456 Proceedings of the Asiatic Society. [May, 



1 In the ninth (?) year of the reign of Sri Sha'ntikara deva, music (flutes) 

 should be played (?) by the hei'mit of the cave of sacrifice ; these maths (temples) 

 of Siva have been constructed by HidyaChhatra Bhatt, the son of Vaidya- 

 k a BHAT^the rich merchant ' 



The other scrap is too mutilated to be worth insertion. 



IX. — Proceedings of the Asiatic Society. 

 Wednesday Evening, the 6th June, 1838. 



The Right Reverend the Lord Bishop of Calcutta, Vice President, in 

 the chair. 



H. V. Bayley, Esq. C. S. and Lieut. C. B. Young, Engineers, propos- 

 ed at the last meeting were duly elected members of the Society. 



Mr. Solomon Cjesar Malan, Bachelor of Arts in the university of Ox- 

 ford and Professor at Bishop's College, member R. A. S., was proposed by 

 the Lord Bishop, seconded by the Rev. G. Withers. 



Colonel Benson (lately appointed envoy to the Burmese court) on his 

 return to India begged to be again entered on the list of resident mem- 

 bers. 



Dr. Wm. Griffith acknowledged his election. 



Mr. W. Adam begged his name might be transferred to the absentee 

 list*, as he was on the point of quitting India for America. 



The Secretary reported that he had lately examined the roof and found 

 many of the beams completely destroyed by dry rot. The present season 

 made it very inconvenient to commence repairs, but should the measure 

 be necessary the president had kindly placed the grand jury room at the 

 disposal of the Society for its monthly meetings while its own apartments 

 6hould be unavailable. 



[The builder has since given his opinion that the repairs may be postponed till 

 October next, without danger.] 



Correspondence. 



Read a letter from Sir G. T. Staunton, Bart, acknowledging his ad- 

 mission as an honorary member, and stating his readiness at all times to 

 promote the objects for which the several Asiatic Societies had been in- 

 stituted. 



A note from M. St. Hubert Theroulde, announced his approach- 

 ing departure for the Upper Provinces, and thanked the Society for the 

 cordial reception he had met among them during his residence in Calcutta. 



Dr. Wallich requested on behalf of Lieut. Col. Stevenson, if it were 

 within the rules, that a set of the Society's Researches should be presented 

 to the library of the artillery regiment at Bombay. After some discussion 

 it was agreed that the principle of distribution and exchange of the publi- 

 cations of a learned association precluded compliance with the present 

 request, lest it should form an inconvenient precedent. 



Read a letter from Professor Schlegel, returning thanks for the Ma- 

 habharat and other works sent to Bonn. 



The following extract will interest the friends of oriental literature :— 



" Non settlement tous ies savans qui s'inte'ressent aux etudes Asiatiques, mais 

 j'ose dire, tous ies hommes eelair£s, pour peu qu'ils ayent r^fiechis sur rltat moral 



* Members of the Society by the rules cease to pay contributions when absent 

 from Asia, but continue to be members, and subscribe again from the date of their 

 return. 



