452 Proceedings of the Asiatic Society. [No. 4, 
Coomar Chundernath Roy and Baboo Bunkim Chunder Chat- 
terjee, B. A. 
The following gentlemen were named for ballot as ordinary members 
of the next meeting :— 
Captain F’. Norman, Quarter-Master General’s Department, proposed 
by Colonel Strachey and seconded by Mr. Atkinson. 
Baboo Shama Churn Sirkar, proposed by Mr. Cowell and seconded 
by Mr. Bayley. 
T. Bruce Lane, Esq., B. C. 8., proposed by Captain Lees and se- 
conded by Mr. Grote. 
Duncan Stewart, Esq., proposed by Mr. H. F. Blanford and second- 
ed by Mr. Heeley. 
The Chairman read to the meeting the following letter from Mr. 
Cowell resigning the office of Jomt Secretary :— 
“ A. Grote, Esq., Vice-President, Asiatic Society. 
“ Dear Sir,—I beg to tender my resignation of the Secretaryship of 
the Asiatic Society, as my health, as well as my professorial engage- 
ments, entirely preclude my undertaking any longer to hold it. 
“Tt will be remembered that this is no new idea. I have several 
times wished to resign, and I now feel an absolute necessity to do so. 
I am merely sacrificing my health and time uselessly to the Society 
as well as myself, as my editorial work for the Bibliotheca Indica is 
at a stand-still, from the incessant interruption which the editing of 
our Journal causes. I believe that more credit would redound to the 
Society as well as myself from vigorously continuing the Tuittiriya 
Sanhitad. 'There are many in Europe who are anxious to see this, but 
the edition must continue ata stand-still so long as the little leisure 
I can command has to he given to correcting proofs for the Journal. 
“T may remind the Council that I reluctantly accepted the office 
at the very first, as | knew how difficult it would be to find time for 
it ; and I have already held it five years and a half, so that I think I 
may now fairly claim my discharge. I need hardly add that it is 
from no diminution in my attachment to the Society; had I more 
time, I should have been proud to retain the Secretaryship as long 
as the Society wished. 
“T remain &c., 
“(Sd.) EH. B. CowEut. 
“ Calcutta, 80th July, 1863.” 
