388 Proceedings of the Asiatic Society. [March, 



Biblical and Theological Vocabulary in English and Bengali. — By the same. 



Dr. Carey's grammar of the Burman Language. — By the same. 



Bhagavat Gita, textum recensuit at notationes criticas et interpretationem Lati- 

 nam adjecet G. Schlegel ; Editio altra auctior et emendatior cura Christiani Lasseui. 

 — By the Editor. 



Kal'ha, Kena, Prasna, Mundaka, Mandukya, Aitareya, and Vajsaneya Oopani- 

 shads. — By Babu Rajendralal Mittra. 



Exchanged. 



The London, Edinburgh, and Dublin Philosophical Magazine, Nos. 196 — 7. 



Transactions of the Geological Society of London, Vol. VII. — part 3rd 



Purchased. 

 Journal des Savans, Octobre 1846. 

 The Annals and Magazine of Natural History, for December, 1846'. 



The Lord Bishop having retired and Mr. Bushby taken the chair. 



Mr. Hume rose and said there was a passage in the report lately 

 published to which he wished to call attention. "Regarding Dr. 

 Cantor's very beautiful drawings, the Secretaries have failed to obtain 

 some essential information, and which they cannot hope for before Mr. 

 Torren's expected visit to Calcutta in the ensuing month. The Com- 

 mittee of Papers confidently hope that in connexion with the Journal 

 nearly the whole of Dr. Cantor's drawings will be published by the 

 Society within a moderate period." He wished to ask if the informa- 

 tion alluded to had been obtained. Further, on turning to the accounts 

 he found that 2561 Rs. had already been spent on the Cantor draw- 

 ings. He supposed that the accounts published with the Report were 

 passed and beyond discussion, but he desired to be informed how many 

 of these drawings were actually completed, and whether vouchers were 

 forthcoming for the sums paid. He wanted a direct answer, a plain 

 yes or no, to these questions. 



Dr. O' ShaugJmessy , (Senior Secretary present) replied that had Mr. 

 Hume given any notice of his intention to ask these questions precise 

 answers would have been in readiness. He regretted Mr. Hume had not 

 started the discussion at the meeting regularly fixed for the considera- 

 tion of the Report. He objected to Mr. Hume's categorical mode of ques- 

 tioning, as one uncalled for and unnecessary among a Society of gentlemen, 

 whose only desire could be to aid each other in every enquiry calculated 

 for the Society's benefit Dr. O'Shaughnessy proceeded to observe 



