482 Proceedings of the Mad. Lit. Society [No. 38, 



Memorandum. 



Amount due by the Society to the Booksellers up to this date, 5th De- 

 cember 1850, £ 138-18-1. 



IX. Resolved, — That these Memoranda be recorded. 



(Signed) Edward Balfour, (Signed) J. J. LoSH, 



Chairman. Secretary M. L. S. &c. 



At a Meeting of the Managing Committee of the Madras 

 Literally Society and Auxiliary of the Royal Asiatic Society, 

 held at the Club House, on Tuesday, the 7th January, 1851, 

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



Present. 



Chairman. 

 E. G. Balfour, Esq. 

 Members. 



Major P. Anstrutheb, C. B. Dr. J. Kellie, 



Major G. Balfour, B. H. Williamson, Esq. and 



Captain J. J. Losh, Secretary. 

 The Chairman represents to the Meeting that it is understood that the 

 Lithographic Press in the Chief Engineer's Office is so fully and continu- 

 ally employed that, even if Government should consent to direct the Ba- 

 rometrical Sections to be lithographed there, there would be no prospect 

 of the work being completed in any reasonable time, and that, therefore, 

 it appears advisable to apply for the aid of Government in the undertak- 

 ing in some different shape. 



I. Resolved, — In supercession of the 4th Besolution of the Meeting on 

 the 1st October, and that on the same subject forming part of the 7th 

 Besolution of the Meeting on the 5th December, 1850, that Government 

 be informed that it is the intention of the Committee to publish the 

 Barometrical Sections in question, and solicited to assist the undertaking 

 by the purchase of from 150 to 200 copies, for public purposes. 



Read letter from Messrs. W. H. Allen and Co., dated 19th Novem- 

 ber, 1850, advising the despatch of periodicals and books per Steamer. 



II. 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 : — 



