PROCEEDINGS 



OF THE 



ASIATIC SOCIETY OF BENGAL 



J^OR j^lAY, 1882. 



The Monthly General Meeting of the Asiatic Society of Bengal was 

 held on Wednesday, the 3rd May, at 9.15 P. M. 

 H. B. Medlicott, Esq., F. R. S., in the Chair. 

 The minutes of the last Meeting were read and confirmed. 

 The following presentations were announced — 



1. From the authors, — (1) Le mouvement economique en Portugal 

 et le Vicomte de San Januairio, by Eugene Gibert ; (2) Les Explorateurs 

 du Cambodge, and (3) Les monuments de I'ancien Cambodge classes par 

 provinces, by M. le Marquis de Croizier ; (4) Sign Language among North 

 American Indians, compared with that among other peoples and deaf- 

 mutes, by Garrick Mallery. 



2. From the Societe Academique Indo-Chinoise de Paris, — Rapport 

 sur la possibilite d'etablir des relations commerciales entre la France et la 

 Birmanie, by Louis Vossion. 



3. From the Panjab University College, — Elements of Statics and 

 Dynamics in Hindi, by Navina Ch. Rai. 



4. From Sir Lepel Griffin, — Catalogue of Sanskrit Works and MSS. 

 in the possession of the Rewah State. 



5. From H. P. Blanford, Esq., — A System of Mechanical Philosophy, 

 by John Robison. 



6. From the Government, North- Western Provinces, — Gazetteer of 

 the North-Western Provinces. Vol. X : — The Himalayan Districts of the 

 North-Western Provinces, Vol. I. 



7. From the Madras Government, — Chronological Tables for Southern 

 India from the sixth century, A. D., by R. Sewell. 



8. From the U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey, — Methods and Re- 

 sults, The Currents and Temperatures of Bering Sea. 



