1837.] Proceedings of the Asiatic Society. 155 



Para. 4. We learn from the Journal of the Asiatic Society that you have 

 recently transferred the European portion of the Books of the Library of the 

 College of Fort William to a Public Library in Calcutta, and the Oriental 

 Works to the Asiatic Society of Bengal. We observe that this measure is made 

 dependent upon our sanction, but as we are not aware of the reasons which 

 recommended such a distribution, we refrain at present from issuing any direc- 

 tions upon the subject. With regard to the manuscripts, however, it is probable 

 that the collection comprizes many copies of several of the works or duplicates 

 of those previously in the possession of the Asiatic Society ; and we direct that 

 in all such cases two copies be forwarded to us without awaiting the receipt of 

 our decision upon the arrangement which you have made for the distribution of 

 the contents of the College Library. We, at the same time, desire that you cause 

 to be prepared and forwarded to us by the first opportunity, a list of the several 

 works, both European and Oriental, which are included in the arrangement now 

 referred to. 



Ordered, — that a list be prepared of the works included in the Court's 

 requisition, and that the manuscripts in question be separated for trans- 

 mission home through the Government. 



The Secretary noted the sale of 2,000 Rupees Company's Paper with 

 which the Printer's bill had been discharged. 



Read a letter from Monsieur S. L. Laporte, Secretary to the Linnaean 

 Society at Bordeaux, proposing a mutual correspondence and interchange 

 of objects of natural history, which M. Laporte also offers to individual 

 members from his own rich collection of Zoology- 

 Read a letter from Professor Othm. Frank of Munich, acknowledging 

 the receipt of Oriental works published by the Society, and suggesting a 

 list of some of the principal Sanscrit works which it would be desirable 

 to undertake, on the completion of those now in hand. 



Mr. E. V. Irwin presented on the part of the author, a duplicate of 

 the Chronological hypothesis signed Veritas, which was received from 

 Van Dieman's Land some months ago. 



Library. 

 Dr. Wallich presented a continuation of the Meteorological Register 

 kept at the Mauritius, by M. Jules Desjardins. 



Mr. D. O. Dyas Sombre presented a finely illuminated copy of the 

 Gulistan, supposed to have been copied for the emperor Aurangzeb at 

 Bijipur, and lately belonging to the Begum Sombre's library. 



Read a letter from J. Bell, Esq., Secretary to the Agricultural and 

 Horticultural Society of Calcutta, forwarding for presentation a copy of 

 the 3rd vol. of its Transactions. 



Mr. Johannes Avdall presented a map of Armenia, published at 

 Venice, in 1778. 



Notice Historique sur Charles Telfair, Esq. late President of the Societe" 

 of Natural Histoire of Mauritius, by M. Julien Desjardins, Secretary to the 

 Society — presented by the author. 



Narrative of the wreck of the Lady Munro on the isle of Amsterdam in 1835, 

 — by Br. M'Cosh. 



The following books were received from the booksellers : 



Buckland's Bridgwater Treatise, Geology and Mineralogy, Vols. I. and II. 



Lardner's Cabinet Cyclopedia: Foreign Statesman, Vol. 3rd. 



The following works translated and published by Mr. Lewis Da Costa, 

 were presented on his part by Mr. George Hill. 



4 vols. 4to. Elements of General History, in Hindustani. 



1 vol. ditto, The Book of Common Prayer, in Persian. 



1 ditto, ditto, ditto, ditto, ditto, in Hindustani. 



1 ditto, 8vo. ditto, ditto, ditto, ditto. 



1 ditto, ditto, ditto, Abstract, ditto, ditto. 



1 ditto, 4to, The Penal Code, in Persian. 



I ditto, ditto, Regulations of Distress, Replevin aad Sale, &c of Lands, do. 



