1 !)() Proceedings of the Asiatic Society. [June, 



Ob the small granite islands in the Ganges at Colgong, there are 

 wedge marks 'shewing where huge monoliths have been split off 

 from the mass of rock. In some eases, the operations were not 

 successful, the stone having broken off short. On one of the islands 

 there is a remarkable Durga carved on the rock in situ. At 

 Putturgutta there are cave temples cut in the sandstones on the 

 sides of the hill. When recently visiting these localities I saw four 

 traces of inscriptions. 



A short discussion followed as to the historical importance of the 

 Rajmahal District, and the desirability of securing some of the 

 valuable inscriptions which lie about unprotected at SatgAnw and 

 other places. 



The following paper was received : — 



IX. — On the Normal Rainfall of Bengal, — by H. F. B 1 a n f o r d, 

 Esq., F. G. S. 



The reading of this paper was postponed for the next Meeting. 



Library. 



The following additions have been made to the Library since the 

 last meeting — 



Presentations. 



* # * Names of Donors in Capitals. 



Proceedings of the Royal Society, No. 117. — The Royal Society 

 of London. 



Bulletin de La Societe de Geographic, Mars, 1870. — The Geogra- 

 phical Society of Paris. 



Anthropological Review, No. 29. — The Anthropological Society. 



From Calcutta to London, by the Suez Canal. — The Rev. C. 

 H. Dall. 



Materials for a Monograph of the Lepetidce, by C. H. Dall. — 

 The Author. 



Ueber den Loss, von Eduard Suess. — Dr. F. Stoliczka. 



Description d'une espece nouvelle du genre Argiope du terrain 

 Oligogene inferieur du Nord de 1' Allemagne, par J. Bosquet. — 

 The same. 



