£54 Proceedings of the Mad. Lit Society [No. 37, 



Gleanings in Science. The Committee moreover observe that, even if the 



work was required, the price asked for it seems very high. 



Read letter* from Mr. M. Plumbe, for- 

 * Dated Jst March, 1819. t r < * , 0 . 



warding lor presentation to the Society a 



copy of the Oath of Allegiance, in two vols. 



IV. Eesoived,—--Tha,t Mr. M. Plumbe be thanked, on behalf of the 

 Society, for his present to it. 



Eead letters from Messrs. \V. IT. Allen and Co. dated 18th and 19th 

 January, 1 S49, the former containing 1 a statement of their account with 

 the Society for the past year, and the latter advising the despatch of 

 books and periodicals per Steamer. 



V. Rcsolced, — That the receipt of these letters and the books and 

 periodicals therein mentioned be acknowledged, and that Messrs. Allen 

 and Co. be informed that their statement of account with the Society for 

 184S, showing a balance in their favor of £ 165-12-6, has been found 

 correct. Also that it be intimated to them that the copy of Milman's 

 Horace received by the last Steamer has been much damaged on the 

 passage, and that although the Committee would be glad to have a copy 

 of the Travels of Marco Polo if procurable at any thing like its original 

 price, they do not consider it expedient to purchase it at the present 

 enhanced price. Further that they be requested to send out the under- 

 mentioned books : 



Essay on the Union of Church and State, by the Rev. Baptist Noel. '| 

 Memoirs of Prince Rupert and the Chevaliers, by E. Wavburton, Esq. 

 My Uncle the Curate, by the Author of the " Bachelor of the Albany." 

 Mordaunt Hall, by the Author of " Emilia Wyndham." The Emigrant 

 Family, by the Author of " Settlers and Convicts." Memoirs and Ad- 

 ventures of Sir William Kirkaldy of Grange. The Life and Times of John 

 Calvin, translated from the German of Paul Henry, by H. Stebbing. 

 Burke's Baronetage, latest edition. Burke's Peerage, latest edition. 



(Signed) Walter Elliot, Chairman. (Signed) J. J. Losh, 



Secretary M. L. S. 



At a Meeting of the Managing Committee of the Madras Literary 

 Society and Auxiliary of the Royal Asiatic Society, held at the 

 Club House, on Tuesday the 3d April, 1849, at 7 o'clock p. M. 

 Present. 

 Members, 



T. Pycroft, Esq. ; R. H. Williamson, Esq., and Captain J. J. Losn, 



Secretary. 



A General Statement of the Society's accounts for 1848 is laid on the 

 table. 



