366 Proceedings. [No. 10, new series.. 



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

 rary Society, and Auxilianj of the Royal Asiatic Society, held 

 at the Club House on Thursday, the 10th December, 1859, at half 

 past 6 o'clock, p. m. 



PRESENT. 



The Honorable Walter Elliot, Chairman. 



Major W. J. Wilson. 



W. Hudleston, Esq., Secy. 



G. F. Fullerton, Esq. 

 W. C. Maclean, Esq., m. d. 



H. B. Montgomery, Esq., m. d. 



The Secretary laid before the Meeting the usual Monthly State- 

 ment of the Society's Funds prepared up to the 10th instant. 



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



Read letter from the Secretary to the Library and Philosophical 

 Society of Manchester proposing an exchange of publications. 



Resolved, that the proposal be accepted and acknowledged ac- 

 cordingly. 



Read letter from Messrs. Hermann and Robert Schlagintweit, 

 returning thanks for having been elected Honorary Members of 

 the Society. 



Ordered to be recorded. 



Read communication from the Honorable Mr. Elliot relative to 

 letters received by him from M. Hermann von Schlagintweit and 

 Captain Lumsden of the Artillery at Hyderabad. 



Resolved, that the extract from ^Captain Lumsden' s letter be 

 transferred, with the Honorable Mr. Elliot's remarks, to the Sub- 

 Committee on Papers. 



Also that extract from M. von Schlagintweit' s letter be laid be- 

 fore Government with a recommendation that Government sub- 

 scribe for a set of the Crania as a fitting and important accompa- 

 niment to the Masks already secured. 



Read letter from Capt. Moloney forwarding Copy of a Pam- 

 phlet descriptive of the experiments on Strychnine and Nicotine 

 made by Mr. Haughton. 



Ordered to be recorded with thanks, the Pamphlet will be trans- 

 ferred to the Sub-Committee on Papers for publication. 



* Will appear in our next.— Ed M. L. J. 



