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Proceedings of the Asiatic Society. 



(Wednesday Evening, bth August, 1840.^ 



The Honorable H. T. Prinsep, Esq., Vice-President, in the chair. 



The Proceedings of the last Meeting were read. 



J. J. Torrens, Esq., Rev. A. Wallis, Mr. A. Campbell, Dr^ Thomson, Major 

 Pottinger, and Baboo Ramgopaul Ghose, proposed at the last Meeting, were 

 ballotted for, and duly erected members of the Society. 



Major Rawlinson was proposed by Lieut. C. B. Conolly, seconded by the 

 Officiating Secretary. 



Read letters from Messrs. Edward Balfour, Secretary to the Royal College of 

 Surgeons, and John Washington, Secretary to the Geographical Society of London, 

 acknowledging receipt of the 2nd part of the 20th vol. of the Asiatic Researches. 



Library. 



The following books were presented : — 



Transactions of the Geological Society of London, vol. 5, pt. 2nd. second series. — 

 By the Society. 



Madras Journal of Literature and Science, vol. 26. — By the Madras Literary 

 Society. 



Transits as observed, and Calculation of the Apparent Right Ascensions 1S34.— 

 By the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty. 



Zenith Distances observed with the Mural Circle, and Calculation of Geocentric 

 South Polar distances, 1836, 37. — By ditto. 



Bessel's Refraction Tables — By ditto. 



The Oriental Christian Spectator, No. 6. vol. 1 — By the Editor. 



General Anniversary Meeting of the Royal Society of Northern Antiquaries at 

 Copenhagen; in French 2 copies; in English and French, 3 copies; and in 

 English, French, Danish, &c. 2 copies, 7 Nos.— By the Society. 



Memoires de la Societe Royale des Antiques du Nord, 1836-37. — By ditto. 



Annaler for Nordisk Oldkyndighed — By ditto. 



Bulletin de la Societe de Geographi, vol. 11th, 2d series — By the Geographical 

 Society of Paris. 



Journal Asiatique, Vol. 6th 3d Series Nos. 34, 35, and 36, from October to Decem- 

 ber ; 1838, Vol. 7th Nos. 37—42 ; January to June 1839, Vol. 8th Nos. 43—47, 

 July to November 1839. — By the Asiatic Society of Paris. 



L'Indicateur des Poids et Mesures Metriques instructions par M. Martin Victor 

 Paquet.— By the author. 



Weber die indirchen Verwandts chaften in Aegypischen. — By Professor Othinar 

 Frank. 



Gelelorte Auzeigen. — By ditto. 

 The following books were purchased : — 



Naturalist's Library, Vol. 6th. 



YarrelPs History of British Birds, part 17. 



Annals of Natural History, No. 28. 



