828 Asiatic Society. [No. 141. 



And the following draft of reply to them was also read and approved of: — 

 Messrs. W. H. Allen and Co., London. 



Dear Sirs, — By the July mail, I have the pleasure to acknowledge the receipt of 

 your letters of the 17th and 30th June last, to the address of Mr. Piddington. 



I note that the Marble Bust of the late James Prinsep, Esq. sent to you by Pro- 

 fessor Wilson, to be forwarded to the Society has been shipped per ship " Essex ;" 

 on the arrival of the vessel, the Bust will be landed per bill of lading you forward. 



The several statements of accounts forwarded with your letter of the 30th June 

 last, have been found correct and in order ; and although the Society is not disposed 

 at present to disturb the account current closed to tbe 30th June 1843, by a balance 

 against the Society of <£lo : 8:3; yet I am desired to say, that it is susceptible of 

 readjustment with reference to my letter of the 16th February,* as regards tbe cost 

 and charges of ^18: 10: 0, for a copy of Arrowsmith's Map of India, forwarded 

 by you per ship " Persian," which has been rejected by the Society as incomplete, 

 and in consequence useless for the purpose for which tbe Map was commissioned 

 from England. You have been already advised, that the Map has heen made over 

 to Messrs. Thacker and Co., to be disposed of on your account. 



The property in the Journal from No. 1 33, is now vested in the Society ; but you 

 will continue to keep its sale account separate as heretofore, furnishing as usual, your 

 Account Current distinct from that of the Society's other transactions with you ; my 

 interest, however ceases from No. 132, and you will therefore render up to that 

 number a separate account to me. 



The sum of <£%% : 17: 0, being for sale proceeds of the Journal up to No. 128, 

 transferred to the Society's general Account Current with you, has been adjusted 

 here at the exchange of Is. lid. per Rupee in Co's Rs. 342 : 12 : 6, the rate of ex- 

 change, London on Calcutta, ruling on the 30th June. I am dear Sirs, 



Your faithfully, 



Asiatic Society's Rooms, Calcutta, H. Torrens, 



5th September, 1843. Vice President and Secy. As. Socy. 



Read the following letter from the Secretary to the Bombay Branch 

 of the Royal Asiatic Society : — 



To the Secretary to the Asiatic Society of Bengal, Calcutta. 



g IR> — By desire of the Bombay Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society, I beg to 

 enclose bill of lading of a case of Geological Specimens addressed to " Curators 

 of the Museum of Economic Geology of India," shipped on board the " Fazal 

 Rubany," Capt. Stewart. I shall forward a list of the Specimens, together with 

 such remarks as may be required, with the duplicate of the bill of lading. Freight 

 bas been paid here. I have the honor to be, Sir, 



Your most obedient servant, 

 Bombay, Asiatic Society's Rooms, John G. Malcolmson, 



5th August, 1843. Secretary B. B. R. A. S. 



# Not yet dispatched with reference to this paragraph. 



