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CONTENTS. 



Monthly General Meeting for March 55 



Presentations ih. 



Election of Members ., ih. 



Kesignation of Natural History Secretary 56 



Appointment of Committees ib. 



Letter from Mr. A. Simson descriptive of hailstorm at Shamnagar 58 



Kemarks by Mr. H. F. Blanford on the above ib, 



lieading and translation of Sanskrit inscription by Dr. E. L. Mitra 59 



"Nisar" coins sent by Mr. C. J. liodgers. (Plate V) ib. 



Exhibition of coins from Midnapur, by Dr. A. F. E. Hoernle ib. 



Papers — 



1. On the Earthquake of the 31st December, 1881. — By Lieut.- 



Gen. J. T. Walker, E. E., C. B., F. E. S., Surveyor General 



of India (Plates III and IV) , 60 



2. A New Meteorological Instrument for determining the quantity 



of dew deposited on clear nights. — By J. Bridges Lee, M. A., 



F. G. S., F. C. S., F. Z. S. (Plate VI) 66 



8. Notes on the History of Orissa under Mahomedan, Maratha and 



English rule. — By John Beames, B. C. S. (Abstract) 68 



Eemarks on the above by Dr. E. L. Mitra 69 



4. On new and little-known MJwpalocera from the Indian region, 



— By L. DE Nice'ville. (Title only) 71 



Library ih, 



LIST OF BOOKS FOR SALE 



AT THE LIBBAET OF THE 



Asiatic Society of Bengal, 



No. 57, PARK STREET, CALCUTTA, 



A2fD OBTAINABLE FEOM 



THE SOCIETY'S LONDON AGENTS, MESSES. TEUBNEE & CO. 

 57 AND 59, Ltjdgate Hill, London, E. C. 



BIBLIOTHECA INDICA. 

 Sanskrit Series. 



Atharvana TJpanishads, (Sanskrit) Fasc, I — V @ /lO/ each., ,. 



Aivalayana Grrihya Sutra, (Sans.) Fasc. I— IV @ /lO/ each 



Agni Purana, (Sans.) Fasc. I — XIV @ /lO/ each 



Aitareya Aranyaka of the Rig Veda, (Sans.) Fasc. I — V @ /lO/ each ,. 



Aphorisms of Sandilya, (English) Fasc. I 



Aphorisms of the Vedanta, (Sans.) Fasc. Ill — XHI @ /lO/ each 



Brahma Sutras, (English) Fasc. I 



Bhamati, (Sans.) Fasc. I— VIII @ /lO/ each . . 



Brihat Aranyaka Upanishad, (Sans.) Fasc. II—IV, VI — IX @ / 10/ each 



Ditto (English) Fasc. II— III @ /lO/ each 



Brihat Sauihita, (Sans.) Fasc. I— III, V— VII @ /lO/ each 

 Chaitanya-Chandrodaya Nataka, (Sans.) Fasc. II — III @ /10/each 

 Chaturvarga Chintamani, (Sans.) Fasc. I — XL @ /lO/ each 

 Chhandogya Upanishad, (English) Fasc. 11 .. 



Categories of the Nyaya Philosophy, (Sans.) Fasc. II , . , , 



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