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At a Meeting of the Managing Committee of the Madras Lite- 

 rary Society, and Auxiliary of the Royal Asiatic Society, 

 held at the Club House, on Thursday, the 8th September 1859, 

 at half -past 6 o'clock p. m. 



Present. 



H. B. Montgomery, Esq. 



G. F. Fullerton, Esq. 



W. Hudleston, Esq., Secretary. 



The Secretary laid before the Meeting the usual Monthly State- 

 ment of the Society's Funds prepared up to the 7th Sept. 1859. 



Resolved, that the above Statement is satisfactory and be passed. 



Read Extract from the Proceedings of the Madras Government, 

 dated 29th August 1859, forwarding Lieut. Vertue's Report on 

 the Jeypore Passes.* 



Resolved, that the Proceedings and Report be transferred to the 

 Sub Committee on Papers for publication in the Journal. 



Read letter from General Cullen relative to the ancient inscrip- 

 tions of the Syric Christians and Jews of Malabar. 



Resolved, that the thanks of the Society be offered to General 

 Cullen, and that the Papers be transferred to the Sub Committee 

 on Papers for publication in the J ournal. 



Read letter from N. B. Acworth, Esq., to the Honorable Mr. 

 Elliot, on a piece of Rock Salt from near Kircumbady. 



Resolved, that copy of Mr. Acworth' s letter be submitted to the 

 Chief Secretary to Government with a view of obtaining further 

 information on the subject. 



Read Letter from Dr. Mackay, Honorary Secretary to the Neil- 

 gherry Public Library, returning thanks for Seven Numbers of the 

 new Series of the Society's Journal presented to the Library, 



Read Letter from the Editor of the " Indian Lancet" presenting 

 No. 1, Vol. 1 of that publication to the Society. 



Resolved, that the receipt of the above publication be acknow- 

 ledged with the thanks of the Society. 



Read Letter from Captain H. Crawford forwarding Register of 

 Meteorological Observations on Travancore. 



* Will appear in our next No.— Ed, M. L, S. J. 



