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Art. V II.— Proceedings of the Asiatic Society. 



Wednesday Evening, 6th March, 1839. 



At a Meeting held at the Grand Jury Room of the Supreme Court. 



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



The Proceedings of the last Meeting were read and confirmed. 



The Honorable Sir H. Seton, the Rev. John Henry Pratt, Dr. William 

 Jameson, Mr. E. Thomas, Mr. J. W. Laidlay, and Mr. A. C. Dunlop, proposed 

 at the last Meeting, were ballotted for, and duly elected Members of the Society. 



Read a letter from Mr. Charles Ritter, acknowledging his election as an honorary 

 Member. 



The Officiating Secretary apprized the Meeting of the departure of their Curator, 



Dr. George Evans, to Europe; and after some discussion it was resolved that Dr. 



William Jameson be appointed to the office, on the same allowances as those drawn 



by his predecessor. 



Library. 



Read a letter from H. T. Prinsep, Esq. forwarding for inspection Dr. Robert 

 Wight's Illustrations of Indian Botany. 



The following books were presented : — 



Bulletin de la Societe de Geographie, vol. 9th — by the Society. 



On the Ovulum of Santalum, by William Griffiths, Esq. — by the Author. 



Die Stupa's (Topes) and dieColosse Von Bamiyan, by Carl Ritter — by the Author. 



Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society, No. 9 — by the Society. 



Proceedings of the Bombay Geographical Society for August, 1838 — by the Society. 



Ditto of the American Philosophical Society, Nos. 1,2, and 3, from January to August 

 1838— by the Society. 



5 Copies Alif Leila, vol. 1st in Arabic — subscribed for by the Society. 



Lardner's Cyclopaedia — Literary and Scientific Men, vol. 9th— -from the Booksellers. 



Read an application from Premchaund Pundit, Editorof the " Nyeshadha," regard- 

 ing the 2nd part of the work in Manuscript, and offering to making over the same to 

 the Society, on condition of his being remunerated for his trouble in compilation. 



Resolved that the application be referred to the Committee of Papers. 



Museum. 



A Gumsoor Battle Axe was presented by Mr. J. G. Balmain. 



Statistics. 



Read a letter from H. H. Spry, Esq., Secretary to the Statistical Sub-Committee, 

 intimating that in consequence of the Society's declining to publish the Documents 

 compiled by them, they will no longer prosecute their researches. 



The Annual Report for 1838, which had been presented on the 1st of January, was 

 then read, and adopted by the Meeting. 



Secretaries' Annual Report. 

 The indisposition and absence of the Rev. Mr. Malan since his appointment, and 

 the short period during which we have held the office of Officiating-Secretaries, will 

 we trust constitute a sufficient apology for the incompleteness of the present anniversary 

 notice. 



We have endeavoured by a diligent perusal of the proceedings of the year just 

 elapsed to become familiar with the state and prospects of the Society, and we have also 



