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cause it was not possible to procure the proper kind of paper on which 



to write it during the Mohurrum. 



Books delivered to Dr. Wise, for the Pasha of Egypt, on the 8th February, 1843. 



Fatawa Alemgeri, Vols. 1 to 6. 



Inaya, Vols. 2d, 3d, and 4th. 



Jawami ul Ilm ul Riazi, one copy. 



Anis ul Musharrahin, one ditto. 



Sharaya ool Islam, one ditto. 



Khazanat ul Ilm, one ditto. 



The Acting Secretary then read the following Minute, relative to the 

 state of part of the premises. 



Minute. 



We, the undersigned, having, at the request of the Hon'ble the President and the 

 Acting Secretary, examined the screen wall on the North side of the Society's House, 

 are of opinion, that it is not in a dangerous state ; that the cracks are only due to 

 slight sinkings of other parts of the building very common in Calcutta ; and that it is 

 well supported by the manner in which the new building and its roof have been carried 

 up and laid on. We therefore recommend, that the arch of the Eastern door only, 

 be renewed, as being all that is at present required. 



W. N. Forbes, Lieut. -Col. 



Calcutta, Jan. 2, 1843. A. Irvine, Major. 



He further represented the utility of a Skylight over the Stair-case, 

 which was ordered to be referred to the Committee of Papers. 

 The following Books w r ere presented and purchased : — 



List of Books received for the Meeting, on the 10th February, 1843. 



The Calcutta Literary Gleaner, February 1843, Vol. i., No. 12. Presented by the 

 Editors. 



The Calcutta Christian Observer, New Series, February 1843, Vol. iv., No. 28. 

 Presented by the Editor. 



The Oriental Christian Spectator, 2nd Series, Bombay, 1842, Vol. iii. No. 12. 

 Presented by the Editor. 



Specimens of the Popular Poetry of Persia, translated by A. Chodzko, London, 

 1842, 8vo. Purchased. 



J. J. Bayer's, Gemmarum affabre sculptarum thesaurus, 1720, fol. Presented by 

 H. Torrens, Esq. 



Gazophilacium Linguae Persarum, Authore P. Angelo a S. Joseph. Amstelodami, 

 1684, fol. Presented by H. Torrens, Esq. 



Piddington's Tabular View of the Generic Characters of Roxburgh's Flora Indica. 

 Presented by the Author. 



Piddington's English Index to the Plants of India. Calcutta, 1832, 8vo. Presented 

 by the Author. 



Actes de L'Academie Royale des Sciences, Belles-Lettres et Arts de Bordeaux, 

 1840, 2eme, Annee, ler. a 4e. trimestres, 1841, 3eme. Annee, ler. a 4e. trimestre et. 



