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was evitlent they must have a paid Curator, if the Museum, which was so essen- 

 tial to the prosperity of the Society, were to be maintained at all. 



Babu Ram Comul Sen explained, that the invested sum of 17,000 Rupees 

 was part of a legacy of 20,000 by the late Mr. Bruce ; this sum the Society 

 had resolved to reserve, and to devote the interest of it to the printing of the 

 Transactions ; he therefore now wished to see the sum made up to the full amount 

 once more; the interest 1000 per annum, would pay for the publication of a 

 volume in four years, about the average hitherto issued. 



The Secretary had, with the President, misunderstood his colleagues' meaning 

 in Committee ; he seconded his motion now most warmly ; as long as the prin- 

 cipal remained, it put the Society beyond the danger of dissolution : even 

 if deserted by all its Members, there was a fund to keep up the rooms, the 

 library, and the name of the Institution at least. 



The publication of the present volume was the chief cause of the deficit in 

 our budget : it would be an expensive volume from the number of plates ; but 

 the prosperity of the Society was even more concerned in the immediate and 

 full publication of the fossil discoveries in Northern India, than in the main- 

 tenance of the Museum. It should be remembered, that M. Bouchez, the Assist- 

 ant and Working Curator, would be competent to set up all new specimens, and 

 preserve the present collection ; aDd could Dr. Peakson be persu; ded to lend 

 his gratuitous supervision for the next year, after that the printing might be 

 suspended, and he might again be put on pay. There was still another plan by 

 which 1200 runees might be save!, that of making Members pay for the Journal 

 now issued gratis to them, or rather paid for out of the general fund. 



Captain Pembeuton and Dr. Corbyn considered the support of the Museum 

 as a main cause of the Society's flourishing condition, and thought it would 

 bring an accession of Members that would cover the expence ; they therefore 

 moved as an amendment : — 



Resolved, that with reference to the probable advantages in a pecuniary 

 way to the Society, from the continuance of the Museum, and in the 

 absence of any other alternative, it is expedient that the Curator's esta- 

 blishment should be maintained another year on the present scale ; and that 

 the funds necessary for its support, in case of a deficiency of income, should 

 be supplied from the money now invested in paper. 



The amendment was carried by a majority of seven to five, the Pre- 

 sident not voting. 



Library. 



Read a letter from His Excellency General Saint Simon, Pair de France, 

 Governor of the French establishment in India, forwarding on behalf of 

 Monsieur Garcin De Tassy, a copy of his edition of the text of Kdmarupa 

 in Hindustani, of which he had before presented the translation; with other 

 copies for distribution. 



Journal Asiatique, Nos. 85, 86, 87, 88, were presented by the Asiatic 

 Society of Paris. 



Madras Journal of Literatui-e and Science, Nos. 10 and 11, were pre- 

 sented by the Mad. Lit. S >ey. and Auxiliary of the Royal Asiatic Society. 



Meteorological Register for March 1836 — by the Surveyo>- General- 



The Indian Journal of Medical Science, No. 5 — by Dr. F. Corbyn. 



Read a letter from Dr. Lumqua, presenting to the Society 352 volumes 

 of valuable and useful Chinese books, of which the following is a catalogue. 

 No. 



1. 5 vols. Tai hole chung yong, 1st vol. works of the grandson, Tsu-sii, and 



of a disciple of Confucius. 



Shiong-lon-hdr-lon, 2nd and 3rd vols. Confucius' conversation 



with his disciples. 



Shiong mang-har-mdng, 4th and 5th vols, ditto grandson's 



scholar's work Mang. 



2. 5 vols. Tai hok chung yong chit, &c. Explanation of the above, 5 vols. 



3. 3 vols. Hao-king, Confucius' works on moral duties. 



