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J. P. Grant, Esq., Jr., proposed by the President, seconcled by Mr, 

 Atkinson. 



Dr. Simpson, Civil Surgeon, proposed by the President, seconded 

 by Mr. Atkinson. 



George H. M. Batten, Esq., B. C. S., proposed by Mr. J. Strachey, 

 seconded by Dr. T. Thomson. 



E. G. Mann, Esq., Eajshaye, proposed by Mr. W. Theobald, Jr., 

 seconded by Mr. J. G. Medlicott. 



L. F. Byrne, Esq., C. E., proposed by the President and seconded 

 by Mr. Leonard. 



George Shelverton, Esq., proposed by Col. Waugh, seconded by 

 Major Thuillier. 



Syud Ahmed Khan, of Moradabad, proposed by the President, se- 

 conded by Mr. Cowell. 



Communications were received — 



1. From Lord H. Ulick Browne, Under-Secretary to the Govern- 

 ment of India, a copy of a letter from the Superintendent of Port- 

 Blair, reporting an afctack made by some of the aborigines on Dr. 

 Gamack and his boat's crew. 



2. From Baboo Radhanauth Sikdar, Abstract of the Meteorolo- 

 gical Observations taken at the Surveyor General's Office for Novem- 

 ber last. 



Mr. Cowell read a paper on " Attempts by Asiatic Monarchs to 

 introduce a Paper Currency." 



The thanks of the meeting were given to Mr. Cowell for his 

 valuable and interesting communication. 



The Officiating Librarian submitted the usual monthly report. 



The Library has received the following aecessions since the meeting in 

 May last. 



Presenied. 



Denscriften des Kaiserlichen Akademie Der Wissenschaften, Bands IX., 

 XV. and XVI. — By the Academy. 



Det Norske Sprogs. — By the Ckistiania Society. 



Kongeriget Norge, 3 parts. — By the Same. 



"Undervisningsvsesenets Zdstand i Norge, for 1853. — By the Same. 



Kongeriget Norge for 1857. — By the Same. 



Beretning, 1851 — 1855. — By the Same. 



Piperviten og Ruselotbatten. — By the Same. 



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