Proceedings of the Asiatic Society. — May, 1844. 

 {Wednesday Evening, the 1st May, 1844.) 

 The stated Monthly Meeting was held on Wednesday evening, the 1st 

 instant, at half-past eight p. m. The Honorable the President in the chair. 

 The following list of books presented and purchased was read. 



Books received for the Meeting of the Asiatic Society, on the 1st of May, 1844. 



Report on Public Instruction in the Bengal Presidency, 1842-43. — Presented by Dr. 

 Mouat. 



The Oriental Christian Spectator, April 1844, vol. v, second series, No. 4. — By the 

 Editor, Bombay. 



Meteorological Register kept at the Surveyor General's Office, Calcutta, for the 

 month of March. 



Nalodaya.— By the Rev. J. Yates. 



Papillons Exotiques, parF. P. Cramer, Amsterdam, 1779-1791, 5 vols. 4to.— Present- 

 ed by Capt. W. Wroughton. 



Natural History of Uncommon Birds, by G. Edwards, London, 1743-1754, 7 vols. 4to. — 

 Presented by Capt. Wroughton. 



Read the following letters from Messrs. W. and H. Allen and Co., the 

 Society's London Agents. 



Henry Torrens, Esq, 8$c. §c. %c. V. P. Asiatic Society of Calcutta. 



Sir, — We have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your favors, dated 5th Sep- 

 tember and 13th December 1843, and also the copy of a letter addressed by you to 

 Mr. John Murray. As we learn from you that the Journal from No. 133 is now vested 

 in the Society, we think it advisable to annex you our account, embracing No. 132, 

 which is £9 : 19 : 2 in favor of the Society. We have received from Mr. Murray 

 £21 : 9, which is placed to the credit of the Society. The stock of Books in the hands 

 of Mr. Murray will be forwarded to you in a day or two. 



The quantity of Books in the Warehouse of Mr. Murray, belonging to the Society, 

 is very heavy, and you must be aware that we can never dispose of them here. Of some 

 volumes, Mr. Murray will hand us more than 200 copies. We would recommend 

 something being done with them, and we think they might be returned and disposed 

 of in India with more advantage than they would be here, where they could only be 

 sold as waste paper. Every year they are kept, they will be of less value to the Socie- 

 ty. If they were advertised, we fear the sales would not pay the expences of so doing. 

 If you will favor us with the wishes of the Society, at an early date, we shall be much 

 obliged to you. 



We are, Sir, 

 London, Feb. 29, 1844. Your faithful Servants, 



Wm. H. Allen and Co. 

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