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" That it be referred to a Committee to prepare a Memorial from this Society 

 to the Court of Directors and Board of Control, stating that Government here 

 have withdrawn the funds hitherto appropriated to the revival of Oriental liter- 

 ature in this country, — and respectfully impressing upon the authorities at home, 

 the importance of having some public funds appropriated to this purpose, and 

 requesting them to adopt such means as they think fit for providing a sufficient 

 sum for this important object." 



The following Gentlemen were named as the Committee : Dr. Mill, Mr. Mac- 

 NAGHTen, Mr. Turton, Mr. Wm. Grant, Mr. Colvin, and Mr. Prinsep. 



Library. 



Read a letter from Professor H. H. Wilson, forwarding, on behalf of 

 Counseller Von Hammer, a copy of his translation and text of the work 

 entitled, " Samachscharis Goldene Halsbander," or the Golden Collar of 

 Samaschari, for presentation to the Society. 



Read a letter from J. G. Malcolmson, Esq. Secretary to the Medical 

 Board at Madras, transmitting a copy of his publication, called " Essay 

 on the History and Treatment of Beriberi," for presentation to the Society. 



Read a letter from Colonel W. Casement, Secretary to the Government 

 of India, Military Department, forwarding en behalf of the Government of 

 Fort. St. George, a second volume of Result of Astronomical Observations 

 made at the Madras Observatory, by T. G. Taylor., Esq. H. C. Astro- 

 nomer, during the years 1832 and 1833. 



Also a letter from Mr. Edward Walpole, to the President, presenting 

 for the Society's Library, a set of Reports and Plans of the Boundary Com- 

 missioners under the Reform Bill, from the library of his brother, the late 

 Richard Walpole, Esq. long a Member of the Society. 



A copy of Select Specimens of the Theatre of the Hindus, translated 

 from the Original Sanscrit, by Professor H. H. Wilson, Second Edition, 

 presented to the Society by the Translator. 



Meteorological Register for May, 1835, by the Surveyor General. 



Lardner's Cabinet Cyclopedia, England, vol. iv. was received from the 

 Booksellers. 



Museum. 



A Stuffed Alligator, measuring about 11 feet, and the head and horns 

 of a Buffalo, were presented by Lieut. Robert C. Nuthall. 



Specimens of Gold Dust from the Streams of the lower range ; also, three 

 more ancient Coins from the ruins at Behat, were presented by Captain 

 Cautley. 



A Portrait of the late R. Home, Esq. was presented by his pupil Mr. 

 A. Gregory, to be added to the gallery of pictures lately deposited in the 

 Society's rooms by the sons of that eminent artist. 



Mr. Gregory also submitted a short eulogium on his deceased master. 



Papers submitted. 



Dr. J. McClelland presented a manuscript volume on the Geology, 

 Natural History, and Climate of the province of Kemaon ; illustrated by a 

 large geological map, and sections of the whole mountainous district, for 

 most part tilled in from his own surveys and examination. 

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