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Proceedings of the Asiatic Society. 



(Wednesday Evening, \th August, 1813J 



The usual Monthly Meeting was held at the Society's Rooms, on Wed- 

 nesday evening at 8J p. m. The Honorable the President in the chair. 



The following new members were proposed : — 



Major W. Anderson, B. H. A.— Proposed by H. Torrens, Esq., seconded 

 by Capt. Broome, B. A. 



Dr. Mouat, B. M. S. — Proposed by J. Thomason, Esq., seconded by H. 

 Torrens, Esq. 



Capt. Stephen, B. N. I. — Proposed by J. Thomason, Esq., seconded by 

 Mr. H. Piddington. 



M. Adolphe D,elessert, author of " Souvenirs d'un Voyage dans I hide' was 

 introduced to the Society, and upon the motion of Colonel Forbes, second- 

 ed by Mr. Torrens, was unanimously elected an Associate and Corres- 

 ponding Member : the usual communication of the rules, &c. was ordered 

 to be made to him. 



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



Books received for the Meeting of the Asiatic Society, for July, 1843. 



Naturalist's Library— Ichthyology, vol. iv. British Fishes, vol. i. by R. Hamilton. Edinburgh, 

 1843.— Purchased. 



The Oriental Christian Spectator, July 1S43, vol. iv. No. 7. Bombay.— Presented by the Editor. 



London Edinburgh and Dublin Philosophical Magazine and Journal of Science, 3d Series, vol. 22. 

 Nos. 143-144, February and March, 1843. 



The Annals and Magazine of Natural History, London, vol. 11. No. 69, March 1843. 



Chapitre inconnu du Coran, par M. G. de Tassy. Paris 1842, Pamphlet. — Presented by the Transla- 

 tor. 



Julien, Simple expose d'un fait honorable, odiensment denature dans un libelle recent de M. 

 Pauthier. Paris, 1842, Pamphlet presented by the Author. 



Journal des Savants, for November and December 1842, and Janvier 1843. Paris purchased. 



Meteorological Register for Calcutta, for the month of June 1843. Surveyor General's Office. 



Mineral Resources of Southern India, by Lieut, (now Capt.) Newbold, F.R.S. &c. — Presented by the 

 Author. 

 Penny Cyclopedia, vol. 1 to 24. 



The Secretary called the attention of the Meeting to the absolute neces- 

 sity for the purchase of books of standard merit, for reference in the various 

 departments of the natural sciences. He stated, that while the Society's 

 splendid and increasing collections in Zoology, Osteology, Paleontology, 

 Geology, Mineralogy, and their various subordinate branches, were daily 

 increasing, and likely to increase, the Curators, who were its paid and work- 

 ing officers in all these and other departments, were obliged to find the ne- 

 cessary works of reference as they best could, in their own libraries, or in 

 those of others, and thus much valuable time was lost, and many sources 

 of information were closed to them from the frequent impossibility of pro- 



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