1841.] Proceedings of the Asiatic Society, 503 



Notice has been given to our Agents, Allen, Parbury and Co. to pay to 

 your order £10 being the balance due on account of your bust, and we 

 regret that your should have been called on to advance this sum on 

 account of the Society. The Society is happy to say that the funds 

 available for that of Mr. James Prinsep are ample ; its members desire 

 me to return you their thanks for the continued interest which you have 

 evinced on this subject. 



The Society observes with satisfaction that the travels of Messrs. Moor- 

 croft and Trebeck, ably edited by yourself, have met with so ready a 

 sale. The period of three years however, which elapsed between the 

 printing and publication of the work might, in the opinion of the Society 

 have allowed of a definite reference 40 Copies of Moorcroft's Travels due to 

 to it on the subject of the disposal Asiatic Societ y of Ben s al - 



of the 40 Copies to which by the • ~ , . 0< 



r •'12 Given under promise (of the Society ?) 



terms of an ample and hazardous t o Mr. Trebeck's Brother. 



guarantee it was entitled. The So- 2 Intended for Mr. Trebeck's son and 



ciety anxious to improve its con- daughter. 



.._.,. 6 Presented by Professor Wilson to learned 



nections with scientific bodies on bodies 



the continent of Europe, would 12 Taken by Professor Wilson. 



have availed itself with readiness — 



of the occasion thus offered, of 72 



making presentations on its own 8 For the Asiatic Society of Bengal. 



immediate account of a work pub- 



lished only by its interposition. 



The receipt of the 8 copies sent to the Society will be acknowledged 



in due course. 



I have, &c. 



(Signed) H. Torrens. 



Secy, to the Asiatic Society. 



Asiatic Society' 1 s Rooms, ^ 



Calcutta, > 



The Sth June, 1841. J 



The Secretary presented to the Society a valuable collection of coins, 

 consisting of the following : 



List of the Coi?is ; presented to the Asiatic Society, by H.W. Torrens, Esq* 



I. Greek and Carthagerian Coins in 5 packets : 



l! Ptolemy (copper) 4. Five coins (copper) of Carthage 



2. Ptolemy (copper) 5. Silver coin of Carthage. 



3. Two coins of Melite (Malta) 



