Nov. 1844.] Proceedings of the Asiatic Society. cxxiii 



12. D. D. Planches, Nos. 471-496. 



13. Journal des Savans, January to May 1844. 



14. History of Rome, by B. C. Niebuhr, edited by L. Smitz, London 1844;. Vols. 

 3 and 4. 



Read the following letter from Government : — 

 No. 684 of 184*: 

 From the Secretary to the Government of India, to H. Torrens, Esq., Vice-President and 

 Secretary to the Asiatic Society, dated Fort William, the 10th October 1844. 



Foreign Department— Secret. 



Sir. — I am directed by the Governor General in Council to transmit, for such 

 notice as the Society may deem them to merit, the accompanying " Notes on the 

 Commerce, Revenue and Military resources of the Punjaub, taken in 1837," and fur- 

 nished to Government by Major R. Leech, C.B. 



2. You will be pleased to return the original Report when the Society has no 

 further occasion for it. 



I have the honor to be, Sir, 



Your most obedient servant, 

 Fort William, the 10th October, 1844. J. Currie, 



Secy, to the Govt, of India. 



The MSS. being a foolscap sized volume of some thickness, contain- 

 ing much interesting statistical matter, it was, after some conversation, 

 proposed by the President, and seconded by Dr. Mouat, that the book be 

 circulated to the Members of the Committee of Papers for suggestions as 

 to selecting portions for publication. 



Read the following letter from Government : — 



No. 2640 of 1844. 

 From J. Currie, Esq. Secretary to the Government of India, to the Secretary Asiatic 

 Society, dated Fort William, 19th October, 1844. 



Foreign Department. 



Sir, — I have the honor to transmit, for such notice as the Society may thiuk them 

 to deserve, the accompanying copy of a report by Captain Brodie of his lour in the 

 Western Naga Hills, and also copy of one by Mr. Masters on the Botany of those 

 hills. 



I have the honor to be, Sir, 

 Your most obedient servant, 

 J. Currie, 

 Fort William, the 19th October, 1844. Secretary to Govt, of India. 



Resolved — That the papers be circulated to the Committee of Papers, 



