xlviii Proceedings of the Asiatic Society. [July, 1846. 



11. — London, Edinburgh and Dublin Philosophical Magazine, No. 187, April, 



1846 1 



12.— The Athenaeum, No. 966, 2d May, 1846 1 



Purchased. 



13.-^Annals and Magazine of Natural History, No. 112, April, 1846 1 



14.— The Classical Museum, No. XI 1 



15. — Religions de L' Antiquite, (one copy.) 6 



Ordered that one of the two copies of the Coal Committee's Report, 

 presented to the Society, be made over to the Geological Curator for 

 the use of his department. 



Some conversation having arisen on the subject of the resolution 

 come to at the last meeting, with reference to the sale of oriental pub- 

 lications to educational establishments, it was resolved further that the 

 Council of Education should be formally made acquainted with the de- 

 termination of the Society, and the Secretary took it upon himself 

 otherwise to diffuse a knowledge of it as widely as he possibly could 

 among the public. 



Read a letter from J. Agabeg, Esq., dated 11th June, 1846, pre- 

 senting a model of a Cingalese boat to the Society. 



Ordered that the thanks of the Society be returned to Mr. Agabeg 

 for his donation. 



Read the following letters from Messrs. Allen and Co. relative to 

 matters connected with their agency. 



Henry Torrens, Esq., Secretary of the Asiatic Society of Bengal. 



Sir, — We have received your favour of the 3d September, ordering us to return 

 to India about half the stock of the Asiatic Researches received from Mr. John 

 Murray in March, 1844. 



We have had the volumes named in your letter divided into equal proportions, in 

 case of accident to the vessel, and have shipped one portion packed in six cases, by 

 the Euphrates, Captain Wilson, and for which we beg to enclose a Bill of Lading. 

 We annex a memorandum of the cost of the cases and the shipping expenses upon 

 them, amounting to <£l8-2, which sum we shall place to the debit of the Society. 

 The Researches were received from Mr. Murray in sheets, and in the absence of 

 instructions, we have not thought it advisable to subject the Society to the expen- 

 ses of binding so large a number of volumes without orders to that effect. 



The shipment has not been insured, but should you think it necessary it can be 

 done in Calcutta upon the receipt of this advice nearly as cheap as it could have 

 been effected here. 



