180 Proceedings of the Mad. Lit. Society [No. 



At a Meeting of the Managing ComwMtee of the Madras Literary 



Society, on Tuesday Evening^ the bth May, 1846. 



The Acting Secretary brought to notice that an offer of the follow- 

 ing works has been made to the Society through Walter Elliot, Esq. 



Lamarck's Natural History of Invertebrated Animals, 10 vols, unbound, 



(French,) 30 Rupees. 

 Annals of Natural History and Magazine of Zoology and Botany, 17 vols., of 



•which 16 bound and 1 in numbers, 68 Rupees. 

 Annales des Sciences, 1837 to 1840, 4 vols., half bound, 12 Rupees. 

 London Magazine of Natural History, 1837 to 1840, 4 vols., 12 Rupees. 



Resolved, — That 1 vol. of each set be circulated to the Members of 

 the Committee for inspection, and that with reference to the Rev. 

 G. Knox's objections, a statement of the funds of the Society be pre- 

 pared against the next Meeting of the Committee, and that a State- 

 ment of the sums expended during the last three years on the various 

 departments of literature be prepared as early as possible. 



Bcsobed, — That the following work be ordered out from Eng- 

 land for the Society. 



Life and Correspondence of David Hume. By John Hill Burton. 



(Signed) C. T. Kaye, 

 Acting Secretary M. L. S,, ^c. , 



At a Meeting of the Managing Committee of the Madras Literary 

 Society J on Friday Evening the bth June, 1846. 



Resolved,— -'V\i?Lt in future the Committee meet for the despatch 

 of business on the first Tuesday in every month, the usual notice be- 

 ing circulated two or three days previously. 



The Acting Secretary read a letter which he had received from 

 the Chairman, J. C. Morris, Esq., regretting that indisposition pre- 

 vented his attending the Meeting as owing to his approaching depar- 

 ture for England, this would be his last opportunity of doing so. 



Resolved, — That as there will be one more Meeting of the Com- 

 mittee before the departure of the next Steamer, viz., on the first 

 Tuesday in July, Mr. Morris be requested to give the Committee 

 the pleasure of his company at dinner on that day. 



The Acting Secretary having laid before the Committee a state- 

 ment of the available funds of the Society prepared agreeably to th« 

 Kesolution passed at the last Meeting. 



