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Proceedings. 



At a Meeting of the Managing Committee of the Madras 

 Literary Society and Auxiliary of the Royal Asiatic 

 Society held at the Club house on Thursday the 12th 

 September 1861, at half past 6 o'clock P. M. 



The Secretary laid before the Meeting the usual Monthly State- 

 ment of the Society's Funds prepared up to 12th Instant. 



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



Read letter from Lieutenant Mitchell communicating a Pros- 

 pectus of a celebrated Picture on the point of publication in Eng- 

 land, containing 50 Portraits of Eminent Men of Science living 

 in 1807-8. 



The Committee are of opinion that an Engraving such as that 

 described in the Prospectus is not required for the purposes of the 

 Madras Literary Society, but that the Prospectus may lie on the 

 Table for the information of Members. 



Read Proceedings of the Madras Government, dated 10th August 

 1861, No. 1525, reporting an Earthquake in the Village of Nan- 

 digamah on the 24th July 1861. 



Referred to the Committee of Papers for publication in the 

 Journal. 



Read letter from Captain Raverty relative to his Push to Publi- 

 cations supplied to the Society. 



Resolved that a Copy of Captain Raverty's forthcoming trans- 

 lation of the Pushto Poem, Goolshan-i-Roh be ordered. 



Read letter from Dr. Shaw complaining of the selection of books, 

 and pointing out some which he recommends. 



Dr. Shaw's suggestions will be attended to. 



Read letter from Mr. Hammond of the Foreign Office, forward- 

 ing a packet of Pamphlets transmitted by the Government of 

 Prussia for presentation to the Society. 



Present. 



J. T. Wheeler, Esq. 

 R. P. Harrison, Esq. 



Captain T. Evans Bell, Honorary 

 Secretary. 



(Here enter Statement) 



Ordered to be recorded. 



