PROCEEDINGS 



OF THE 



ASIATIC SOCIETY OF BENGAL, 



For August, 1881. 



The Monthly General Meeting of the Asiatic Society of Bengal was 

 held on Wednesday, the 3rd August 1871, at 9-15 p. m. 

 C. H. Tawnet, Esq., Vice-President, in the Chair. 

 The minutes of the last Meeting were read and confirmed. 

 The following presentations were announced — 



1. From the Bengal Government, — (L) General Rules and Circular 

 Orders of the Hi£rh Court of Judicature at Fort William in Bengal 

 (Appellate Side ; Civil and Criminal), (2) Arehsaologicel Survey Reports, 

 Vols. X and XI. 



2. From the Bombay Government, — Archaeological Survey of West- 

 ern India, Reports, No. 10, by J. Burgess and Bhagawanlal Indraji. 



3. From the German Oriental Society, — (I) Qolasta, by Dr. J. Euting, 

 (2) Epistuhe Novi Testamenti Coptice, by P. Bcetticher, (3) Indische 

 Studien, Vol X, Nos. 1, 2 and 3. 



4. From the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, — Library Cata- 

 logue, May 18*1. 



5 From the Authors, — Sanskrit Worterbuch in kiirzerer Fassung, 

 Pt. II, 2, by 0. Bohtlingk ; The Precedents of Princess Thoodamma Tsari ; 

 Prince Weezaya, a Burmese drama, translated by Chr. J. Bandow ; The 

 Revenue Resources of the Mughal Empire in India, from A. D. 1593 to 

 A. D. 1707, by E. Thomas. 



6. From K. Zoologisch Genootschap Natura Artis Magistra, — Cata- 

 logus der Bibliotheek. 



7. From the Home Department, — (1) Archaeological Survey of India, 

 Reports, Vols. X and XI, (2) On the Manufacture of Iron and the Future 

 of the Charcoal Iron Industry in India, (3) Samaveda Sanhita, Pt. 2. 



8. From the Smithsonian Institution, — Annual Report for the year 

 1S79. 



