xciv Proceedings of the Asiatic Society. [Oct. 1845. 



3, You are requested to submit a note of the probable size of the aviary,and to consult 

 with the Secretary as to the site, which may be perhaps so selected as to make the object 

 on ornamental and attractive one on the premises. It is of course understood that the 

 aviary remains a fixture pending' communication with the party at whose cost it is erected. 



4. The charge of the birds on account of Lord Derby is a duty which the Committee 

 conclude will in no way interfere with your professional pursuits on the Society's account. 



H. T. 



The proposal was generally approved, and the Secretary was requested 

 to superintend the erection of the intended structure, in communication 

 with Lord Derby on the subject. 



Read the following letter from the Asiatic Society of Ceylon : — 



The Secretary of the Asiatic Society of Bengal. 

 Sir, — I am directed by the Asiatic Society of Ceylon to order for their use the Journal 

 of the Asiatic Society of Bengal. On your sending me an account of the annual subscrip- 

 tion an order for the amount shall be sent, in the mean time you will perhaps oblige the 

 Society by sending- a copy of the last addressed to me. 



Wm. Knighton, 

 Honorary Secretary. 

 Colombo, August IQth, 1845. 



Resolved that the Secretary be desired to express the gratification of 

 the Society at the prospect of an intercourse with that of Ceylon, and 

 to request its acceptance of as complete a set of the Society's Researches 

 and Journal as can be now procured, free of expense, and that the same 

 be regularly forwarded to it in future. 



Read the following letter from the Baron Von Hammer Purgstall : — 



Sir, — I have the honour of transmitting by your channel to the Asiatic Society, the 

 set of the Vienna Review of the last year, together with a small Arabic prayer-book of 

 mine, and to be with the highest regard, 



Sir, Your's most humble, most obedient servant, 



J. Hammer Purgstall. 

 Vienna, the %th of February, 1845. 



The beautiful translation of the Arabic Book of Prayer was much 

 admired, and the Secretary was desired, specially, to express the best 

 thanks of the Society for this valuable addition to its library. 



Read the following letter of the Chief Librarian to the King of 

 Prussia : — 



To the Honorable the Vice-President and Secretary of the Asiatic Society of Bengal. 



Sir,— Having received through His Excellency Dr. Eichhorn, His Majesty's Minister 



of Public Instruction, a copy of the standard works in and upon the Arabic, Sanscrit and 



Thibetan language, published by or deposited for sale with the Royal Society of Bengal, 



and sent to 1 1 is Excellency, with your letter dated September, 1843. I feel it an incum- 



