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systematizing information obtained from various sources, both public and pri- 

 vate, in all the branches of physical science, but more particularly in regard to 

 the Natural History of British India and Asia at large ; it is incumbent on the 

 Society to make a full and urgent representation to Government on the subject, 

 and to solicit such support as is accorded in most other countries to similar 

 institutions of national and scientific utility. 



That historical, antiquarian, and statistical researches, although they may not 

 demand so large an outlay as the prosecution of physical inquiries, merit equally 

 the Society's attention, and the encouragement of Government, and should be in- 

 cluded in the proposed representation, and that therefore a yearly grant of 

 ] 0,000 rupees should be solicited in aid generally of the objects of the institution. 

 4. That pending the application to Government for pecuniary assistance, it is 

 desirable to maintain the Museum on its present footing, and to retain the ser- 

 vices of Dr. Pearson as Curator, from month to month, until the question be 

 decided. 



Edward Ryan, 

 For the Committee of Papers, 

 Proposed by Mr. W. Cracroft, seconded by Mr. E. Stirling, and car- 

 ried unanimously, that the Report be adopted by the Society. 



The Secretary then read draft of the proposed application to Govern- 

 ment, which was ordered to be circulated in the Committee of Papers and 

 forwarded without delay. 



Library. 

 The following Books were presented. 



Straker's Catalogue of a collection of Oriental MSS. for sale in London. 

 Commentaire sur le Yacna l'un des Livres Religieux des Parses, par. M. 

 Eugene Burnouf, Membre de l'lnstitut, Professor de Sanscrit au College de 

 France, tome 1. Part II. — by the author. 



Memoirs sur Deux Inscriptions Cuneiformes trouv^es pres d'Hamadan et 

 qui font maintenant partie des papiers du Dt. Schulz, by ditto — ditto. 



Memoire sur le Guacharo (Steatornis Caripensis) (Humboldt) par M. L'Her- 

 minier. D. M. P. — by M. FortunS Eydoux through Professor Goodeve. 



Ditto sur L'Dodo, autrement Dronte (Didus ineptus), par H. D. De Blain* 

 ville — ditto ditto. 



Gita Govinda Jayadevae Poetae lndici Drama Lyricum, by Christianus Lassen 

 — presented by the author. 



Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society, No. VI. — by the Roy. As. Soc. 

 Census of the Armenian population of the city of Calcutta, by Johannes 

 Avdall, Esq. — by the author. 



The following books were received from the Oriental Translation Fund. 

 Harivansa, or Histoire de la Famille de Hari, par M. A. Langlois, tome 2. 

 Laili and Majnun, a Poem, from the original Persian, by James Atkinson, Esq. 

 The History of the Temple of Jerusalem, translated from the Arabic, with Notes 

 and Dissertations, by the Rev. James Reynolds, B. A. 



Kan-ing p l ten, LeLivre des recompenses et des Peiues en Chinois et en Francais, 

 par Stanislas Julien. 



Chronique D'Abou-Djafur Mohammed Tabar, fils de Djarir fils d'Yezid, par 

 Louis Dubeux, tome 1. 

 The following books were received from the Booksellers. 

 Lardner's Cabinet Cyclopedia— Russia, Vol. II. 



■ Reformation, Vol. II. 



Swainson's Birds, Vol. I. 



Wellesley's Dispatches, Vols. II. and III. 



Correspondence of Clarendon and Rochester, and two vols, of Lardner's Ency- 

 clopedia received from home at the charge of J. S. Stopford, Esq. to replace 

 those lost by the wreck of a pinnace last year. 



Baboo Ram Comul Sen presented a copy of the catalogue of the San- 

 skrit works in the College of Benares, for publication with the catalogue 

 of the Society's books now in the press. 



