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Proceedings of the Asiatic Society. 



Wednesday Evening, 13th November, 184.3. 



The usual Monthly Meeting was held on Wednesday evening, the 13th November. 



The Honorable the President in the chair. 



The Bust of Mr. James Prinsep, by Chantry, (finished by Mr. Weekes,) having 

 arrived on the Essex, was exhibited, and both as a work of art and a most faithful 

 and spirited likeness, it excited the highest adifuration. 



R. Ganthony, Esq. was balloted for, and declared duly elected. 



The following new Members were proposed by the Secretary, and seconded by the 

 Sub- Secretary. 



Lieut. Hickey, 1st B. N. I., and Willis Earle, Esq. 



Rev. J. Long, was proposed as an Associate Member by the Honorable the Presi- 

 dent, and seconded by the Secretary. 



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



Books received for the Meeting of the Asiatic Society, on the 1st November, 1843. 



The Calcutta Literary Gleaner, October 1843, vol. ii, No. 8. — Presented by the 



Editor. 

 The Monthly Journal of the Agricultural and Horticultural Society of India, vol. i. 



and vol. ii, to No. 8. — Presented by the Society. 

 The Oriental Christian Spectator. Bombay. September and October 1843, 2nd 



series, vol. iv, Nos. 9 and 10. — Presented by the Editor. 

 Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, March and 



April 1843, vol. i, Nos. 24 and 25. 

 The Journal of the Royal Geographical Society of London, 1842, vol. xii, pt. ii. 

 The Annals and Magazine of Natural History. London, August and September 



1843, vol. xii, Nos. 75 and 76. 

 Quarterly Journal of Meteorology and Physical Science, Edited by J. W. G. Gutch. 



London, April 1843, vol. i, No. 6. — Presented by the Editor. 

 Proceedings of the London Electrical Society, Session 1842-3, vol. i, pts. vii and 



viii. — Presented by the Society. 

 The Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal, by Professor Jameson, April 1843, 



vol. xxxiv, No. 68. — Presented by the Author. 

 The London, Edinburgh, and Dublin Philosophical Magazine and Journal of 



Science, 3d series. London, 1843, vol. xxii, Nos. 145 and 146. 

 Transactions of the Geological Society of London, 2d series. London, 1842, vol. vi, 



pt. ii. — Presented by the Geological Society. 

 Journal Asiatique, ou Recueil de Memoires, 4me. series. Paris, Janvier et Fevrier 



1843, tome i, Nos. 1 and 2. 

 Journal des Savans. Paris, Fevrier et Mars, 1843. 





