PROCEEDINGS 



OF THE 



ASIATIC SOCIETY OF BENGAL, 



For July, 1881, 



The Monthly General Meeting of the Asiatic Society of Bengal was 

 held on Wednesday, the 6th July 1881, at 9*15 p. M. 



C. H. Tawstey, 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 Home, Eevenue and Agricultural Department, — Sher- 

 ring's Hindu Tribes and Castes, vol. III. 



2. From the authors, — (1) Die Culturlander des alten America ; Die 

 Voelker des oestlichen Asien : Studien und Reisen, vols. I, II and IV ; 

 Beitrage zur Ethnologie und darauf begrtindete Studien ; Mexico : Vortrag, 

 gehalten in der Sing-Academie am 18 Januar 1868 ; and Remarks on the 

 Indo-Chinese Alphabets, by Dr. A. Bastian, (2) Report on accessions to 

 our knowledge of the Chiroptera during the past two years (1878-80) ; 

 Report on the Geographical Distribution of the Chiroptera ; and Sur 

 quelques especes de Chiropteres provenant d'une collection faite en Algerie 

 par M. Fernand Lataste, by Dr. G. E. Dobson, (3) Bibliographie Ge- 

 nerate de l'Astronomie, vol. II, pt. 2, by J, C. Houzeau and A. Lan- 

 caster, (4) Govinda Gitika by Raja Mahendralala Khan. 



3. From the Panjab Government, — Glossary of the Multani Language 

 compared with the Panjabi and Sindhi, by E. O'Brien. 



4. From the Geological Society of London,— Catalogue of the Library 

 of the Geological Society of London. 



5. From A. W. Franks, Esq., — List of Drawings from the Amravati 

 Tope, Southern India, made for Col. C. Mackenzie, 1816-19, and pre- 

 served in the Library of the India Office. 



6. From the Political Agent and Superintendent, Charkharee, — twelve 

 copper coins. 



