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Proceedings of the Mad. Lit. Society • [No. oA, 



At a Meeting of the Managing Committee held in the Society's 

 Rooms, on Monday, the \'2th April, 1847. 



Ill conformity AVith the 2d Resolution at their Meeting held on the 

 12th Februai'Y last, the Committee proceed, Avith particular reference to 

 the communication from B. H. Hodgson, Esq., to take into consideration 

 the expediency of resuming the publication of the Society's Journal. 



I. Resolved, — That there appears no sufficient reason for permanently dis- 

 continuingthe i)ublicationof the Society's Journal, and, accordingly, that ar- 

 rangements be made for publishing the 32d Number, for Avhich (including 

 Mr. Hodgson's papers'") almost sufficient matter seems already available. 



JResolred, further, — That ajiplication be made to all Members of the So- 

 ciety who do not subscribe to the Journal for their support to the latter, 

 and that, as soon as a selection can be made from the scientific Reports 

 and other papers received from Government, it be proposed to Govern- 

 ment that the papers so selected shall be published in the Journal,! such 

 pecuniary assistance, as may be deemed sanctioned by the orders of the 

 Honorable the Court of Directors, either by defraying a proportion of the 

 expenses of the Journal, or by subscribing permanently to it an adequate 

 monthly sum, being at the same time applied for. 



JResolved, further, — That literary and scientific contributions to the Jour- 

 nal be invited. 



*3ist March, 1847. liead letters from J. U. Ellis, Esq.* and Captain Lud- 

 + loth April, 1847. low,t tending the resignation of their offices as Members 

 of the Committee in consequence of being about to leave the Presidency. 



II. Resolved, — That to fill up the vacancies occasioned by their resig- 

 nation, and in accordance with Eule X., C. P. Brown, Esq., and E. B. 

 Powell, Esq., be requested to become Members of the Committee. 



.-,^ci.AT T. ,n.., Eead letter* from T. Boileau, Esq., stating that he 

 • 29th March, 1847. . , /. 



has left at his house exposed for sale about 1,000 



Tolumes of standard and most useful works to which he begs to invite 

 the choice of the Committee ; and offering, in particular, a copy of Forcel- 

 lini's Latin Lexicon in 2 volumes quarto, at the price for which he obtain- 

 ed it as a favor, viz. Eupees 50. 



III. Resolved, — That the Librarian be requested to obtain, if possible, 

 a Catalogue of the books in question, showing their respective prices, in 

 time for circulation to the Committee prior to the day fixed for their sale. 

 It is observed that the Society's Library is already provided with a copy 

 of the particular work mentioned by Mr. Boileau. 



* These papers, having in the interim appeared in the Calcil**» Journal of Natural His- 

 tory, were not published by the Society. 



t Notices of some of these will be found in No. 32 " on the Gold Mincfi of Malabar," and 

 in Ihe present No. " on the labours of Dr. Tunibull Christie.'' " • 



