702 Proceedings of the Asiatic Society, [Dec, 



" That in the case now before the Society, Mr. Koenig has a right 

 to expect that the books furnished to him in March, 1847, be for- 

 warded, and that the Society do procure and despatch them accord- 

 ingly as soon as possible, but also that for the future the Society 

 do abstain from disbursing or pledging itself to disburse sums in the 

 purchase of works not published by the Society, for individuals in 

 Europe, which sums are only to be prospectively repaid by the sale of 

 works received from such individuals, the Society not considering them- 

 selves in the light of purchasing agent for any par ties. " 



The other recommendations of the Section were unanimously agreed 

 to, as well as a subscription for 100 copies of Mr. Laidlay's version of 

 the travels of Fa Hian. 



The Hon'ble the President then brought to the notice of the Society 

 the loss they had sustained in the death of their distinguished Honor- 

 ary Member, Mr. David Hiram Williams, and proposed the following 

 resolution, which was unanimously agreed to : — 



"Resolved, that the Society 'desires to record its sense of the loss 

 which this Society, as well as the public service, has sustained by the 

 premature death of David Hiram Williams, Esq., the Superintend- 

 ent of the Geological Survey, and an Honorary member of the Asiatic 

 Society of Bengal/ ' 



" Resolved, that the above reso lution be communicated by the Secre- 

 tary to Mr. Williams' family." 



The Curators and Librarian having submitted their usual reports, the 

 meeting adjourned to January, 1849. 



(Signed) W. B. O'Shatjghnessy, 



Secretary. 



Report of the Curator Musuem Economic Geology for the month of November. 



Geology and Mineralogy. — I can do but little more this month than record 

 what has been received, having but just restored this department of the 

 Musuem to some order. 



From Captain H. L. Thuillier — Deputy Surveyor General. Eight Coloured 

 Lithographic Impressions of Captain Sherwill's Geological Map of Zillah 

 Monghyr and Bhaugulpore. 



W. Bracken, Esq. C. S. — A specimen of Fibrous Gypsum from America. 



I have put into the form of a paper for the Journal my notice of the mag- 

 nificent mass of Meteoric Iron now exhibited, which is the gift of our indefa- 



