1833.] Asiatic Society. 2038 
V.—Proceedings of the Asiatic Society. 
Wednesday Evening, 24th April, 1833. 
The Honorable Sir Edward Ryan, President, in the Chair. 
The minutes of the last meeting were read. 
Mr. B. H. Hodgson, Resident at the Nipalese Court, the Rev. Josiah 
Bateman, and Mr. D. Macfarlan, were elected Members. 
Read a letter from the Secretary to the Right Hon’ble Sir R. W. Horton, 
Governor of Ceylon,expressing acknowledgments for his Excellency’s election 
as an Honorary Member, and presenting a copy of the Ceylon Almanac for 
1833, containing much unpublished information on the history of Ceylon. 
Read a letter from the President of the Central Committee of the Geo- 
graphical Society of Paris, acknowledging receipt of the 6, 7, 8, 12, 13, 14, 
15, and 16 volumes of the Researches. 
Read a letter from J. Forshall, Esq. Secretary to the British Museum, 
acknowledging the receipt of the Journal As. Soc. 1832. 
Read a letter from Col. Wm. Casement, Secretary to Government, Mili- 
tary Department, forwarding on the part of the Madras Government : 
“* Results of the Astronomical Observations made at the Madras Observatory, 
yol. 1st, 1831, by T. G. Taylor, Esq. H. C. Astronomer.” 
The following books were presented by the Venerable Archdeacon Corrie, 
on the part of the Rev. Joseph Wolff. 
1. Armenian Calendar, printed at Constantinople in the Armenian Era 1151 or 
A. D. 1702. 
Mr. J. Avdall pointed out the following historical memorandum written on the 
cover of this work in Armenian, probably at Cabul. 
‘In the year 1824, on the 23rd July, Habib Ullah Khan was conquered by Dost 
Mohammed Khan.”’ 
2. Devotional Meditations, written by St. Gregory Narekenses, in the beginning 
of the 11th century, and published at Constantinople in 1185, Armenian Era, or 
A. D. 1736. 
3. Tawdrikh Khan Jahdni o Makhzani Afghané, Ist vol. 
4, Tarikh Akberi. 
5. Shojrawalosat Afghani o Faris. 
6. Qoran Sherif. 
The following books were presented by Monsieur Murelatour, their author. 
1. Premier fruit des trois jours de Gloire, Paris 1831. 
2. Le Siege D’Eden Allegorie Orientale, Paris 1827. 
3. Triomphe de L’Amour sur le Fanatisme et le Materialisme, Paris 1828, 
The following book was presented by the author. 
Rasselas, translated into Bengalee, by Maha Raja Kalikishen Bahadur. 
Mr. Csoma de Kérés presented a Catalogue of the Tibetan Books in the 
Society’s Library, with a recommendation that the numerous duplicates and 
extra copies of several of them should be presented to learned Societies in 
Europe”. 
* As soon as we are in possession of Tibetan type, we shall give insertion to this valuable catalogue- 
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