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returned nor do I now expect it to be so, so I shall be happy either to 

 pay the value of it or to replace it. 



13th October. (Signed) J. Kellie. 



Memorandum. 



The price paid by the Society in 1822 for a copy of Bracebridgo 

 Hall, 2 vols., octavo, by Washington Irving is £1-12-6. A second 

 hand copy of this work if ordered out from England may now be had 

 much cheaper. Corinne ou L'ltalie, par Madam DeStael, 2 vols., 12mo. 

 published in 1821 and lost by W. McTaggart, Esq., may also be order- 

 ed out from England. 



IT". Resolved, — That Messrs, Allen and Co. be requested to obtain 

 and send out as soon as possible second hand copies of the works in 

 question, and that the prices of them, as soon as ascertained, be debited 

 respectively to Dr. J. Kellie and W. McTaggart, Esq. 



Read Memorandum of the Librarian. 



Memorandum. 



Previous to Dr. Cole's departure for the Cape he was requested to 

 return certain books belonging to the Library ; and they were return- 

 ed accordingly with the exception of Erancesca Carrara, 3 vols., and 

 Blackwood's Magazine for December 1847, which Dr. Cole stated he 

 believed were at Mr. Teed's. On application being made to Mr. Teed 

 he stated that the books were not with him. 



V. Resolved,— That if the number of Blackwood's Magazine is a 

 duplicate, the consideration of the subject of this Memorandum be post- 

 poned until Dr. Cole's return to the Presidency, as it does not appear 

 to the Committee necessary that the missing Works should be immedi- 

 ately replaced ; but if there is no other copy of the same No. of 

 Blackwood's Magazine in the Library, one must be immediately sent 

 for, and the price debited to Dr. Cole. 



Bead Memorandum of the Librarian. 



Memorandum. 



Dr. St. John states on the cover of the accompanying number of 

 Punch that he received it with pages 221 to 224 inclusive missing. He 

 however passed it on to the next gentleman Mr. Brown who forwarded 

 it to Dr. Shaw from whom it was returned to the Library. 



VI. Resolved,— That steps be taken to procure duplicates of the 

 missing pages of Punch at the expense of the Society, as it seems im- 

 possible to ascertain who should be made responsible for the loss of 

 them. 



