1850.] 



and Auxiliary Royal Asiatic Society. 



427 



At a Meeting of the Managing Committee of the Madras Li- 

 terary Society and Auxiliary of the Royal Asiatic Society, 

 held at the Club House, on Tuesday the 6th January, 1850, 

 at half past 6 o'clock, p. m. 



Present. 



Chairman. 

 E. G. Balfour, Esq. 



Members. 



Major P. Anstruther, 0. B. Dr. T. Key, 

 W. U. Arbuthnot, Esq. Major T. T. Pears, C. B. 



Dr. J. Kellie, T. Pycroft, Esq., and 



Captain J. J. Losh, Secretary. 



Absent. 



Sir H. C. Montgomery, Bart. Lieut. Colonel F. A. Eeid, C. B. 

 J. Ouchterlony, Esq. K. H. Williamson, Esq. 



Eead note to the address of the Secretary from Dr. G. Buist of Bom- 

 bay, received with a copy of his work termed Annals of India for the 

 year 1843 presented by him to the Literary Society. 



My Dear Sir, — The accompanying contains two little Works for your 

 Society and I trust you will pardon the liberty I have taken in ad- 

 dressing the other copies under cover to you. They will reach you 

 free of charge and I shall feel greatly obliged to you for having them 

 delivered. 



(Signed) Geo. Buist. 



November \7th> 



I. Resolved, — That the book in question be deposited in the Libra- 

 ry, on behalf of the Literary Society, for his present to it. 



Eead letter to the address of the Secretary from Captain S. Hay. 



Chingleput, Thursday. 



My Dear Sir, — Would you kindly order my donation to be refund- 

 ed as I find agreeably to Rule 4 that as I am not permanently station- 

 ed or resident at the Presidency I can become a Member of the Society 

 and be entitled to all the privileges of Members of the 2d Class, with- 

 out paying donation which has been erroneously charged me I pre- 

 sume. 



(Signed) S. Hay. 



II. Resolved,— That Captain Hay be informed that the Committee 

 regret that his request that amount of his donation as a 2d Class Sub- 



