PROCEEDINGS 



OF THE 



ASIATIC SOCIETY OF BENGAL, 



For August, 1867. 



The Monthly General Meeting of the Asiatic Society of Bengal 

 was held on Wednesday the 7th August, at 9 p. m. 

 Dr. J. Fayrer, President, in the chair. 

 The minutes of the last meeting were read and confirmed. 

 Presentations were announced — 



1. From Lieutenant- Colonel B. Ford : Imperfect skeletons of 

 an adult and of a foetal Dugong. 



2. From Babu Shib Chunder Shome : a copy of History of Orissa 

 in Bengali. 



3. From Colonel H. L. Thuillier : six copies of Major Tennant's 

 paper on the Eclipse of August, 1868. 



Three copies of Professor Airy's Notes on the Eclipse of August, 

 1868. 



From Monsieur Le Chevalier Cristoforo di Negri, through Dr. C. F. 

 Tonnerre, a copy of La Storia Politica Dell' Antichita paragonata 

 alia moderna, 3 "Vols. 



4. From the Government of Bengal, four copies of extracts from 

 the Proceedings of the Bombay Government. 



Letters were read — 



1. From the Government of Bengal in the Public Works Depart- 

 ment, enclosing a copy of a report on an Earthquake felt in Sylhet at 

 1 p. M. on the 2nd of February, 1867. 



2. From the Secretary to the Government of the North Western 

 Provinces forwarding a copy of a report on the tribes of Jhansic 

 or Scherias of Lullcctpore. 



