PROCEEDINGS 



OF THE 



ASIATIC SOCIETY OF BENGAL 



For Api^l, 1882. 



The Monthly General Meeting of the Asiatic Society of Bengal was 

 held on Wednesday, the 5th April, at 9-15 p. m. 



The Hon'ble Sir Ashley Eden, K. C. S. I., C. I. E., President, in 

 the Chair. 



The minutes of the last Meeting were read and confirmed. 



The following presentations were announced : — 



1. From the Pan jab University College, — Elements of Hydrostatics, 

 Hydraulics and Pneumatics in Hindi, by Navina Chandra Rai. 



2. From the Surveyor General of India, — Supplement to the Cata- 

 logue of Maps, Plans, and Charts of the Survey of India. 



3. From the British Museum, — Catalogue of the Birds in the British 

 Museum, Vol. VI. 



4. From the authors, — (1) Note sur la photographic de la Comete 

 h 1881, obtenue a I'Observatoire de Meudon, by J. Janssen ; (2) On the 

 Origins of Caste and Tribal Names and the practical value of ascertaining 

 them, by Lt. R. C. Temple. 



5. From W. Bonnaud, Esq., — A Biographical Sketch of the first In- 

 digo Planter in India, the late Monsieur Louis Bonnaud, by H. James 

 Rainey. 



6. From the Government, N. W. P. and Oadh, — Statistical, Descrip- 

 tive, and Historical Account of the North- Western Provinces of India, 

 Vol. VI. 



7. From Messrs. Thacker, Spink and Co., — Hindu Tribes and Castes, 

 Vol. Ill, by Rev. M. A. Sherring. 



8. From the Director, St. Xavier's College Observatory, — St. Xavier's 

 College, Calcutta, Solar Observatory. Observations for the months o£ 

 December 1881, January and February 1882. 



