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VII. — Proceedings of the Asiatic Society. 

 Wednesday Evening, the 30th April, 1834. 



The Right Reverend the Lord Bishop, Vice-President, in the chair. 



Read the Proceedings of the last meeting. 



Messrs. Wm. Martin and Thomas Spiers, were proposed as members 

 by Mr. Bagshaw, seconded by Mr. J. Prinsep. 



Also, Captain W. Foley, porposed by Mr. Prinsep, seconded by Dr. 

 Waiaich. 



Read letters from Messrs. N. Carlisle, Secretary to the Society of An- 

 tiquaries, and J. C Morris, Secretary to the Madras Literary and Auxiliary 

 of the Royal Asiatic Society, expressing the thanks of those Societies for 

 the xvii. volume of Transactions. 



Read a letter from M. Jules Desjardins, Secretary of the Mauritius 

 Natural History Society, acknowledging his election as an Honorary Mem- 

 ber of the Society. Mr. Charles Telfair, President of the same Society, 

 died before he became acquainted with the honor the Asiatic Society had 

 equally intended for him. Mons. J. Desjardins forwards a 5th Annual Re- 

 port of the Mauritius Society in manuscript for the Asiatic Society's Library. 



Read a letter from the Committee for concentrating Government offices, 

 inquiring on behalf of Government, whether the Asiatic Society would feel 

 disposed to afford space in their rooms for, and undertake the charge of, 

 the books belonging to the College Library, upon their removal from 

 Writer's Buildings at the close of the Charter, reserving the proprietory 

 right of the books with Government. 



It was the opinion of the Committee of Papers that the College Library 

 could not be properly accommodated without some additions to the museum 

 on the north of the building : this perhaps the Government might consent 

 to make, as the books were to remain public property : in other respects 

 the measure appeared highly desirable and the offer should be accepted. 

 The subject was dropped on an intimation that an arrangement had been 

 made, subsequent to the Committee's letter, for retaining the library in the 

 premises it now occupies. 



Library. 



The following Books were presented: 



The Indian Journal of Medical Science, Nq, 4. — By Messrs. J. Grant and J. T. 

 Pearson, Editors. 



Madras Journal of Literature and Science, No. 3. — By the Madras Literary 

 Society. 



Ramcomul Sen's English and Bengalee Dictionary, 2nd part, translated from 

 Todd's edition of Johnson's Dictionary. — By the translator. 



Lieut. J. Braddock's Memoir on Gun-powder. — By the Author. 



Proceedings of the Natural History Society of Mauritius, from July 1833, to 

 January 1834. — By the Society. 



Report on the Inland Customs and Town Duties. — By Mr. C. E. Trevelyan. 



Illustrations of the Botany and Natural History of the Himalayan Mountains, 

 fcc. Part 1st.— By J. F. Royle, Esq. F. L. S. G. S. and M. A. S. &c. 



Mr. Bagshaw stated that it would be a great convenience to Members 

 to have a revised catalogue of the library : whereupon, finding that the 

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