PROCEEDINGS 



OF THE 



ASIATIC SOCIETY OF BENGAL 



For February, 1851. 



A Monthly General Meeting was held in the Society's rooms, Park 

 Street, on Wednesday the 5th instant, at half-past 8 p. m., 



Hon'ble Sir James W. Colvile, Kt., President, in the chair. 



The proceedings of the former meeting were read and confirmed. 



The following gentlemen were named for ballot at the next meeting : — 



Br. A. Sprenger ; — proposed by the President, and seconded by the 

 Secretary. 



J. H. B. Colvin, Esq., of the Civil Service ; — proposed by the Pre- 

 sident, and seconded by Mr. Beadon. 



Notes were recorded from E. Currie, Esq., W. H. L. Frith, Esq., 

 Lt. Ripley and Captain J. D. Pakenham, intimating their wish to 

 withdraw from the Society. 



Letters were read — 



1st. From C. M. Montriou, Esq., Superintendent of the Colaba 

 Observatory, forwarding a copy of the first part of the observations 

 made at that Observatory during the year 1847, containing the Magne- 

 tic observations. 



2nd. From N. Shaw, Esq., Secretary, Royal Geographical Society 

 of London, requesting spare Nos. of the Journal of the Asiatic So- 

 ciety, to complete the set of that work in the possession of the Geogra- 

 phical Society. Ordered that the Nos. be supplied to the Geographical 

 Society. 



3rd. From C. Wiedmann, Esq., Librarian of the Royal Academy 



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