650 Asiatic Society. [Nov. 



VII. — Proceedings of the Asiatic Society. 

 Wednesday Evening, the 2nd December, 1835. 



The Rev. W. H. Mill, D. D. Vice-President, in the chair. 



His Excellency Sir Henry Fane, Commander-in-Chief, and Mr. Charles 

 Augustus Nott, proposed at the last meeting, were hallotted for, and 

 duly elected members. 



Read letters from Colonel W. H. Svkes, and Professor W. Buckland, 

 acknowledging their election as honorary members. 



Read letters from H. Harkness, Esq. Secretary to the Royal Asiatic 

 Society, and Nicholas Carlisle, Esq. Secretary to the Society of Anti- 

 quaries, acknowledging the receipt of copies of Mr. Csoma's Tibetan 

 Grammar and Dictionary. 



Read a letter from Dr. Lautard, Secretary to the Royal Academy of 

 Marseilles, proposing an interchange of publications, and inclosing a diplo- 

 ma of honorary membership for the Secretary of the Asiatic Society ; also 

 presenting two volumes of the " Histoire de TAcademie de Marseilles." 



Resolved, that copies of the Researches be sent in return to Marseilles. 



The recent change in the currency of the Bengal currency, having 

 been brought under consideration by the Secretary, it was 



Resolved, that from the 1st January, 1836, all quarterly subscriptions 

 and fees of admission to the Society, be collected in the new rupee ; viz. 

 32 Company's rupees for the admission fee; 16 Co.'s Rs. for the quarterly 

 subscription of ordinary members ; and 4 Co.'s Rs. for the yearly subscrip- 

 tion of Associate Members. 



Mr. Csoma de Koros, in a letter to the Secretary, intimated his intention 

 of quitting Calcutta for the Western Provinces, and requested the loan of 

 some Sanscrit books, which was granted. 



Library. 



Read a letter from M. Rouy de Rochelle, President of the Central 

 Committee of the Geographical Society of Paris, forwarding a copy of 

 Bulletin de la Societe de Geographie, vols. 1st and 2nd. 



The following books were presented on the part of Lieut.-Col. W. H. 

 Sykes, the Author. 



A Catalogue of the Mammalia and Birds, observed in Dukhun. 



On the Atmospheric Tides and Meteorology of Dukhun. 



Description of the Wild Dog of the Western Ghats. 



Some account of the Kolisura Silk -worm of the Dukhun. 



Proceedings of the Statistical Society of London, No. I. vol. 1st. 

 The following works by Sir J. F. W. Herschel. 



A list of Test Objects, principally Double Stars. 



Notices on the Orbits of revolving Double Stars. 



Micrometrical measures of ditto. 



On the Satellites of Uranus, and Observations of Bikla's Comet. 

 Also : — 



The Indian Journal of Medical Science, No. 24— by the Editors. 



Two copies of Impression of the Orrery and Simple Illustrations of Eclipses, 

 translated into Bengali by Mkhk Rajah Kalikissen— by the Author. 



