1834 ] Proceedings of the Madras Literary Society Sec, 194 



Resolved that the proposition of the Geological Society of France, 

 be acceded to and that copies of the Society's Transactions and 

 of the Journal of Literature and Science published under the auspices 

 of the Society, be presented to the Geological Society of France, and 

 to the other Foreign Societies, who have forwarded their Transaction! 

 to the Society. 



The thanks of the Meeting were voted to the Honorable the chair- 

 man, for his able conduct in the chair. 



IX. — At a Meeting of the Madras Literary Society and Auxi- 

 ^ liary of the Royal Asiatie Society^ held at the Society's 



RoomSf at the College, on Thursday evening the 21th FebrU' 



ary, 1834. 



Present. 



The Honorable Sir Ralph Palmer, President in the Chair. 

 Revd, Mr. Spring, Lieut, Col. Monteith, 



Lieut. Col. Nafier, Lieut, CoL Garrard, 



J. OUCHTERLONY, EsQ, J, Al^NESLEY, EsQ. 



J. G. Malcolmson, Esq. C, V, Lutchmiah, and 



R. Cole, Esq. J. C» Morris, Esq. Secretary. 



The Secretary lays before the meeting a Rustic Model of a Ma- 

 chine for raising water, a coloured sketch shewing the manner in 

 which the principles of the Machine may with facility be reduced 

 to practice, also a guide sketch, with references to the several parts 

 of the mechanism, and an interesting paper on the different methods 

 of raising water in India, presented to the Society by a scientific offi- 

 cer residing at the Presidency, The paper in question having been 

 selected for the evening's perusal was accordingly read by the Se- 

 cretary, and highly approved of by the meeting, and it is 



Resolved that the same be laid a side for publication in the next 

 No. of the Madras Journal of Literature and Science, and that the 

 thanks of the Society be communicated to the donor. 



The following books have been presented to the Society since the 

 last annual general meeting. 



Asiatic Researches, 17th Vol. Asiatic Society of Bengal. 



Prinsep*s Memoirs of Ameer Khan J. Prinsep Esq. 



Travels of Macarius 3d and 4th parts Royal Asiatic Society. 



