PROCEEDINGS 
OF THE 
ASIATIC SOCIETY OF BENGAL, 
j^OR y^UGUST, 1879. 
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The monthly General Meeting of the Asiatic Society of Bengal was 
held on Wednesday, the 6th August, at 9.15 p. m. 
W. T. Blanford, Esq., f. b. s., President, in the Chair. 
The minutes of the last Meeting were read and confirmed :— 
The following presentations were announced— 
1. From St. Xavier’s College Observatory,—Statement of Results from 
July to December, 1878. 
2. From the Superintendent, Marine Survey, — (1) Chart of Preparis 
North Channel and entrance to Bassein Roads ; and (2) Chart of Yerawal 
Roads, Kattywar, West Coast of India. 
3. From Major-General J. T. Walker, r. e., c. b., —two copies of the 
4th edition of the Map of Turkestan. 
4. From the Author, — the Sanghita, by Harasundar Tarkaratna. 
5. From the Trustees of the British Museum, — (1) Index to the collec¬ 
tion of Minerals, by Nevil Story-Maskelyne ; and (2) Catalogue of the 
Birds in the British Museum, Yol. IV, — Passeriformes , or Perching Birds, 
Cichlomorplice, Part I, by R. B. Sharpe. 
G. From the K. Institut voor de Taal-Land-en Volkenkunde von Nederl. 
Indie : 
(1) Abiasa eon Javaanscli Tooneelstuk, by II. C. Humme. 
(2) Javaansche Vertellingen, by Dr. W. P. van den Broek. 
(3) Babad Tanath Djawi, in proza, by J. J. Meinsma. 
7. From H. K. W. Arnold, Esq , — a Brief Account of some of the 
principal Buildings of Madura, compiled by E. J. Sewell. 
8. From the Registrar, Calcutta University, — Tagore Law Lectures, 
1878. The Hindu Law of Marriage and Stridhan, by Gooroodass 
Banerjee. 
