PROCEEDINGS 
OF THE 
ASIATIC SOCIETY OF BENGAL, 
j^OR JNoyember, 1879. 
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The monthly General Meeting of the Asiatic Society of Bengal was 
held on Wednesday, the 5th instant, at 9 o’clock p. 11 . 
D. Waldie, Esq., in the Chair. 
The minutes of the last Meeting were read and confirmed. 
The following presentations were announced— 
1. From the Rev. C. II. A. Dali—“ Scientific Results of the explora¬ 
tion of Alaska ; Article IV. Report on the Limpets and Chitons of the Alas- 
kap and Arctic Regions, by W. H. Dali.” 
2. From St. Xavier’s College—“ Observatory observations from Janu¬ 
ary to June, 1879.” 
3. From the K. Iv. Akad. der Wissenschaften, Miinchen—“ Ueber die 
Chemische Synthese,” by Dr. A. Baeyer. 
4. From the Director, Museo Publico de Buenos Aires—(1) “ De¬ 
scription Physique de la Republique Argentine, Vol. V.” by Dr. H. Bur- 
meister. (2) “ Atlas de la Description Physique de la Republique Argen¬ 
tine.” 
5. From the Magnetical and Meteorological Observatory at Batavia. 
—“ Observations taken at the Observatory, Vols. II and III, from January 
18G9, to December, 1875.” 
G. From the Royal University of Norway—Several volumes of the 
publications of the University, the titles of which are given in the Library 
List. 
7. From the Author—7 The History of Travancore from the earliest 
times,” by P. Shungoonny Menon. 
8. From the Superintendent Marine Surveys—(1) Approaches to 
Cutch Mandvi. (2) Bay of Bengal, Eastern Sheet. 
9. From G. V. Juggarow’s Observatory, Daba Gardens, Vizagapa- 
