Oct. 1846.] Proceedings of the Asiatic Society : lxxxiii 



Read a letter from P. Melvill, Esq., under- Secretary to the Govern- 

 ment of India, forwarding a Report by Captain Jacob, 2d Grenadier 

 Regiment, Bombay N. I., on the Province of Kotewar, and extract from 

 Report on the district Babriawar. 



Read the following letter from the Librarian of the Calcutta Public 

 Library : — 



To H. Torrens, Esa., Vice-President and Secretary, Asiatic Society. 



Sir, — The Curators of the Calcutta Public Library being desirous of increasing 

 their Collection of Oriental works, direct me to say that they will feel much indebt- 

 ed for one copy of each of the following books. They trust the society will comply 

 with this request, calculated as it is to promote the cause of Oriental literature. 



Index to Mahabharata. 



Khazanat ul ilm ul Riazi. 



Anis ul Musbarrahin. 



Sharaya-ool Islam. 



Burnoufs memoire sur deux inscriptions cuneiformes. 



Ditto, Commentaire sur le Yacna, with notes. 



Elemens de la Grammaire Japanoise — Par Rodriguez et Remuset. 



Do. Supplement. 



Contes Arabes, traduits par J. J. Morcel. 



Brosset, Elemens de la Langue Georgienne. 



Klaproth Vocabukire et Grammaire de la langue Georgienne. 



Geographie d'Aboulfeda, Texte Arabe. 



Points in the History of the Greek and Indo-Scythian Kings, &c. translated by 

 Dr. Roer, and edited by H. Torrens, Esq. 



I have the honor to be, Sir, 



Your most obdt. Servant, 



Peary Chand Mittra, 

 Librarian, Calcutta Public Library. 



Metcalfe Hall, the Ath August, 1846. 



Referred to the Secretaries for special report whether books be procu- 

 rable, it being suggested by Mr. Piddington that the curators of the 

 Public Library might on this occasion be requested to allow the officers 

 of the Asiatic Society the free use of books from their Library for 

 scientific or literary reference. 



The Reports of the Finance Committee having been read and dis- 

 cussed; on the suggestion of Dr. W. B. O'Shaughnessy, C. Sec. it 

 was proposed by Dr. Hseberlin, seconded by Mr. Ward, and resolved 

 unanimously, 



