248 . - Asiatic Society. [March, 



The Statistical Committee have met with the most willing and efficient support from 

 the Government, and from the Parent Society. Access has been granted to all 

 official records connected with the subjects of finance, commerce, education, and 

 judicial administration. The Society has already contributed 500 Rs. to defray any 

 expenses incurred by the Committee. High expectations are consequently entertained 

 as to the harvest to be reaped from so fertile a field, by such active labourers, and 

 under such warm and constant encouragement. The form best suited for the pub- 

 lication of the documents already prepared has excited considerable discussion, and 

 still awaits a final decision. 



Library. 



The Librarian has been kind enough to comply with our request for a detailed report 

 of the accessions to our collection during the last year, and he has classified the entire 

 under the heads of languages and subjects. We now beg leave to present his report, 

 by which it appears that we have received, 



Publications in English, .. 117 



in Latin, 



. 



. . 



3 



in German, 



. 





5 



in Dutch, 



. 





2 



in Persian, 



. 





6 



in Arabic, 



. 





4 



in Turkish, . 



. 





L 



Total, . . 174 up to the period of Mr. Csoma's Report. 



On the last day of the old year, we had the pleasure of receiving from M. Cassin the 

 highly important consignments exhibited on the table at the last meeting. 



199 vols. 4to. and 8vo. 

 109 Pamphlets. 



The works' in question embrace some of the most important and valuable publi- 

 cations in every department of Natural History. 



The mode in which this supply has been obtained is also very gratifying, the 

 expense having been defrayed by the sale of our Oriental Publications in Paris. It is 

 pleasing to observe this reciprocation of benefits by the cultivation of apparently 

 opposite pursuits— We have exchanged the ancient lore of the East, for the most 

 modem and useful sciences of Europe. Each branch of our labors thus proves auxi- 

 liary to the other. The researches of the naturalist are promoted by the discoveries 

 of the philologist and antiquarian, and thus, each in our particular sphere, we sustain 

 the reputation and enhance the utility of a Society established for the universal purpose 

 of investigating "whatever is performed by man or produced by nature" in the East. 



Museum of Natural History. 

 Mr. Evans has sent in an Annual Report, which will be published separately for 

 your information. 



Miscellaneous. 



During the past year some miscellaneous passages in our history deserve to be re- 

 corded in our annual notice. 



In January we had the gratification of witnessing the erection in our apartments of 

 the bust of our distinguished associate, Professor Wilson. The feeling excited on 



