March, 1845.] Proceedings of the Asiatic Society. xxxiii 



At the December meeting Dr. Haeberlin announced through the Secretary his inten- 

 tion of publishing a Sanscrit Anthology consisting of fifty brief but choice specimens of 

 the best School, that of Kali Dasa, of Sanscrit poetry, didatic, elegiac and others. 

 This offers to the Sanscrit Scholar a description of work as yet a desideratum in the 

 learned world, a book namely, which may enable him to study in brief, and at small cost, 

 the best and choicest classical style of eminent writers in that ancient and admirable 

 language. Dr. Haeberlin proposes to publish the work himself, but in communication 

 with him the Secretary suggested to the Society their taking a certain number of copies 

 of it. It will prove a most valuable book to the Society, for the purpose of distribution 

 to learned bodies, and individual scholars in correspondence with it. The copies will be 

 delivered at trade price. He stated that he was not prepared to note at present the 

 number of copies to be taken, but after making a list of quarters in which they might 

 be distributed, and a reasonable stock of reserve copies, the Secretary said he would have 

 the honor of laying that list definitely numeralised, before the Society if the general pro- 

 position be favourably received. 



The Secretary stated that it had been deemed advisable that the 

 Society should subscribe for 100 copies of this interesting work, which 

 was agreed to. 



The Secretary presented on the part of S. G. T. Heatly, Esq. an 

 abstract of the proceedings of the former Statistical Committee of the 

 Society, (December, 1836, to March, 1839,) and it was resolved — 



That the records which are not at present forthcoming be searched 

 for, that the abstract be circulated to the Committee of Papers, that the 

 Committee of Papers resume the Statistical Committee's deferred pri- 

 vileges, and that it be recommended to them to re-agitate the right of 

 free postage, &c. &c. 



The Secretary stated that he had received from Captain Cunningham 

 and Mr. Tregear a collection of coins which they offered for sale, and 

 of which the package, yet unopened, was upon the table, but that he 

 desired, previous to submitting the proposal to the Society, to communi- 

 cate with Captain Cunningham. 



The following coins were presented by the Sub-Secretary on the part 

 of Captain Marriot, B. N. I. — 2 coins of Mahmed Shah, Ben Nassir 

 Shah, A. II. 627-634. 1 coin of Mahmed Toghluk, A. H. 725-752, 

 both were in the Society's cabinet, and 2 Bactrian coins of Kadphises, 

 and on the part of Lieutenant Sherwill, B. N. I., of the Behar Revenue 

 Survey, two bags containing 134 old pice of various coinages. 



Read the following letter in reply to the Society's application for 

 Lieutenant Yule's report on the Cherra Poonjee coal, as noted in the 

 Proceedings for October last : — 



