PROCEEDINGS 



OF THE 



ASIATIC SOCIETY OF BENGAL 



For June, 1850. 



At a Meeting of the Asiatic Society of Bengal held on the 5th 

 June, 1850, 



The Hon'ble Sir J. W. Colvile, President, in the Chair, 



The proceedings of the May Meeting were read and confirmed. 

 Letters were read — 



From G. A. Bushby, Esq. and Lieut. A. G. Austen, intimating their 

 desire to withdraw from the Society. 



From J. Thornton, Esq., Secretary to the Government of the North 

 Western Provinces, enclosing, in original, the first 70 paragraphs of a 

 Report on the Statistics of the Banda district, drawn up by Mr. M. P. 

 Edgeworth, Esq. C. S. Ordered for publication in the Journal. 



From Munshi Nizam-Ud-din of Poonah, offering his services to the 

 Society as a translator, and forwarding a copy of a Hindustani work 

 by him, entitled Insha-i- Hindi. 



From Captain J. C. Hannyngton, submitting a set of Tables for 

 computing heights by the Barometer. 



From Rev. J. Long, soliciting copies of the Bibliotheca Indica for 

 ten Vernacular Libraries established by the Church Missionary Society, 

 in Calcutta, Krishnaghur and Burdwan. 



Ordered that the subject be brought forward for consideration at the 

 next meeting, and that in the meantime, Rev. Mr. Long be requested 

 to send in an official letter regarding it. 



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