1848.] Proceedings of the Asiatic Society. 165 



Dr. O'Shaughnessy, Professor Henry was named for election as an 

 Honorary Member of the Society. 



The Report for 1847 having been brought up for final consideration, 

 and a paragraph regarding the Subscriptions to the Society having been 

 modified on Dr. Walker's suggestion, Dr. Walker's name was added 

 to the Committee appointed to examine a proposal for the erection of a 

 new Museum. Dr. Walker, with reference to the rules of the Society, 

 read the following proposals : — 



1. "That no alteration in the Rules, nor any extraordinary expense 

 beyond (say) 500 Rupees, be sanctioned, except at the annual meeting 

 of the Society ; and that before any such questions are finally decided, 

 the Mofussil Members, as well as those residing in Calcutta, be called 

 upon to vote on the same." 



" Before this proposition be carried into effect, it is desirable that the 

 Rules of the Society should be made as perfect and complete as possible 

 and that during tbe interval between each annual meeting, the functions 

 of the Society be solely administrative, it is therefore proposed" — 



" 2nd — That the Council of the Society be appointed to revise the 

 Rules, and that these be carefully compared with the rules of similar 

 Institutions in Europe, and that copies of the latter, if they are not al- 

 ready in the Library, be immediately sent for overland." H. W. 



After a short discussion, Dr. Walker's proposition, supported by Dr. 

 O'Shaughnessy, was referred for consideration to the Council, who were 

 requested to act upon the 2d para, thereof, at their earliest convenience. 



The Report, with its several propositions, was then unanimously 

 adopted. 



Library. 



The following books have been received since the last meeting : — 



Presented. 



Notulse ad Plantas Asiaticas. Part I. Developement of Organs in Phane- 

 rogamous Plants. By the late W. Griffith, Esq. Edited by J. M'Clelland, Esq. 

 (2 copies). — Presented by the Government of Bengal. 



Icones Plantarum Asiaticarum, Part I. Development of Organs in Phanoe- 

 rogamous Plants. By the late W. Griffith, Esq. Edited by J. M'Clelland, 

 Esq. (2 copies). — By the same. 



Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bootan, Afghanistan and neighbour- 

 ing countries. By the late VV. Griffith, Esq. Edited by J. M'Clelland, Esq. 

 — By the same, 



