Contents, 



Proceedings of the Asiatic Society for the month of June, 1864 ? 

 Abstract of the Meteorological Observations taken at G-angaroo- 

 wa, near Kandy, Ceylon, in July and August, 1863, 



Page 

 335 



No. 296. 

 (Published 19th December, 1864) 



On the application of the Characters of the Roman Alphabet to 



Oriental Languages. — By Capt. W. Nassau Lees, ... *.. 345 



On the Buddhist Remains of Sultanganj. — By Babu Ra'jendra- 

 la'la Mitua, ... ... ... ... ... 360 



Notes on the Didunculus Strigirostris, or Tooth-Billed Pigeon of 

 the Navigator Islands — the nearest living Ally to the extinct 

 Dodo. — Communicated By Sir W. Denison, ... ... 373 



Memorandum on the Elephant Statues in the Delhi Palace. — 

 By Col. J. Abbott, ... ... ... *.. ... 875 



Observations on the Geological features, &c, of the Country in 

 the neighbourhood of Bunnoo and the Sanatorium of Shaikh 

 Boodeen. — By C. P. Costello, Esq., Assistant Surgeon, 6th 

 Punjab Infantry, ... ... ... 378 



Extract from Report of the operations of the Great Trigonome- 

 trical Survey of India during the year 1862-63. — By Major 

 J. T. Walker, R. E. Superintendent Gr. T. Survey, ... 381 



On the Antiquities of Gruzerat. — By Capt. H. Mackenzie, ... 402 



Memorandum on the Question of British Trade with Western 



China via Burmah. — By Dr. 0. Williams, ... ... 407 



Table of the Coins of former Governments more or less current 

 in the Bazars of the Groojrat District in 1859, ... ... 434 



Literary Intelligence, ... ... ... ... ... 441 



Proceedings of the Asiatic Society for the months of July, Au- 

 gust and September, 1864, ... ... 442 



Abstract of the Results of the Hourly Meteorological Observa- 

 tions taken at the Surveyor General's Office, Calcutta, for the 

 months of April, May and June, 1864, ... ... ... xxv 



Abstract of the Meteorological Observations taken at Gangaroo- 

 wa, near Kandy, Ceylon, in September, October and Novem- 

 ber, 1863, ... ... ... ... xvii 



Supplementary No, 



(Published December 23rd, 1864.) 



Colonel Cunningham's Archaeological Survey Report for 18 63 -64 

 communicated by the Government of India, 



