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also, as in all other branches of the objects of this Society, look to our 

 own strength, and to the combination of our private exertions only. 



Your Council is happy to announce that the Committee of Agriculture 

 and Commerce has commenced its operations, and that its first day's pro- 

 ceedings have been printed and circulated, a few copies of which are 

 now on the table. In the choice which the Committee has made of a 

 Chairman, your Council feels assured that it has secured to itself a 

 guide whose active exertions and great experience will be the best 

 guarantee of its prosperity. 



It will not be necessary here to allude to the various topics which 

 have engaged the attention of the Committee of Correspondence since 

 the last Anniversary, as the Right Honorable the Chairman of that Com- 

 mittee will doubtless furnish an ample explanation of them, and of their 

 interest and importance, in his Report. 



It is with much satisfaction that the Council adverts to the proceedings 

 of the Committee of the Oriental Translation Fund, and to the munificent 

 support which that institution continues to receive, evincing that the 

 cultivation of an acquaintance with the learning of the East, is looked 

 upon as an important object by the patrons of literature, both in this 

 country and on the Continent. 



The following w^orks have been recently published by the Commit- 

 tee : — 



1. The first volume of the great Bibliographical Dictionary of Haji 

 Khalfa ; edited and translated into Latin by Professor Fliigel. 



2. The concluding parts of the Travels of Macarius ; translated from 

 the Arabic, by Francis C. Belfour, Esq. 



3. The second part of the History of the Afghans ; translated from 

 the Persian, by Dr. B. Dora. 



4. The first part of the Arabian Chronicle of Tabari ; a work of much 

 authority in matters relating to the early history of the Mohammedans ; 

 translated into French by M. Dubeux. 



5. The second and concluding volume of the Harivansa; a mytholo- 

 gical work of the Hindus ; translated into French from the Sanskrit, by 

 M. Langlois. 



6. The second and concluding volume of the Chronicles of Rabbi 

 Joseph ; translated from the Hebrew by Dr. Bialloblotzky. 



7. The History of the Temple of Jerusalem ; translated from the 

 Arabic by the Rev. James Reynolds. 



8. The poem of Laill and Majmin ; translated from the Persian of 

 Nizami, by James Atkinson, Esq. 



