Ixxxvi Proceedings of the Asiatic Society. [[Sept. 1844. 



No. 1. — The Secretary with reference to the annexed resignation of the Honorable 

 the President, requests the attendance of Members of the Committee of Papers at a 

 special meeting, to he holden at the rooms on Tuesday morning the 3rd September 

 1844, at £ past 10 a.m. 



H. PlDDINGTON, 



BOth August, 1844. Sub-Secretary. 



No. 2. — To H. W. Torrens, Esq. Secretary Asiatic Society. 



Sir, — Being on the eve of my departure from India, I beg leave to place in your 

 hands my resignation of the office of President of the Asiatic Society, and to re- 

 quest, that in laying it before the Committee of Papers for communication to the 

 next general meeting, you will be so kind as to express my sincere thanks for the 

 gratification which my connexion with it has always afforded me, and my best 

 wishes for the success of its labors, and the continuance of its credit and celebrity 

 throughout the scientific world. 



I have the honor to be, Sir, 



Calcutta, August 20, 1844. ' Your most obedient humble servant, 



W. W. Bird. 



No, 3, — At a Meeting of the Committee of Papers held at the Society's rooms on 

 Tuesday the 3rd September, at half -past 10 a. m. 



Present: — Lieutenant Colonel Forbes ; Charles Huffnagle, Esq. ; Rev. J. Haeber- 

 lin ; F. G. S. Heatley, Esq. ; Lieutenant A. Broome, B. A. j H. Torrens, Esq. Vice 

 President and Secretary, 



Resolved. — That it be proposed to the Society at the meeting, that measures be 

 taken to ascertain whether the Right Honorable the Governor General would be in- 

 clined to take the office of President. 



2. That it be also suggested to the Society, that the Honorable Mr. Bird, our late 

 President, be requested to sit for his Picture on his arrival in England, in order that it 

 may be placed in the room of Meeting, as a memento of the gratitude of the Society 

 to him, for his steady and valuable maintenance and support of its interests in all res- 

 pects, both as President and as Member during thirty-three years. 



3. That it be also recommended to the Society, that the charge for the Portrait be 

 put to the head of charges general. 



H. Torrens, Vice President and Secretary. 



After some discussion, the recommendations of the Committee of Papers 

 were adopted. 



Read the following letters and statements of Accounts from Messrs. 

 Allen and Co. the Society's London Agents and Booksellers, with reply to 

 them from the Secretary : — 



Henry Torrens, Esq. Secretary to the Asiatic Society of Bengal. 

 Sir, — We have the pleasure to hand you herewith our account current with the 

 Society for the year ending the 30th June last. The balance is ,,£51 : 12 ; 9 in favor 



