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great number of superfluous copies is on our shelves, the Section have 

 approved of the selection, and beg to recommend the exchange of these 

 works for those publications of the Society which the Moulavee has men- 

 tioned in his letter. 



3. The original application of Moulavee Abdullah is herewith returned. 

 I have the honour to be, Sir, 



Your most obedient servant, 



E. Roer, 



Secy, of the Oriental Section of the Asiatic Society. 



The above recommendations are approved of by the Council of the Asiatic 



Society. 



W. B. O'Shaughnessy, 



July 29th, 1848. Secy, of the Asiatic Society. 



Resolved that the recommendation of the Section be adopted. 



Read the following communication from the Oriental Section, recom- 

 mending the purchase of 50 copies of Mr. B. H. Hodgson's work on 

 the Aborigines of India. 



To Dr. W. B. O'Shaughnessy, Senior Secretary of the Asiatic Society. 



Asiatic Society, August 1st, 1848. 



Sir, — I have the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 

 30th ult., forwarding for the examination of the Section a copy of the first 

 part of Mr. Hodgson's work On the Aborigines of India. 



2. The Section recommend the purchase of 50 copies^of this very interesting 

 work by the Society, the expense to be borne by the Oriental Publication Fund, 



3. The copy of the Aborigines is herewith returned. 



I have the honour to be, Sir, 

 Your most obedient servant, 

 E. Roer. 



Secy, of the Oriental Section of the Asiatic Society. 

 On the question being put, Mr. Laidlay moved as an amendment, 

 which was seconded by Mr. Mitchell, and carried, that the Society sub- 

 scribe for 100 copies of the work, paying for the same from the Oriental 

 Fund. 



The communications for the Council and the Sections having been 

 disposed of, Mr. Mitchell brought forward a proposition to the effect 

 that a Sub-committee be formed, consisting of Dr. McClelland, Dr. 

 Falconer, Mr. Blyth, and Mr. Piddington, for the purpose of arrang- 

 ing and cataloguing the fossils. As this proposition were not seconded, 

 it was not put from that chair. 



