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At a Meeting of the Managing Committee^ on Tuesday evening the 

 dth December, 1845. 



Read the following communication from the Chief Secretary to Go- 

 vernment. 



No. 1057. 



Public Department. 



Extract from the Minutes of Consultation, dated 15th November, 

 1845. 



Read the following letter from the Secretary to the Committee of Ma- 

 nagement of the Madras Literary Society and Auxiliary of the Royal 

 Asiatic Society. 



Here enter 3d November, 1845, 



The Most Noble the Governor in Council authorizes the Civil Auditor 

 to pass the Bill of the Secretary to the Madras Literary Society for the 

 Establishment referred to in the foregoing letter from the date of its en- 

 tertainment, viz. the 1st February last. 



(A true Extract.) 



(Signed) J. F. Thomas, 



Chief Secretary. 



To 



The Committee of 3Ianagement of the Madras Literary Society 



and Auxiliary of the Royal Asiatic Society. 



Read the following letter from T. Pyeroft, Esq. 

 To 



T. C. Jerdon, Esq. 



Sir, 



I do myself the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of this 

 day's date, and beg in reply to state that it will afford me much pleasure 

 to become a Member of the Managing Committee of the Madras Literary 

 Society and Auxiliary of the Royal Asiatic Society. 



Madras, ^ I have, &c. 



2Qth November, 1845. J (Signed) T. Pycroft. 



Read the following letter from Captain J. T. Smith, Engineers, report- 

 ing the arrival of a box of minerals for the Museum of the Society from 

 Major General CuUen. 



