44 | Asiatic Society. . [Jane 
Upon the Report of the Native Secretary, that since the retirement of 
Mr. Colebrooke, in the year 1830, from the office of Agent to the Society 
in England, no new appointment had taken place ; it was resolved, that a 
letter be written to Mr. Wilson, requesting him to act as Agent, and to 
take charge of any property or money belonging to the Society in England. 
Upon the suggestion of the Secretary, it was resolved, that an extract from 
the Proceedings of this Society, containing the Address presented to Mr. H. 
H. Wilson, by the Society, on the occasion of his departure from India, and. 
his reply, be printed to accompany the Seventeenth Volume of Researches, 
just published under his superintendence. 
Read a letter from H. M. Parker, Esq. Officiating Secretary to Govern. 
ment, announcing, that Government had complied with the application for 
freight to England of 100 copies of the Seventeenth Volume of the Researches. 
The accounts of the past year were submitted, exhibiting the following 
Balance in the Society’s favor on the 31st December, 1832. 
RECEIPTS. PAYMENTS. 
By Balance on the Ist May, 11,242 4 9}| To Cash drawn from Mac- 
By Collections to the 31st kintosh & Co. since 1st 
Dec. since paid in to Map fe, «a 1u/e)5 0 soloisrepe a¥4 - 5,625-11 11 
Mackintosh & Co. .... 6,131 1 10| ToPurchaseof Govt. Loan, 
By Legacy of £2000, left Rs. 25,000, lodged with 
by Will of the late C. K. the Govt. Agents, .... 25,386 14. 2 
Bruce, with interest, recd. Balance with Mackintosh 
from Cruttenden & Co. 25,037 0 0 and CO... 5 os oes oe 0700 513397 12 4 
42,410 6 7 42,410 6 7 
The Balance 11,397 12 6 is unfortunately involved in the failure of Messrs. 
Mackintosh and Co. 
The sums due by the Society are as follows : 
To the Military Orphan Press, for Seventeenth Volume of Re- 
SCArCHES; ae ese be cee ee Ore Meraleraicclsl | ersteee erie aia: oes ora oot - 4,286 14 0 
Mr. J. Prinsep’s Bill, for Plates of the Physical Transactions, House 
Repairs, &c., passed by the Committee of Papers, .......... eee 1,023 15 1 
Establishment for December, and sundries, .......0sceeeeeeeee 249 0 O 
Total, Rs. 5,559 13 1 
Resolved, that the accounts be referred to the Committee of Papers, to 
determine upon the best mode of liquidating the present demands. 
Museum. 
1. Read a letter from the Private Secretary to the Right Hon'ble Sir 
R. W. Horton, forwarding two antique coins for examination. 
2. Three small Buddha images, presented by Baboo Ram Comul Sen, 
in the name of Mr. Wilson. i 
3. Specimens of Coal from the Kasya Hills, presented by Mr. Cracroft. 
Some hundred maunds of this Coal have lately been sent on trial to the Calcutta 
Mint, where it has'been found of a quality far superior to any from the Burdwan 
