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Proceedings of the Mad. Lit. Society 



[No. 38, 



Public Department. 

 No. 322. 



Extract from the Minutes of Consultation, dated 8th April, 1851. 

 Resolved, that the Barometrical Sections which accompanied General 

 Cullen's Report on the Sundoor Hills, dated 21st October, 1846, be sent to 

 the Madras Literary Society for the purpose of being lithographed with 

 the Collections referred to in their Secretary's communication of the 16th 

 January last. 



(True Extract.) 



(Signed) H. C. Montgomery, 



Chief Secretary. 

 To the Managing Committee of the Madras Literary Society 



and Auxiliary of the Royal Asiatic Society. 



I. Resolved, — That the Extract from Minutes of Consultation and its 

 enclosure be recorded, and that the Barometrical Sections received there- 

 with be disposed of as directed by Government. 



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

 1851, advising the despatch of periodicals and books per Steamer. 



II. Resolved, — That the receipt of Messrs. Allen and Co.'s letter be ac- 

 knowledged, and that they be requested to send out the following books 

 for the use of the Society : — 



History of the Jews in Great Britain, by the Rev. Moses Margoliouth. 



Narrative of Travels in the United States during the year 1850, by the Lady 

 Emroreline Stuart "Wortley. 



Goa and the Blue Mountains, or Six Months of Sick Leave, by Lieut. R. F. Bur- 

 ton, Bombay Army. 



Everard Tunstall, a Story of the Kaffir War, by F. Forester. 



Nobody's Son ; or the Adventures of Percival Mayberry. 



Yeast, a Problem — Re-printed from Fraser's Magazine. 

 Read Memorandum from the Librarian. 



Memorandum. 



Major P. Anstruther, C. B. has left the Presidency without returning to 

 the Library the undermentioned books belonging to the Society although 

 application for them was made a few days previous to his departure. 



Chalmers's Caledonia, ' , - 3 vols. 



Piddington on Storms, 1 vol. 



Harris on Thunder Storms, - - 1 vol. 



III. Resolved, — That Major Anstruther be applied to on the subject of 

 the books in question by the first opportunity. 



Read Memorandum from the Librarian. 



The accompanying book, the Moorland Cottage, wjis returned to the 



