1850.] 



and Auxiliary Royal Asiatic Society. 



499 



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

 rary Society and Auxiliary of the Royal Asiatic Society, held 

 at the Club House, on Tuesday, the 1st April, 1851, at half 

 past 6 o'clock, p. m. 



Present. 



Chairman. 

 E. G. Balfour, Esq. 

 Members. 



J. Ouchterlony, Esq. Dr. T. Key, Esq., 



B. H. Williamson, Esq. Captain J. J. LosH, Secretary, 



Absent- 



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



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



Major G. Balfour, T. Pycroft, Esq. 



S. C. Roe, Esq.,M.D. 



Eead letter from the Secretary to the Asiatic Society of Bengal. 

 J. J. LosH, Esq. Secretary Literary Society, Madras. 



Sin, — On the part of the Honorable the President and Members of 

 the Asiatic Society of Bengal, I am directed to convey to you their best 

 thanks for your present of the Madras Journal of Literature and Science 

 Volume XIV. which has been received and deposited in the Library of 

 the Society. 



I am, Sir, 

 Your obedient Servant, 

 Asiatic Society's Rooms, "i (Signed) Fletcher Hayes, 

 Calcutta, 10th March, 1851. J Secretary, 



I. Resovled, — That this letter be recorded. 

 Read Note from G. L. Prendergast, Esq. 



In reply to the inquiry in respect to the damage to this book, "Ni- 

 neveh and Persepolis" by W. S. Vaux, Mr. G. L. Prendergast begs to 

 state that he observed the injury dene to pages 287 to 289 when he 

 opened the book. Mr, Prendergast is not aware that he has any thing 

 in his house which would injure a book in that way. He would have 

 said as much on returning the book yesterday if he had thought it wa§ 

 expected of him. 



Agnew's Gardens, 27th February, 1851. 



IT. Resolved, — That, under the explanation submitted by Mr. Pren- 

 dergast, he cannot be held responsible for the damage done to the book 



