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ing if it was the pleasure of the Society that any alteration should be made in 

 them. 



Referred to the Committee of Papers for report. 



The following list of Books presented was read ; — 



Books received for the Meeting of the Asiatic Society, on the 6th December, 1843. 



The Calcutta Christian Observer, November and December 1843, New series, 

 vol. iv. Nos. 47 and 48. — Presented by the Editor. 



The Oriental Christian Spectator, new series, Bombay, November 1843, vol. iv. 

 No. 11.— Presented by the Editor. 



The Calcutta Journal of Natural History, April 1843, vol. iv. No. 13. — Presented 

 by the Editor. 



Journal of the Agricultural and Horticultural Society of India, 1843, vol. ii. No. 9. 

 Presented by the Society. 



Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, vol. i. Nos. 20, 

 21, 22 and 23, November and December 1842, and January and February 1843. — 

 From the Society. 



Report of the Twelfth Meeting of the British Association for the advancement of 

 Science, for 1842. London, 1843. — From the Association. 



Papers regarding the Scinde and Begaree Canals, in the Neighbourhood of Shikar- 

 pore, in Upper Scinde. Calcutta, 1843. — From Government. 



The Zoology of the Voyage of H. M. S. Sulphur, Mammalia, by J. E. Grey. 

 London, 1843. — Purchased. 



Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 1842, part x.— Presented by the 

 Society, through Dr. McClelland. 



List of the Fellows and Honorary Members &c. of ditto ditto. London, 1842. — Pre- 

 sented by the Society, through Dr. McClelland. 



Memorandum upon the state of Indian Bazaar Weights and Measures. Calcutta, 

 1843. — Presented by Mr. Landers. 

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The following Letter from the Librarian, with its accompanying documents, was 



read : — 



To H. Torrens, Esq. Secretary, Asiatic Society. 



Sir, — Having examined the rules of the Society's Library, printed in the 16th 

 volume of the Asiatic Researches, I have the honour to state, that with a few excep- 

 tions, they fully answer their intended purpose of preserving the books without incon- 

 venience to the Members of the Society ; but as it appears from the Library records, 

 that those rules which provide for the safety of the books have never been adhered 

 to, I beg to suggest the propriety of now enforcing them, and to propose the following 

 alterations and additions : — 



I. Books are to be borrowed by written or personal application to the Secretary : 

 in either case, the person applying is to furnish a written receipt, specifying the 

 name of the work, and the time for which it is borrowed; at the expiration of which, 

 he is to return the Book borrowed, or renew his application for an extended loan 

 of it. 



