May 1861.] Proceedings. 157 



Ordered to be transferred to the Sub Committee on papers, and 

 to be acknowledged with thanks. 



Dr. Cleghorn communicates to the Meeting a Memoir of Dr. 

 Rottler by the Rev T. Foulkes and a copy of Mr. Clement Mark- 

 ham's Narrative of his journey to Peru and Bolivia to procure 

 plants and seeds of the Cinchona for introduction into India and 

 Ceylon. 



Ordered to be transferred to the Sub Committee on papers for 

 publication in the next number of the Journal. 



The Secretary lays before the Committee a letter from Dr. 

 Montgomery begging to resign the editorship of the Journal. 



The Committee regret that they can no longer have the bene- 

 fit of Dr. Montgomery's good services, and beg to thank him for 

 the assistance he has hitherto afforded them in the Journal de- 

 partment. 



At a Meeting of the Managing Committee of the Madras Lite- 

 rary Society and Auxiliary of the Royal Asiatic Society, held 

 at the Club House, on Thursday, the llth October, 1860. 



present. 



Colonel J. M. Adye, c. b. W. Hudleston, Esq., Secretary. 



J. T. Wheeler, Esq. I 



The Secretary laid before the Meeting the usual Monthly State- 

 ment prepared up to llth Instant. 



Resolved that the above Statement is satisfactory and be 

 passed. 



Read letter from Messrs. Schlagintweit, intimating the price of 

 the Crania, in reply to a communication to them on that subject. 



Resolved that Messrs. Schlagintweit's letter be submitted to 

 Government with reference to Proceedings of Government, Pub- 

 lic Department, and order thereon dated 15th March 1860, No. 

 376. 



Read Proceedings of the Madras Government, and order there- 

 on dated 21st September 1860, No. 564, relative to Experiments 

 with Coals from the Nerbudda Valley. 



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