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The Report on the " Vedas" (see May number) was brought up, 

 having been circulated to resident members for consideration prior to 

 the meeting — and the several propositions made by the Committee 

 respecting the publication were unanimously adopted. 



The following propositions by the Committee of Papers were submit- 

 ted and unanimously agreed to : — 



1 . That Hekekyan Bey, late President of the Ecole Poly technique 

 of Cairo, on the recommendation of Capt. Newbold, seconded by Mr. 

 Piddington and Mr. Welby Jackson, be elected an Honorary Member 

 of the Asiatic Society, and presented with copies of their Researches, 

 Journal and Oriental publications. 



2. The Rev. Dr. Hseberlin having officially addressed the Senior 

 Secretarv, declaring his inability from absence, to take that part he 

 would desire to do in the Society's proceedings, and tendering his 

 resignation as member of the Committee of Papers and Oriental Section, 

 the Committee of Papers renew their proposition of Baboo Debendro- 

 nath Tagore, as a member of the Committee of Papers, vice Dr. 

 Hseberlin. 



3. The Committee of Papers recommend that Mr. G. Wilby be re- 

 quested to act as a member of the Section of Mineralogy and Geology. 



The usual monthly Reports of the Librarian and Curators were sub- 

 mitted. 



Books received for the Meeting of the 5th May, 1847. 

 Presented. 



Meteorological Register kept at the Surveyor General's Office, for the 

 month of March, 1847. — From the Surveyor General's Office. 



Ditto ditto kept at Kyouk Phyoo during March, 1847. — By the Secre- 

 tary to the Superintendent of Marine. 



The Calcutta Christian Observer for May, 1847. — By the Editors. 



The Oriental Baptist, Nos. 1 to 5. — By the Editor. 



The Oopadeshak, a Bengali periodical, Nos. 1 to 5. — By the Editor. 



Antiquarisk Tidsskrift, udgivet af det Kongelige Nordiske Aldskrift-Selskab, 

 1843 — 1845, Anclet Hefte. — By the Socie'te' Roy ale des Anti- 

 quaires du Nord. 



Annaler for Nordisk Oldkyndighed, udgivne af det Kongelige Nordiske 

 Oldskrift — Selskab, 1844-5. — By the same. 



Americas Arctiske landes Gamle Geographic efter de Nordiske Oldskrifter, 

 ved Carl Christian Rafn. — By the same. 



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