Works and Translations about Central Asia generally, 

 prepared by Major W. E. Go wan. 



1. From the Madras Government, — Suggestions regarding Forest 

 Administration in the Madras Presidency, by Dr. D. Brandis. 



5. From the Secretaria de Fomento, Guatemala — Informe que el 

 Jefe de la Seccion de Estadistica, sobre los trabajos ejecutados durante el 

 ano de 1882. 



6. From the Meteorological Reporter to the Government of India, — 

 Eeport on the Meteorology of India in 1881 (Seventh year). By H. F. 

 Blanford. 



7. From the Ceylon Branch, Royal Asiatic Society — Oriental Studies, 

 by Hugh Nevill, Part I, Study No. ii. Part 1. 



8. From the Surveyor- General of India, — (1) Account of the Opera- 

 tions of the Great Trigonometrical Survey, Vol. IX ; (2) General Report 

 on the Operations of the Survey of India during 1881-82 ; (3) Map of 

 Turkestan, in four sheets, 6th Edition. 



9. From the Australian Museum, Sydney, — Report of the Trustees 

 for 1882. 



10 From the Committee, Norwegian North-Atlantic Expedition — 

 Meteorology, by H. Mohn. 



11. From the Secretary of the Interior, United States, — Compendium 

 of the Tenth Census (June 1st, 1880), Parts I and II. 



12. From the Syndics of the Cambridge University Press — Catalogue 

 of the Buddhist Sanskrit Manuscripts in the University Library, Cam- 

 bridge, by Cecil Bendall. 



13. From R. D. Oldham, Esq., — Photograph of an Edict of Asoka 

 at Kalsi in Jaonsar. 



14. From the Curator of Ancient Monuments in India, — Memoran- 

 dum on ancient Monuments in Eusofzai. 



In presenting the photograph of the Edict of Asoka to the Society, 

 Mr. Oldham remarked : 



The Edict of Asoka, of which I have the pleasure to present a photo- 

 graph to the Society, is situated about two miles south of the small town of 

 Kalsi close to the junction of the Pous and Jumna rivers in Jaonsar. It 



