xii Proceedings of the Asiatic Society. [Jan. 1845. 



We beg at the same time to apologize for the delay which, by some singular accident, 

 has occurred. With regard to the proposition of a transfer of the books, we beg to 

 state, for the information of the Hon'ble the Governor of Bengal, that the books 

 became the property of the Members of the Calcutta Public Library by a gift of the 

 Bengal Government, confirmed by the Hon'ble Court of Directors, under certain 

 engagements, which it is unnecessary at present to enter into, but which have been 

 always complied with. As books of reference, we beg to observe that they are far more 

 available to the public here than they can possibly be at the Library of the Asiatic 

 Society, from the number of our subscribers, and the popular form of our Institution 

 generally. I am, &c. 



(Signed) G. T. Makshall, Curator, 

 Metcalfe Hall, Chairman of the monthly meeting of Curators. 



4th Nov. 1844. (True copy,) 



A. TURNBULL, 



Under Secretary to the Government of Bengal. 



Resolved — That the following gentlemen, viz. : — 



Dr. Koer, 



Dr. Ganthony, 



S. G. T. Heatley, Esq. 



and H. Tor r ens, Esq. as Secretary, be requested to form a Sub- Committee for 



considering what interchange might take place between the Society and the Public 



Library, as to duplicate works, without reference to subsequent arrangements. 



Read the following letter addressed to the Geological Society of London, and it 



was agreed that it would be proper to despatch at the close of every year, one of the 



same tenor to every Society or Editor, whose works are regularly received by the 



Society. 



The Secretary, Geological Society of London. 



Sir, — I am directed to acknowledge the due and regular receipt of your Transactions 

 and Proceedings by the Asiatic Society of Bengal, and to express to your Society our 

 best thanks for the same. Should any irregularity in the receipt of the Journal or 

 Transactions (Researches) of the Asiatic Society of Bengal occur, our London pub- 

 lishers and Agents, Messrs. Allen and Co., will readily explain or rectify it. 



We have to request you will be good enough to transmit to them the numbers of 

 your Proceedings, noted on the other side, and your bill for them, as the most part have 

 probably been duly received by us, but are lost. 



(Signed) H.Torrens, 

 V. P. and Sec. Asiatic Society of Bengal. 

 Museum, 20th Jan. 1845. 



Read the following extract of a letter from Captain Phayre, B. N. I. to the Se- 

 cretary, dated Sandoway, 2nd December 184*. 



My dear Torrens, — I hope, before long, that L shall be able to offer a treatise 

 on Burmese Astronomy, from the pen of the Rev. Mr. Stilson, a Missionary here, 



