78 Proceedings of the Asiatic Society. [Jan. 



lection," we see no necessity, under the present difficulties of the Society, of 

 retaining the higher appointment. 



Northern Doab, "I 

 Uth Dec. 1836 ; J P. F. Cautley, Capt. Arty. 



H. Falconer, M. D. 

 W. M. Durand, Lieut. Engrs. 

 W. E. Baker, Lieut. Engrs. 

 and, Calcutta, "I Alexander Colvin. 



26th Jan. 1837. J John Colvin, Lieut.- Col. Engrs. 



After discussion it was agreed that the protest could not affect the 

 resolution passed by the'Society in May, 1836, but that it would very 

 properly become matter of consideration at the expiration of the annual 

 term for which the museum grant was then confirmed. 



The Secretary read correspondence with Mr. Lane respecting the pub- 

 lication of his Anglo-Burmese Dictionary under the Society's auspices. 

 He had written to Colonel Burney for the manuscript, which would 

 immediately be put in hand. 



A statistical paper having been communicated by Mr. H. Walteks, 

 that gentleman was requested to join the Committee lately appointed for 

 that object, to which he assented. 



Library. 



The following books were presented. 



Bulletin de la Society de Geographie, tome 5 — by the Geographical Society of 

 Paris. 



Journal Asiatique for April, May, and June, 1836 — by the Asiatic Society of 

 Paris. 



Shams-ul hindisah, a mathematical work, compiled by the Nawitb Shumsool 

 Oomra at Hyderabad — presented by the author through Mr. C. Trench. 



An Australian Grammar, comprehending the principles and natural rules of 

 the language as spoken by the Aborigines, by L. E. Threlkeld — by the author 

 through Mr. Cracrofl. 



A collection of examples on the Integral Calculus, by Mr. H. Short, Queen's 

 College, Cambridge — presented by Mr. H. Homeman. 



A dissertation on the soil and agriculture of Penang, by Major James Low 

 —by the author. 



The first No. of the Medical and Physical Society's Journal — by the Society. 



The following books were received from the booksellers : 



Lardner's Cabinet Cyclopedia, England, Vol. 6th. 

 , Greece, Vol. 3rd. 



Analecta Arabica, Part I. 



Institutiones Juris Mohammedani circa Bellum contra eos qui ab Islamo-sunt 

 alieni, by Ekn. Frid. Car. Rosenmuller, Leipsig, 1825. 



Y King, Antiquissirous Sinarum Liber ex Latiua Interpretatione # P. Regis 

 aliorumque, &c. ; by Professor Julius Mohl. 



Baghavat Gita, translated into German, by C. R. G. Peiper, Leipsig, 1834. 



Taberistanensis, id est Abu Dschaferi Mohammed Ben Dscherir Ettaberi An- 

 nates Regum Atque Legatorum Dei ; by J. G. L. Rosengarten, Vol. 1st, Ber- 

 lin, 1831. 



Physical. 



The fossil bones from the Perim island, presented by Lieut. George 

 Fulljames, Bombay Engineers, were laid on the table for inspection. 



This very valuable acquisition comprises many jaws of the mastodon in fine 

 preservation — also jaws or teeth of the hippopotamus, elephant, rhinoceros, a 

 larger animal assimilating thereto (lophiodon ?), mastodon, sow, anthracothe- 

 rium(?) deer, ox,&c, the femur of an elephant as large as that from theNerbudda, 



