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Art. XIII. Proceedings of the Asiatic Society. 



(Wednesday Evening, the 3rd July, 1839.) 



At a Meeting of the Asiatic Society, held in the Grand Jury Room :— » 



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



Dr. T. A. Wise proposed at the last Meeting, was ballotted for, and duly elected a 

 Member of the Society. 



Read a letter from J. K. Kane, Esq. Secretary of the American Philosophical 

 Society, acknowledging receipt of several Nos. of the Journal of the Asiatic Society, 

 old series. 



Library. 

 Read a letter from H. T. Pkinsep, Esq. Secretary to the Government of Bengal, 

 General Department, forwarding for presentation the following printed copies of pub- 

 lic records: — 



Proceedings and Ordinances of the Privy Council of England, vols. 



6th, and 7th, 1837, royal 8vo . . .... . . 2 



Kalendars and Inventories of His Majesty's Exchequer, vols. J, 2, 3, 



1836, royal 8vo .. .. .. ..3 



Documents and Records illustrating the History of Scotland, 1837, 



vol. 1st, royal 8vo. . . . . . . . . 1 



Excerpta e Rotulis finium in turri Londinensi Asservatis Henrico 



Tertio Rege, 1836, vol. 2d, royal 8vo. . . . . . . 1 



Rotulorum Patentium et Clausorum Cancellariae Hiberniee Calen- 



darium, 1828, vol. 1st, part 1, royal folio, . . . . . . 1 



Rotuli Chartarum in turri Londinensi Asservatarum, 1837, vol. 1, 



part 1, royal folio, . . . . .... . . . . 1 



Inquisitionum in Offic. Rot. Can. Hibemiae, Repertorium, vol. 1, La- 



genia, 1826, et Ultonia, 1829, vols. 2, royal folio, . . . . . . 2 



Report (General) of the Commissioners on Public Records, 1837, 



royal folio. . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 



"The Record of Caernarvon," Registrum Vulgariter Nuncupatum 



e Codice M. Sta. Harleiano 696, Descriptum, 1838, royal folio, .. 1 



The Officiating Secretary apprized the Meeting that the Geological Society of 

 London has complied with the Society's application for a duplicate copy of the de- 

 ficient part of the 4th vol. of their Transactions. 



Read a letter from the Rev. W. Yates, forwarding for presentation a copy of his 

 translation of the Psalms of David, in Sanscrit Verse, and offering to supply copies 

 for distribution to all the learned institutions with which the Society exchanges its 

 publications. 



Journal of the Academy of Natural Science of Philadelphia, 1837, vol. 7th, part 2d, 

 8vo.— presented by the Academy. 



Kittoe's Illustrations of Indian Architecture, Nos. 3, 4,— presented by the Author. 



Chinese Repository, vol. 6th, from January No. 9 to April, 1838, No. 12. 



Ditto ditto vol. 7th, from May No. 1 to September 1838, No. 5,— presented by the 

 Editors. 



New Testament in Hindustani, royal 8vo.— presented by the Baptist Mission Press. 



