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Proceedings of the Asiatic Society. 



{Wednesday Evening, \bth July, 1840.) 

 The Honorable Siv E. Ryan, President, in the chair. 

 Read the Proceedings of the last Meeting. 



Major R. J. H. Birch, and Captain Broome, proposed at the last Meeting, were 

 ballotted for, and duly elected Members of the Society. 



A. Campbell, Esq. Superintendent of Darjeeling, proposed by the Officiating Se- 

 cretary, an"d seconded by Sir E. Ryan. 



Rev. A. Wallis, of Bishop's College, proposed by Sir E. Ryan, seconded by the 

 Officiating Secretary. 



Major Pottinger, Bombay Artillery, proposed by Captain Macleod, seconded 

 by the Officiating Secretary. 



J. J. Torrens, Esq. B. C. S. proposed by the Officiating Secretary, seconded by 

 Captain Macleod. 



Baboo Ramgopaul Ghose proposed by Dr. J. Grant, seconded by Captain 

 Macleod. 



Dr. T. Thomson, the Curator of the Society, proposed by the President, seconded 

 by the Officiating Secretary. 



Read letters from W. J. Hamilton, Esq. Secretary to the Geological Society of 

 London, and J. Forshall, Esq. Secretary to the British Museum, acknowledging 

 receipts of the 2nd part of the 20th Volume of the Transactions of the Society. 



Read a letter from Messrs. W. H. Allen and Co., Book Agents of the Society in 

 London, intimating their having paid the arrears of subscription, 24?., due by the 

 Society to the Oriental Translation Fund up to the end of the past year. 



Library. 

 The following books were presented : — 

 Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland, London 1839, 



No. 10. — by the Society. 

 Oriental Christian Spectator, Bombay, May 1840, Vol. I, No. 5. 

 Letter to Major General John Briggs, on the discovery of part of the second 

 Volume of the Jami-al Tawareekh of Rasheed-ul-Deen, by W. Morley, Esq. 

 — by the author. 

 Committee of Commerce and Agriculture of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great 



Britain and Ireland, London 1839, — by the Committee. 

 Sojutii Liber de Interpretibus Korani Arabice editus et annotatione illustratus. 



Lugduni, Batavorum, 1839. 4to 1. 

 Lexicon Arab, et Lat. of Haji Khalfae, by Gustavus Fluegel, Leipzig, 1837. 



2nd Volume. 

 Map of Hindustan in Nagree character.— by the Honorable H.;T. Prinsep, Esq. 

 Cotton Trade of India ; its future prospects, : part 2nd. 

 The following were received from the booksellers : — 

 Recherches sur les Poissons Fossiles par L. Agassia, Neuchatel, with plates. 



