636 Proceedings of the Asiatic Society, [No. 7. 



A Synopsis of Science; from the Standpoint of the Nyaya Philosophy 

 Vol. I. — By the same. 



The White Yayur Veda, Nos. 6 and 7- — By De. A. Weber. 



Exchanged. 

 The Philosophical Magazine, for August, 1852. 



Purchased. 

 The Annals and Magazine of Natural History, No. 56. 

 The North British Review, No. 34. 

 Comptes Rendus, Nos. 1 to 4, for July, 1852. 



For November, 1852. 



The Society met on the 3rd instant, at half-past 8 p. m. 

 Sir James Colvile, Knight, President, in the Chair. 



Rev. Mr. Wallis was introduced as a visitor by Dr. Sprenger. 



The proceedings of the last meeting were read and confirmed. 



Presentations were received — 



1st. From J. J. Akerman, Esq., Secretary to the Royal Society of 

 Antiquaries. Archseologia, Vols. 33-4, and Proceedings of the Royal 

 Society of Antiquaries, Vol. II. 



2nd. From the Imperial Academy of Vienna, through its Book- 

 seller Mr. Braumiiller, the latest publications of the Academy. 



The following gentlemen, duly proposed and seconded at the last 

 meeting, were balloted for and elected ordinary members. 



Manickjee Rustomjee, Esq. 



Dr. A. Christison, B. M. S. 



Read a letter from Dr. Bedford, enclosing a paper on the Meteoro- 

 logy of Rampur Boaleah. Ordered for publication in the Journal. 



Read the subjoined extract from a letter from the Rev. F. Mason, 

 dated, Sea coast near Tavoy, loth September, asking information re- 

 garding copies of the " Lat" character inscriptions, said to have been 

 received by Mr. J. Prinsep, just before his death. 



" I learned from the Journal several years ago, that just before Prinsep 

 was taken sick, he had received fresh and more accurate copies of the 

 Lat character Inscriptions, from which he was preparing a revised edition 

 of his translations ; but his untimely death prevented him from executing 

 so desirable a work. Can you inform me whether the fac-similes and 

 revised copies of the Inscriptions are still in the Library of the Asiatic 

 Society ? There are several places in the Inscriptions which it is exceed- 

 ingly desirable to see accurately represented, as the words have an import- 



