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The Council having had under their consideration a proposal of Dr. 

 A. Sprenger to print in the Bibliotheca Indica the following works : 

 namely ; — Hadykah, a Persian Poem, by Sanay, to be edited by Agha 

 Mohammed Shoostry and Dr. A. Sprenger ; the Hayat al Haywan of 

 Damyry, to be edited by Moulovie Mohammed Wajyh ; and the Itqan 

 of Suyuty to be edited by Moulovies Busheerooddeen and Nurul Hakk ; 

 recommend that the offer be accepted and these works be printed 

 in the Bibliotheca. A full account of these works will be given in 

 the preface of each work agreeably to the resolution of the Society 

 of the 5th December, 1851. 



Babu Gyanendro Mohun Tagore, duly proposed and seconded at the 

 last meeting, was balloted for and elected an ordinary member. 



W. Lees, Lieut., N. I., was proposed as an ordinary member of the 

 Society by J. R. Colvin, Esq., and seconded by Dr. A. Sprenger. 



Communications were received : — 



1st. — From B. H. Hodgson, Esq., communicating a valuable paper 

 entitled " On the Indo-Chinese hordes and their connexion with the 

 Himalayans and Thibetans." 



With reference to Mr. Hodgson's request for the loan of Klaproth's 

 Asia Polyglotta and Adelung's Mithridates, the Rev. Mr. Kay promised 

 to send the first named book to Mr. Hodgson. 



2nd. — From Rev. J. Long — An Analysis of the Raghu Vansa. 



3rd. — From Capt. Layard, through Capt. Thuillier, fac-simile of an 

 Arabic inscription from Rajmahal. 



4th. — From the same, in continuation of his letter received last 

 month, with reference to his researches into the ruins of Gour, and 

 enclosing a paper entitled " Nooks and Corners of India, No. 1." 



The following is an extract from Capt. Layard' s letter : — 



"My short visit to Gour has been one of much interest to me, al- 

 though from being obliged to return to the duties of my office I was 

 unable to complete my sketches and enquiries in the southern suburbs 

 of the city near Chandnee. I was fortunately able to visit the whole 

 of the northern portion of the ruins as far as Gungerampore on the 

 banks of the Kalindree, which I take to be the most ancient part of 

 the city, or rather the Gour of the Hindus, previous to the invasion 

 of the Mussalman conqueror Mahommed Bukhtyar. Besides sketches 

 of all the ruins, I have taken drawings of many remains of architec- 



