PROCEEDINGS 



OF THE 



ASIATIC SOCIETY OF BENGAL. 



j^OR ^PRIL, 1884. 



The Monthly General Meeting of the Asiatic Society of Bengal was 

 keld on Wednesday, the 2nd April, 1884, at 9.30 p. m. 



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

 The minntes of the last Meeting were read and confirmed. 



The following presentations were annonnced : — 



1. From the Colonial Secretary, Colombo, — Ancient Inscriptions in 

 Ceylon, Text and Plates, by Dr. Ed. Muller. 



2. From the Superintendent, Geological Survey of India, (1.) 



Popular Guide to the Geological Collections in the Indian Museum 

 by F. R. Mallet, F. G. S ; (2.) Descriptive Catalogue of the Collection of 

 Minerals in the Geological Museum, by F. R. Mallet, F. G. S. 



3. From the Home Department, Forest Branch, — List of Publi- 

 cations and Maps relating to Forest Administration in India. 



4. From the Authors, — (1.) Annales du Musee Guimet, Vol. VI, by 

 Ph. Ed. Foucaux ; (2.) Lecture on Freemasonry, by N. C. Bural ; (3.) 

 Meteorological Observations in Zanzibar in 1880-81, by Surgeon-Major 

 C. T. Peters. 



5. From the Director of Instruction and Industry, Batavia,— Topo- 

 graphische en Geologische Beschrijving van een Gedeelte van Sumatra's 

 Westkust, with Plates, by R. D. M. Verbeek. 



6. From the Geological Survey of Canada, — Catalogue of Cana- 

 dian Plants, Part I, by John Macoun, M. A. 



7. From the Chief Commissioner, Central Provinces, — Report and 

 Return on Arboricultural operations in the Central Provinces in 1882-83. 



8. From the Curator, Government Central Book Depot, Bombay, 



List of Sanskrit MSS. collected for the Government of Bombay in 1879- 

 80 and 1881-82. 



9. From the Government, North- Western Provinces, — Statistical 

 Descriptive and Historical account of the N.-W. Provinces of India 

 Vol. XIII, Part I. (Azamgahr). 



10. From Mvj or- General G. G. Pearse, —Electrotype of a Hindu 

 Royal seal found in Java. 



