PROCEEDINGS 



OF THE 



ASIATIC SOCIETY OF BENGAL 



j^or JVIarch, 1881. 



The Monthly General Meeting of the Asiatic Society of Bengal was 

 held on Wednesday, the 2nd March, 1881, at 9 P. m. 



C. H. Tawkey, Esq., M. A., Vice-President, in the Chair. 

 The minutes of the last Meeting were read and confirmed. 

 The following presentations were announced — 



1. From the Marine Survey Department, — A List of Light-Houses 

 and Light- Vessels in British India, by R. C. Carrington. 



2. From the K. B. Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Miinchen, — (1) 

 Das Haus Wittelsbach und seine Bedeutung in der deutschen Geschichte, 

 by J. v. Dollinger, (2) Ueber den geologischen Bau der libyschen Wiiste, 

 by Dr. K. A. Zittel, (3) Die Pflege der Geschichte durch die Wittels- 

 bacher, by Dr. L. Rockinger. 



3. From the Paragraphical Society, — Facsimiles of Ancient MSS., 

 Oriental Series, Part V, by W. Wright. 



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

 tions of the Great Trigonometrical Survey of India, Vol. VI, (2) Synop- 

 sis of the Results of the Operations of the Great Trigonometrical Survey 

 of India, Vol. VII. 



5. From the authors, — (1) Report on the Electric Light at the East 

 Indian Railway Company's Station, Howrah (Calcutta), by L. Schwendler, 

 (2) Sketch of the Hindustani Language, by C. J. Lyall. 



6. From the Home, Revenue and Agricultural Department, — the 

 Sacred Books of the East, Vols. VI and IX, edited by F. Max Muller. 



7. From Mr. Holgnette, — one silver and one copper coin. 



8. From Dr. A. F. R. Hoernle, — 13 Nos. of the Deutsche Litteratur 

 Zeitung. 



