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be forwarded to the School-Book-Societies in Allahabad and Agra, and to 

 booksellers in Bombay and Madras, for sale on account of the Society. 



3. The Section beg to recommend the purchase of the accompanying 

 MS., containing a Persian translation of the Upanishads, which has been 

 offered to the Society at the price of 12 Rupees. 



I have the honour to be, Sir, 



Your most obedient servant, 

 E. Roer, 

 Secretary, Oriental Section, Asiatic Society. 

 Howrah, the 1st April, 1850. 



Resolved, that the Society adopt the proposition of the Oriental 

 Section regarding the publication of the Uttara Naishadha and Bhasha 

 Parich'heda, and for the transmission of the copies proposed to be sent to 

 Messrs. Allen and Co., and to the bodies and persons to whom copies 

 of the Bibliotheca Indica have hitherto been sent, and refers it to the 

 Oriental Section to consider and report, whether the list of bodies and 

 persons to whom that publication is now sent, may, to any, or what 

 extent, be usefully enlarged. 



From John Barlow, Esq., Secretary to the Royal Institution of Great 

 Britain, acknowledging receipt of No. 206 of the Journal, presented to 

 that Institution by the Society. 



From D. Edward Ruppell, Esq., Frankfort, offering a set of his Zoo- 

 logical works in exchange for a set of the Transactions of the Society. 



Ordered that the Secretary communicate to Mr. Ruppell, that a set 

 of the Asiatic Researches from VI. @ XX. (the first five volumes being 

 out of print) will be forwarded to Messrs. Allen and Co. to whom he 

 may send his works for the Society. 



From George Balfour, Esq., Magistrate of Monghyr, regarding the 

 gold coins submitted to the Society for inspection, by Mr. Cunliffe. 



The coins were ordered to be returned to Mr. Balfour. 



From Dr. E. Roer, Secretary, Oriental Section, recommending that an 

 English translation of the Lalita Vistara submitted to the Section by 

 Babu Rajendralal Mittra, be published in the Bibliotheca Indica. 



Resolved unanimously, that the recommendation of the Oriental 

 Section be adopted. 



From the same, proposing that the Rev. Principal Kay of Bishop's 

 College, be elected a member of the Oriental Section. 



