1849.] 



and Auxiliarij lloyal Asiatic Society. 



575 



The work in question, and also the* transactions of the Bombay 

 Geographical Society from January 1847 

 * '^^^^^iV^tj:'^''''' """" t« ^P^il 1848, andt Nos. 5 and 6 of 

 ^sffgaporef ^' volume 2d, and Supplement to No. 6 of 



volume 1st of the Journal of the Indian 

 Archipelago and Eastern Asia, presented to the Society since the last 

 Meeting, are laid before the Meeting. 



III. Resolved, — That these publications be deposited in the Li- 

 brary. 



Eead letter from Messrs. Wm. H. Allen and Co., dated 19th June, 

 184S, advising the despatch of periodicals and of books per Steamer, 

 and stating that they have been obliged to subscribe to the Haklayt 

 Society for the purpose of obtaining a copy of Hawkins's South Sea 

 Voyages, and requesting to be informed if the subscription is to be con- 

 tinued. 



IV. Resolved, — That the receipt of this letter be acknowledged, and 

 that Messrs. Allen and Co. be requested to continue to subscribe to the 

 Hakluyt Society on account of the Madras Literary Society. Also 

 that the receipt of the books and periodicals in question be acknowledg- 

 ed, as soon as it is ascertained that they have arrived, and that the 

 following works be ordered out for the use of the Society : 



The Fairfax Correspondence. 

 Japan and Japanese, post octavo. 



Histoire des Cagots on races proscrits en France and Espagne, par M. Mi- 

 chel. 



Physical Atlas of Natural Phenomena, by A. K. Johnston, f, r. g. s. 

 Analogies and Contrasts or Comparative Sketches of France and England, by 

 the author of " Recollections of Russia." 



Resolved, further, — At the suggestion of Major Anstruther, C. B., 

 that copies of two translations by Major Begbie, of the Madras Artil- 

 lery, recently published at the Presidency, be purchased on account of 

 the Society, and, at the suggestion of Walter ElUot, Esq., that a copy 

 of Bird on the Jains and Buddhists, published at Bombay, be obtained 

 by the first opportunity. 



(Signed) Waltee Elliot, (Signed) J. J. Losh, 



Chairman. Secretary M. L. S. ^c. 



