PROCEEDINGS 



OF THE 



ASIATIC SOCIETY OF BENGAL 



For December, 1883. 



The Monthly General Meeting of the Asiatic Society of Bengal was 

 held on Wednesday, the 12th December, 1883, at 9 p. m. 

 The Hon'ble H. J. Reynolds, President, in the Chair. 

 The minutes of the last meeting were read and confirmed. 

 The following presentations were announced : — 



1. From the British Museum, — (1) Catalogue of Birds, Vols. VII- 

 VIII ; (2) Catalogue of Persian Manuscripts, Vol. III. 



2. From the Authors, — (1) A Geologist's Contribution to the History 

 of Ancient India, by V. Ball ; (2) Alphabetical Index to Mr. C. Marvin's 

 Works and Translations, No. II, prepared by Major W. E. Go wan ; (3) 

 Sanskrit Worterbuch in kiirzerer Fassung, Part IV, No. 2, by 0. Boht- 

 lingk ; (4) A Dissertation on the Proper Names of the Panjabis, by Cap- 

 tain R. C. Temple. 



3. From the Leyden University, — Catalogue des Livres Chinois. 



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

 Report on the Administration of the Meteorological Department of the 

 Government of India, in 1882-83. 



5. From the Department of Public and Private Instruction, Churches 

 and Industry, Batavia, — Minhadj at-Talibin, Vol. II, by L. W. C, van den 

 Berg. 



6. From the Museum des Sciences Naturelles, Lyon, — Rapport, 

 No. XI. 



7. From the Home Department, — Archaeological Survey Reports, Vol. 

 XVI. 



8. From the Royal Society of London, — Catalogue of the Scientific 

 Books in the Library of the Royal Society, Part II, General Catalogue. 



