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A paper was read by E. B. Cowell, Esq., M. A., on the Kiran-us- 

 Sadain, a Persian historical poem, by Amir Khusrau. 



The thanks of the meeting were voted to Mr. Cowell for his 

 valuable paper. 



The Officiating Librarian submitted the usual monthly report. 



The Library has received the following accessions since the meeting in 

 April last. 



Presented. 



Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society, Nos. GO and 61. — By the 

 Society. 



Transactions of the Zoological Society of London, Vol. IV. Parts 4, 5 

 and 6. — By the Society. 



Proceedings of the Zoological Society for 1856, 57, and 58, and also 

 parts 1, 2, and 3 of 1859. — By the Society. 



General Report of British India, Vols. 1, 2 and 3. — By the Bengal 

 Government. 



Maps and Plans to accompany Government Record, No. 53. — By the 

 Same. 



Annual Progress Reports of the Executive Engineers, No. 53. — By the 

 Same. 



The Indigenous Plants of Bengal. — By the Author. 



Purana Sangraha (being a translation in Bengali of Mahabharata), Part 1. 

 — By the Editor. 



The Oriental Christian Spectator for March, 1860. — By the Editor. 



The Annals of Indian Administration, Vol. IV. Part 1. — By the Govern- 

 ment of India. 



A Classified Catalogue of the Raw Produce of the Madias Exhibition. — 

 By the Madras Government. 



Bibidharta Sangraha for Bhadro. — By the Editor. 



Guide to the Gardens of the Zoological Society of London. — By the 

 Society. 



Notices of the Proceedings of the Royal Institution of Great Britain, 

 Part IX. November, 1858 to July, 1859. — By the Institution. 



Selections from the Records of the Bombay Government, No. 55. — By 

 the Government. 



Journal Asiatique, Vols. 14 and 15 being Nos. 55, 56. — By the Society. 



The Athenaeum for January and February, 1860. — By the Editor. 



The Philosophical Magazine, for February and March, 1860. — By the 

 Editors. 



