PROCEEDINGS 



OF THE 



ASIATIC SOCIETY OF BENGAL 



For M.ay, 1881. 



The Monthly General Meeting of the Asiatic Society of Bengal was 

 held on Wednesday, the 4th of May 1881, at 9. 15 p. m. 



The Hon. H. J. Reynolds, C. S., Vice-President, in the Chair. 

 The minutes of the last Meeting were read and confirmed. 

 The following presentations were announced — 



1. From the Lisbon Geographical Society, — (1) Mocambique, by 

 J. J. Machado, (2) Exploracoes Geologicas e mineiras nas Colonias Portu- 

 guezas, by L. Malheiro. 



2. From the Department of the Interior, U. S. — Annual Report of 

 the U. S. Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories for the 

 year 1877. 



3. From the Meteorological Reporter to the Govt, of India — 

 Description et notices sur 1' installation et l'entretien des Meteorographes 

 Graveurs de von Rysselberghe et Schubart, construits pour compte du 

 Ministere des Indes Britanniques, by Th. Schubart. 



4. From the authors, — (1) Notice sur une collection de Monnaies 

 Orientales de M. le Comte S. Stroganoff, by Prof. W. de Tiesenhausen, 

 (2) The Tea Cyclopaedia, by F. Wyman, editor of the Indian Tea Gazette. 



5. From the Home, Revenue and Agricultural Department, — Selec- 

 tions from the Records of the Government of India, Home, Revenue and 

 Agricultural Department, No. 174. 



6. From the Museo Publico of Buenos Aires, — (1) Bericht uber die 

 Feier des 50 Jahrigen Doctor Jubilaeums des Prof. Dr. Hermann 

 Burmeister begangen der 19th December 1879 in Buenos Aires, (2) De- 

 scription Physique dc la Republique Argentine, Vol. Ill, and Atlas Part 2, 

 by Dr. H. Burmeister. 



