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next mail; in the meantime, as it is usual to pay down to the artist half the cost upon the 

 first sitting, and as I believe they will cost Eighty Guineas each, 1 shall be glad if 

 you will at once remit the amount necessary for this purpose. Yours faithfully, 

 London, \<Wi November) 1843. Wm. Piunsep. 



Ordered, that the remittance desired be made by a safe channel. 



The following list of Books, presented and purchased, was read: — 

 Books received for the Meeting of the Asiatic Society, on the 3d January, 1844. 

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



month of November 1843. — From Government. 

 Calcutta Christian Observer, new series, vol. 5, No. 49, January 1844. — From the 



Editor. 

 Oriental Christian Spectator, 2d series. Bombay, December 1843, vol. 4, No. 12.— 



From the Editor. 

 Jameson's Edinburgh new Philosophical Journal. Edinburgh, 1843, vol. 35, No. 69.— 



From the Editor. 

 London, Edinburgh, and Dublin Philosophical Magazine and Journal of Science. 



London, 3d series, vol. 22, Nos. 147, 148; vol. 23d, Nos. 149, 150.— From the Editor. 

 Proceedings of the Geological Society of London, 1842-43, vol. 4, pt. 1st, No. 92, and 



Index to vol. 3, November 1838 to June 1842.— Presented by the Society. 

 List of the Members of the Geological Society of London, 1st March 1843. 

 Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures, and Commerce. Premiums 



for the Sessions, 1843-1844, 1844-1845. London 1843.— Presented by the Society, 



(two copies). 

 Jerdon's Illustrations of Indian Ornithology. Madras, 1843, No. 1, (two copies.) — 



Purchased. 

 Graberg de Hemso, Ultimi Progressi della Geografia. Milano, 1843. — Presented by 



the Author. 

 Lassen de Taprobane insula veteribus cognita Dissertatio. Bonnae, 1842. Pamph. — 



From the Author. 

 Moise de Khorene, Auteur du ve. Siecle. Histoire D'Armenie, Texte Armenien et 



traduction Franchise par P. E. Le Vaillant de Florival. Venise, 1841, 2 vols. 



8vo. — Presented by J. Avdall, Esq. 

 Bulletin de la Soeiete de Geographie, 2d serie. Paris, 1842, tome 18.— Presented 



by the Society. 

 Journal Asiatique ou Recueil de Memoires, 3d serie. Paris, November, December 



1842, tome 14, No. 79, et 4th serie. Mars, 1843, tome 1, No. 3.— Presented. 

 Annales des Sciences Physiques et Naturelles, D'Agriculture et D'Industrie. 



Lyon, 1838-40, 3 vols. 4to.— Presented. 

 Journal des Savants. Paris, 1843, Avril, Mai, et Juin. — Purchased. 



The Librarian also presented a condensed report of the Books and Pamphlets added 

 to the Library during the year 1843, which was ordered to be printed, and will be 

 found at the conclusion of the Proceedings. 



Dr. A. Sprenger submitted a specimen sheet of the Dictionary of Suffectic Terms 

 now printing by the Society under his supervision. 



