Aug. 1845.] Proceedings of the Asiatic Society \ lxix 



Read the following reply, by the Secretary, to the letter of His Ex- 

 cellency Count Ouvaroff, Minister of Public Instruction at St. Peters- 

 burgh. 



The Minister of Public Instruction, St. Petersburgh. 



I am honoured by being- made the medium of communicating- to your excellency 

 the expression of the deep sense entertained by the President and Members of the 

 Asiatic Society of Bengal of the gracious condescension of His Imperial Majesty the 

 Emperor in viewing and deigning- to direct the acknowledgment of their offering to 

 His library in a manner so honourable and gratifying to them . The splendid medal of 

 His Imperial Majesty will be regarded by the Society as among the most precious of 

 the mementos which it possesses of great and distinguished men. 



I am directed to forward a duplicate set of the works formerly dispatched for the 

 Imperial library at Moscow, together with duplicate copies of two works in Arabic and 

 Persian, published since the former dispatch. 



The munificent gift of books vouchsafed by His Imperial Majesty will prove a 

 most valuable addition to our stores of Eastern learning-. 



Allow me to record the expression of the pride which I must feel at finding myself 

 the intermediate agent in so gratifying a correspondence as the present. 



H. Torrens, 

 Vice Pres. and Sec. Asiatic Soc» 



Read the following letter in reply to an offer made by the Society to 

 furnish the Government of the North West Provinces with copies of the 

 second map of the Nerbudda River, from Hoosungabad to Mundlaisir, by 

 Colonel Ousely, now in the hands of the lithographers : — 



No. 596. 



From A. Shakespeare, Esq., Assistant Secretary to the Government of the N. W. P. 



To Henry Torrens, Esq., President and Secy. Asiatic Society, Calcutta. Dated Agra, 



the 17th July, 1845. 

 Genl. Dept. N. W. P. 



Sir, — I am directed to convey His Honor's thanks for the offer contained in your letter, 

 ofthe 28th ultimo, and to state that he will be glad to receive 100 copies of the Map 

 prepared by Colonel Ouseley, ofthe Nerbudda river, from Hoosungabad to Mundlaisir. 



A. Shakespear, 

 Assistant Secy, to the Govt. N. W. P. 

 Agra, the 17th July, 1845. 



Read the following letter :— - 



No. 811, of 1845. 

 From F. Currie, Esq., Secretary to the Government of India, 

 To the Secretary, Asiatic Society, Fort William, the 28th March, 1845. 

 Foreign Dept. 

 Sir,— I am directed by the Governor General in Council to transmit for such notice 



