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Library. 



Read letters from Mr. Secretary Bushby, forwarding the following books on the 

 part of Government. — 

 Notes on the Law of Storms, applying to the Tempests of the Indian and Chinese 



Seas, drawn up for the use of the expedition to China, by H. Piddington. 

 Arabian Nights, in Hindustani, vol. 2nd. — From Government. 

 A Manual of the Political Antiquities of Greece, Historically Considered, from 



the German of Charles Frederick Hermann.— By the Translator. 

 Answer to a Sketch of the Arguments for Christianity and against Hinduism, by 



HurrochunderTurkopunchanun, Calcutta, Feb. 1840, in Sanscrit. — By the 



Author. 

 Lardner's Cabinet Cyclopaedia. History of Denmark, Sweden, and Norway. — 



Purchased in England. 

 Cyclopaedia of Anatomy and Physiology, by R. B. Todd, 2nd vol. — Purchased. 



Literary. 



The following Papers were received from Government, for publication in the 

 Society's Journal. 

 Report on the Country between Tatter, Sehwun and Korachee in Sindh, by 



Capt. De la Hoste, Assistant Quarter- Master General. 

 Memoranda respecting the existence of Copper in the Territory of Lus ; near 



Bela, by ditto ditto. 

 Some Account of a Journey from Korachee to Hinglaj, in the Lus Territory ; 



descriptive of the intermediate country, and of the port of Soumeanee. By 



Capt. Hart, 2nd Grenadiers (Bombay Army.) 

 Dr. Irwine on the Application of Machinery to Indian Agriculture. 



Read a letter from Capt. J. Jenkins, Governor General's Agent N. W. Fron- 

 tier, requesting the loan of two or three Tibetan works for the use of his interpreter, 

 Mr. Kellner, to make himself fully versed in the Tibetan language. 



The Secretary informed the Meeting that the subject of inquiry was referred to 

 Mr. Csoma de Koros, the Librarian of the Society, who reported that all the 

 Tibetan works belonging to the Society were in general on religious subjects, 

 and of which there were several duplicates. 

 Resolved — That the subject be referred to the Committee of Papers. 



Physical. 



Read a letter from Mr. W. B. Turner, Chief Engineer on board the " Seaforth" 

 Ceylon Colonial Government Steamer, forwarding a paper on a new mode of making 

 charcoal. 



Resolved — That the Paper be referred to the Coal Committee. 



Read a letter from Dr. J. T. Pearson, forwarding a few Geological specimens for 

 transmission to the Museum of the Honorable East India Company. 



