PROCEEDINGS 



OF THE 



ASIATIC SOCIETY OF BENGAL, 



For November, 1884. 



The Monthly General Meeting of the Asiatic Society of Bengal was 

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



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



The minntes of the last meeting were read and confirmed. 



The following presentations were announced : — 



1. From the Home Department, — Commentary on the Quran, Vols. 

 I, II, by Bev. E. M. Wherry ; (2) The Modern Languages of Africa, 

 Vols. I, II, by Bobert Noadham Cust ; (3) Beligion in China, by Joseph 

 Edkins, D. D. ; (4) Outlines of the History of Beligion, by G. P. Tiele, 

 translated by J. E. Carpenter; (5) First Beport of the Curator of 

 Ancient Monuments in India for the year 1881-82 ; (6) Selections from 

 the Official Writings of the Hon'ble Mountstuart Elphinstone, by G. W. 

 Forrest. 



2. From the Authors, Publishers, &c, — The Adventures of Baja 

 Basalu, by Bev. C. Swynnerton ; (2) Becherches Theoriques et Expe- 

 rimentales sur les Oscillations de 1' Eau et les Machines Hydrauliques 

 a Colonnes Liquides Oscillantes, by Marquis Anatole de Caligny ; (3) 

 Seven Grammars of the Dialects and Sub-Dialects of the Bihari Lan- 

 guage, Parts I — IV, by G. A. Grierson ; (4) Beport on the Tea-Mite 

 and Tea-Bug of Assam, by J. Wood- Mason; (5) Asiatic Besearches, 

 Popular Edition, Vol. I, No. 3, published by Brojendrolal Dass ; (6) the 

 Mahabharata, Part XI, translated by P. C. Boy; (7) Address to the 

 Geological Section of the British Association, by W. T. Blanford, F. B. S., 

 Sec. G. S., F. B. G. S. 



3. From the Smithsonian Institution, — Censo General de la Pro- 

 vincia de Buenos Aires. 



4. From the Academie des Sciences, Belles-Lettres et Arts de 

 Bordeaux, — Table Historique et Methodique des Travaux et Publica- 

 tions de l'Acad^mie de Bordeaux dcpuis 1712 jusqu'en 1875. 



