630 Proceedings of the Asiatic Society. [No./. 



Notice was given by Dr. A. Sprenger that he would propose at the 

 next meeting, 



That the Museum of Natural History of the Society be offered to 

 the Government for the formation of a Government Museum. 



This proposal was referred to the Council for Report under the 

 provisions of the Bye-laws. 



Communications were received — 



1st. From Mr. E. Thomas, enclosing a paper on certain ancient 

 coins collected in Peshawur. 



2nd. From Captain Thuillier, submitting an abstract of Meteoro- 

 logical mean annual summaries for ten years from 1841 to 1851. 



From the same, forwarding a note on an inscription found in Mon- 

 ghyr with a drawing by Captain Layard. 



From Babu Radhanath Sickdar, through Captain Thuillier. An 

 account of the table used for reducing Barometrical observations to 32 

 Fahrenheit, in the Surveyor General's Office, Calcutta. 



Resolved — that Dr. Fayerer be requested to favour the Society with 

 such information as he may be able to obtain, regarding an inscription 

 on the face of a rock near the Laur Thannah within ten miles of 

 Sylhet. 



Library. 



The following additions have been made to the Library since August last, 



Presented. 



Memoir on the Statistics of Indigenous education within the North West- 

 ern Provinces of the Bengal Presidency. Compiled from Official Documents 

 under orders of the Hon'ble the Lieut. -Governor of the North Western 

 Provinces. By R. Thornton, Esq. Calcutta, 1850. 8vo. — By the Govern- 

 ment of the North Western Provinces. 



Directions for Revenue Officers in the North Western Provinces. Cal- 

 cutta, 1850, 8vo. — By the Same. 



Official Reports on the Province of Kumaon with a Medical Report on 

 the Moharaari in Gurhwal, in 1849-50. By J. H. Batten, Esq. Agra, 1851, 

 8vo. — By the Same. 



Memoir on the Statistics of the North Western Provinces. By A. Shake- 

 spear, Esq. Calcutta, 1848, 8vo. — By the Same. 



Selections from the Records of the Bengal Government, No. II. Report 

 on the Nuddia Rivers. By Capt. Lang. By the Government of 

 Bengal. 



