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Proceedings of the Asiatic Society, Wednesday Evening, 5th May, 1841. 



The Honorable Sir E. Ryan in the Chair. 



Library Museum. — Calcutta Monthly Journal for March, 1841, 



No.76, P. 



The Christian Observer, for May, 1841, New Series, Vol. 2d, No. 17, P. 



Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Dec. 1840, No. 37, P. 



Ochterlony's Mineralogical Report upon a portion of the Districts 



of Nellore, Cuddapah and Guntoor. Madras, 1841, P. 



Samlede Afghandlinger, of R. K. Rask. Kobenhaon, 1838> Tredie 



Del. 8vo 1 



At the meeting of the 7th of April last it was resolved to refer to the 

 committee of papers (with reference to the offer of Mr. H. B. Koing, 

 Bookseller at Bonn, to be entrusted with the sale of the Society's 

 Oriental works) to consider the prices of those works and to reduce 

 them to a scale suitable to the means of the scholars and students of 

 Germany. Dr. Heeberlin submitted the following list exhibiting the 

 rates at which he suggested the books should be priced, viz. 



Mahabharata, with contents Rs. 40 



Large paper, ditto ditto , 50 



Harriwansa ., „ 5 



Rajah Tarangini „ 5 



Large paper — „ 8 



Naishada „ (> 



Fat&we Aleurgiri. „ 8 



Inaya n 8 



Kha.za.nat ul Ilim „ 8 



Jawame ul Riazi ff 4 



Anis ul Musharrahin n 5 



Sharaya ool Islam M 8 



Tibetan Grammar 8 



Tibetan Dictionary 10 



Researches „ 10 



Ordered that the reduced rates be adopted and the list printed in the 

 Journal of the Asiatic Society for guidance, that Mr. Koing's services be 

 accepted and a selection of the Oriental Books be made and forwarded to- 

 him by the first favorable opportunity, with suitable instructions, as well 

 as regards the disposal of the books as of the funds which may from 



