416 Proceedings of tie Mad. Lit. Society [No. 38, 



Madras Literary Society, D r * 



1842- To St. Andrew's Library, Calcutta. 



Aug. 8th. 



ES. A. F„ 



To 5 Copies Alif Leila, vol. 4, at 12, 60 0 0 



Packing, &c.,. 3 0 0 



Freight on Steamer, 6 4 0 



„ Postage 0 6 0 



„ Interest on Rs. 69-10 from 1st Jan. 1848, to 31st 



Aug. 1849, at 10 per cent 11 8 o 



Company's Rups. . 81 2 0 



(Signed) T. & Co. 



I. Resolved,— That application be made to R. Cole, Esq., late Secre- 

 tary to the Madras Literary Society in the Asiatic Department for 

 any information it may be in his power to furnish respecting Messrs. 

 Thacker and Co.'s demand against the Society. 



The Secretary lays before the Meeting a manuscript list of books in 

 the Society's Library received since the publication of the last Cata- 

 logue in December, 1846, and suggests the expediency of having it 

 printed, and copies supplied to Subscribers, as a Supplement to the Ca- 

 talogue. 



II. Resolved, — That the list in question be continued up to the end of 

 the present year, and as soon as completed, printed as early as pos- 

 sible in 1850. 



Eead copy of bill for printing No. 35 of the Society's Journal 

 amounting to Eupees 400-12-6. 



III. Resolved— That this bill be laid before the next monthly Meet- 

 ing of the Committee. 



Head letter from Messrs. W. H. Allen and Co., dated 18th August, 

 1849, advising the despatch of periodicals and books per Steamer. 



IV. Resolved, — That the receipt of Messrs. Allen and Co.'s letter 

 be acknowledged and that they be requested to send out the following 

 books for the use of the Society. 



The Fortunes of Woman : Memoirs, edited by Miss Lamont, 3 vols. 

 Letters on the Manners and Customs of the English, by Mrs. Whittaker. 

 Kaloolah ; or, Journeyings to the Djebel Kumri, an Autobiography of Jona- 

 than Romer. 



Facts and Reflections, by a Subaltern of the Indian Army. 

 The Emigrant Churchman in Canada, 2 vols. 



