1847.] and Auxiliary Royal Asiatic Society. 



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Meeting a statement of the sums expended during the last three years 

 1843-44-45 on the various departments of Literature. 



Statement exhibiting the sums of money expended during the last three 

 years 1843, 1844, and 1845, on the various departments of Literature, 





£ 





d. 





33 



19 



fi 

 u 





1 1 



2 



0 



Philosophy, Arts and Sciences, 



44 



7 



0 



Natural History, - - - - . - 



18 



6 



6 



History and Antiquities, - - - = - 



98 



9 



6 



Politics, Statistics and Law, - - . - 



29 



12 



6 



Biography, = = 



67 



13 



6 



Geography, Topography, Voyages and Travels, 



89 



16 



6 



Belles Lettres, 



30 



15 



6 



Poetry and Drama, - - » . . 



7 



18 



0 



Novels and Tales, . = 



204 



14 



0 



Periodical Literature, - - - - - 



184 



15 



6 



Dictionaries and Grammars, , = - . 



5 



1 



0 



Total £. 



.826 



11 



0 



3<i. Resolved, — That this Statement be entered for reference in the 

 Record of the Proceedings of this Meeting, 



Read Memorandum from the Librarian stating that in the present 

 year only eleven new Subscribers have been admitted Members of 

 the Society, of whom five have joined the first class and six the se- 

 cond class ; while in the same period, the Society has lost by casual- 

 ties or return to Europe, eight Subscribers of the first, and four of 

 the second class; also that the following books have been lost. 



Invoice Price. 

 £ s. d. 



Chatsworth, 3 vols., - - - 1 11 6 

 The EngUsh Fire Side, 3 vols., 1 11 6 

 The Jewess, - - - - 0 4 6 

 and that certain Subscriptions for the 3d quarter of 1846, due by de- 

 ceased Subscribers have not yet been paid. 



^th. Resolved^ — That with reference to Rule 3d, Messrs. Rose, 

 Harding and Maclean be called upon either to pay the invoice prices 

 of the books lost by them respectively, or to furnish the Society with 

 new books to replace them; and that the executors of Messrs. Rovv- 

 landson and Macleod be applied to for payment of the Subscriptions 

 due by those Gentlemen. The receipted bill for the Subscription due 

 by Mr. Kaye is to be sent to T. Pycroft, Esq., in compliance with his 

 request. 



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