PROCEEDINGS 



OF THE 



ASIATIC SOCIETY OF BENGAL, 



For June, 1882. 



The Monthly General Meeting of the Asiatic Society of Bengal was 

 held on Wednesday, the 7th June, at 9.15 p. m. 



The Hon'ble H. J. Eetnolds, President, in the Chair. 



The Chairman briefly expressed his acknowledgments to the Society 

 for the honour conferred upon him by his election as President. 



The minutes of the last Meeting were read and confirmed. 



The following presentations were announced : -— 



1. From E. Colborne Baber, Esq., Chinese Secretary to H. M.'s 

 Legation, Peking, — A copy of a Lolo Manuscript . 



2. From the authors, — (1) A. IvanofE's Eussian Grammar. Trans- 

 lated, enlarged and arranged for the use of English Students of the 

 Eussian Language, by Major Walter E. Gowan ; (2) Sur I'Origine des 

 Calcaires Bevoniens de la Belgique, by Ed. Dupont ; (3) The Interna- 

 tional Numismata Orientalia. Vol. Ill, Part 1. — Coins of Arakan, of 

 Pegu, and of Burmah, by Sir Arthur P. Phayre ; (4) Ueber die Bewoh- 

 ner des Nicobaren, by F. A. de Eoepstorff. 



3. From the Eoyal Library, Munich,— Catalogus Codicum Latinorum 

 Bibliothecse Eegise Monacensis, Vol. II, Part 4, by Carolus Halm and 

 Gulielmus Meyer. 



4. From E. Dupont, Esq., — (1) Sur V Origine des Calcaires Bevoni- 

 ens de la Belgique, by G. Dewalque ; and Sur une revendication de priorite 

 introduite devant 1' Academic par M. G. Dewalque a propos de ma note sur 

 I'origine des Calcaires Devoniens de la Belgique. 



5. From the Bataviaasch Genootschap van Kunsten en Wetenschap- 

 pen, — Tabel van Oud- en Nieuw- Indische Alphabetten, by K. F. Holle. 



6. From the Eevenue and Agricultural Department, — Handbook of 

 the collection illustrative of the Wild Silks of India, in the Indian Section 



