284 Proceedings of the Asiatic Society. [March, 



From Dr. Roer, Secretary Oriental Section, requesting the sanction 

 of the Society to a proposal by Dr. Sprenger to publish a small pamphlet 

 in Arabic on Shiite bibliography in the Bibliotheca. Sanctioned. 



From Dr. Theodore Cantor, forwarding some remarks upon the Rev. 

 Mr. Mason's Catalogue of Tenasserim land shells, by W. H. Benson, 

 Esq., C. S. 



Mr. Laidlay submitted a transcript of a Bactrian edition of the 

 Edicts of Asoka copied by Captain Alexander Cunningham from a rock 

 in the Yusufzye country. At the same time a letter from Capt. Kittoe 

 was read enclosing a fragment of another inscription by the same Prince, 

 but in the lat character, found by him at Sasseram. 



A suggestion having been made that the Society should purchase a 

 certain number of copies of Capt. Latter's Burmese Grammar, for pre- 

 sentation to the learned Societies and individuals with whom the Asiatic 

 Society are in correspondence, it was resolved that the matter be referred 

 for consideration and report to the Oriental Section. 



On His Lordship the Vice President retiring, the Chair was taken by 

 Dr. Lamb, when the Curators submitted their Reports. 



J. W. Colvile, President. 

 J. W. Laidlay, Secretary. 



Library. 

 The following books have been received since the last meeting. 



Presented. 



Archaeologia : or Miscellaneous Tracts relating to Antiquitj r , published by 

 the Society of Antiquaries of London. Vol. XXXII. 4to. — By the Society. 



Upadesaka, No. 27. — By the Editor. 



Oriental Baptist No. 27. — By the Editor. 



The Calcutta Christian Observer for March, 1849.— By the Editors. 



A Report on the Insects of Massachusetts, injurious to vegetation. Cam- 

 bridge : 1841. 8vo. — By the Legislature of Massachusetts. 



Reports on the Fishes, Reptiles, and Birds of Massachusetts. Boston, 

 1839, 8vo. — By the same. 



Report on the Invertibrata of Massachusetts, comprising the Mollusca, 

 Crustacea, Annelida, and Radiata. Cambridge : 1841. 8vo. — By the same. 



Reports on the Herbaceous Plants and on the Quadrupeds of Massachu- 

 setts. Cambridge: 1840. 8vo. — By the same. 



Tatwabodhini Patrika, No. 67. — By the Tatwabodhini Sabha. 



Journal of the Indian Archipelago. Vol. III. No. 1. — By the Editor. 



