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Proceedings of the Asiatic Society. 



(Wednesday Evening, \st September, \M\.) 



The Honorable Sir E. Ryan, in the Chair. 



Henry Walker, Esq. Bengal Medical Service, and Fletcher Hays, Esq. 62nd 

 Regt. N. I., Assistant Governor General's Agent, Saugor, proposed at the last Meeting, 

 were ballotted for, and duly elected, to whom the necessary communications of their 

 election and rules of the Society for guidance, were ordered to be forwarded. 



The following gentlemen were proposed as Members, viz : — 



The Honorable A. Amos, Esq. by the Honorable President, seconded by the 

 Honorable H. T. Prinsep, Esq. 



Robert Barlow, Esq. C. S. by the Honorable H. T. Prinsep, Esq. seconded by 

 the Honorable President. 



C. G. Mansel, Esq. C. S. by the Honorable President, seconded by the Secretary. 



Library and Museum. 



Books received for the Library of the Asiatic Society, for the Meeting on the 1st September, 1841. 

 Illustrations of the Literature and Religion of the Budhists, by H. B. Hodgson, 



Esq. Serampore. 1841, 1 vol. 

 Discourse touching the Spanish Monarchy, London, 1654, 8vo. 1 vol. 

 Calcutta Christian Observer, September 1841, New Series, vol. 2d, No. 21, pamph. 

 Annals and Magazine of Natural History, May 1841, No. 43, London, ditto. 

 Calcutta Monthly Journal, July 1811, ditto. 

 Report on the Statistics of Western Australia, in 1840, Perth, Western Australia, 



1841, ditto. 

 Oriental Christian Spectator, July 1841, Bombay, vol. 2d, No. 7, ditto. 

 Hammer Purgstall's Falkner Klee Wien, 1840, 1 vol. 

 Read the following report of the Officiating Curator for the month of August last :— 

 H. Torrens, Esq. 



Secretary, Asiatic Society. 

 Sir, — For the month of August I regret to say that illness and debility, during ten 

 or twelve days, have prevented my doing much that I had in view previous to the 

 arrival of Mr. Blyth, who may now be daily expected. 



Geological, Mineralogical, and Paleontological Departments.— ^e have received 

 here from Govei'nment several limestones from Cachar, with other specimens, collected 

 by Lieut. Bigge, Assistant to the Agent to the Governor General On the N. E. 

 Frontier, with their analysis as limestones by Captain Tremenheere. I find, however, 

 that they are of much higher interest than as mere limestones ; for three if not four out 

 of eight contain organic remains ! I have not been able to identify the localities, which 

 1 believe to be farther to the Northward and Eastward than Dr. M'Clelland's valu- 

 able discoveries in that quarter, being from Cachar, (the Mukir range,) but the fact is 

 important, if only as corroborating or connecting other discoveries. 



We have also from Government a continuation of the collections made by Dr. 

 Walker in the Chinnoor Sircai-, Nizam's territory : consisting of shale, coal, argil- 

 laceous limestone, sandstone, anthracite, &c. &c ; with a map of the Godavery from 

 Chanda to below Mungapett, shewing the site of the coal, &c. &c. I have, I fear, 



