260 Proceedings of the Mad. Lit. Society [No. 37, 



By whom lost- 



Buffou's Histoire Naturelle, vol. 1 to 4, 8vo. .J. Sullivan, Esq 



Ouvres de J. J. Rousseau, vols. 12, The vol. in the Library 



being imperfect, 



Buhver's Night and Morning, 12mo., paid price, R. O.Campbell, Esq. 



The English Fireside, 3 vols. 12mo. do. . G. Harding, Esq 



Chalmer's on the Constitution of Man, 2 



vols. 8vo. do C Sooboo Moodeliar, 



Lady Hervey's Letters (ordered out by mis- 

 take and I* have been permitted to take it 



for the price mentioned,) 



The Secretary informed the Meeting that, under the rules of the So- 

 ciety, the prices of many of the above works should have been recovered 

 from Subscribers (the prices of those lost within the last two or three 

 years having been so recovered) and that some of the parties who are 

 answerable for books lost at more remote periods are still alive, a few 

 being resident in India, but the majority in Europe. As, however, the 

 greater part of the expense of replacing the deficient works, viz., 

 £37-1-6, must necessarily be borne by the Society, the Committee of 

 Management do not consider it expedient to attempt to give retrospec- 

 tive effect, for periods varying from 15 to 5 years, -to rules which should 

 have been acted upon immediately after the discovery of the deficiencies, 

 without ascertaining the opinion of the Subscribers on the subject, 

 which is accordingly submitted for the consideration of this Meeting. 



IV. Resoloed, — That, under the circumstances stated, the unrecovered 

 amount of the cost of the books in question be debited to the Society ; 

 and that the Committee of Management be requested to see that the 3d 

 of the Rules for the Library of the Society is enforced in all future cases 

 of the loss or injury of books by Subscribers. 



The Meeting proceeds, in conformity with RuleVI., to nominate Mem- 

 bers to form the General Committee of Management for the ensuing 

 year. 



V. Resolved, unanimously, — That Dr. Balfour, Dr. J. Kellie, Dr. T. 

 Key, Major T. T. Pears, c. B., and Major F. A. Reid, c. B., be request- 

 ed to become Members of the Managing Committee in addition to the 

 undermentioned Members of the present Committee : 



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