PROCEEDINGS 



OF THE 



ASIATIC SOCIETY OF BENGAL 



For March, 1884. 



The Monthly General Meeting of the Asiatic Society of Beno-al was 

 held on Wednesday, the 5th March, 1884, at 9 p. m. 



H. F. Blanford, Esq., F. R. S., President, in the Chair. 

 The minutes of the last meeting were read and confirmed. 



The following presentations were announced: — 



1. From the Authors, Compilers, &c, — (1) Ratna-Rahasya, by Dr. 

 Ram Das Sen ; (2) Alphabetical Index to C. Marvin's Works, &c. No. Ill, 

 by Major W. E. Gowan ; (3) Saturated steam the motive power in Vol- 

 canoes and Earthquakes : great importance of Electricity, by R. A. 

 Peacock ; (4) Field and Garden crops of the North- Western Provinces 

 and Oudh, Part II, by J. F. Duthie and J. B. Fuller ; (5) The Coins of 

 the Andhras, by Edward Thomas ; (6) Data obtained from Solar Physics 

 and Earthquake Commotions, applied to elucidate Locust Multiplication 

 and Migration, by A. H. Swinton. 



2. From the Government, N.-W. Provinces, — Statistical, Descrip- 

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

 Vol. IX, by F. H. Fisher. 



3. From St. Xavier's College Observatory, — Observations from 

 July to December, 1883. 



4. From the Curator of Ancient Monuments in India, — Second 

 Report, for 1882-83. 



5. From the British Museum, — Catalogue of Oriental Coins in the 

 British Museum, Vol. VIII. 



6. From the Meteorological Reporter to the Government of India, 

 — Rainfall Chart of India, in two sheets. 



7. From Prince Roland Bonaparte, — Collection Anthropologique 

 du Prince Roland Bonaparte ; Kalmouks. (Photographs.) 



