941 



Proceedings of the Asiatic Society. 



(Wednesday Evening, X^th January , 1841 J 



The Honorable H. T. Prinsep in the Chair. 



The following gentlemen were proposed as Members: — 



Capt. R. Fitzgerald, of Engineers, by the Officiating Secretary, seconded by 

 Lieut A. Broome of Artillery. 



C. B. Trevor, Esq., C.S. by T. S. Torrens, Esq., seconded by the Officiating 

 Secretary. 



Raja Khan Behadoor, Khan of Gyah, by the Honorable H. T. Prinsep, 

 seconded by the Officiating Secretary. 



The following gentlemen, have been elected Office-bearers for the current year — 



President : 

 The Honorable Sir Edward Ryan, 



Vice-Presidents : 

 The Honorable Sir J. P. Grant, 



Sir H. Seton, 



H. T. Prinsep, 



W. W Bird. 



Committee of Papers : 

 Major W. N. Forbes, C. Huffnagle, Esq., 



E. Stirling, Esq., Lieut. A. Broome, 



N. Wallich, Esq., M. D. Dr. J. J. H^eberlin, 



H. H. Spry, Esq., M. D. Baboo Prosoonooomar Tagore. 



Professor W. B. O'Shaughnessy, 



Library and Museum. 

 The following books were presented : — 



Lardner's Cabinet Cyclopaedia— England ; vol. 10th, 1 



Ditto ditto— Greece, vol. 7th, 1 



Madras Journal of Literature and Science, No. 27 April — June, 1840 I 



Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal, by Professor Jameson, No. 57 April — 



July, 1840 J 



London, Edinburgh, and Dublin, Philosophical Magazine and Journal of 



Science, 3rd series, vol. 17th, No. 108, August, 1840 I 



Joftrnal des Savants, Juin, 1840, 1 



The Calcutta Monthly Journal, 3rd series. No. 71. October 1840, 1 



Descriptive Catalogue of the Chinese Collection in Philadelphia, 1839, 8vo. 1 

 Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, vol. 6th, pt. 3rd ; New 



series, Philadelphia, 1839, I 



Laws and Regulations of the American Philosophical Society, Philadelphia, 



1833 I 



Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society, vol. 1st. Nos, 7, 8, 9, 10, 



11, for 1839-40, b 



