Proceedings of the Seventeenth Anniversary Meeting of the Society, held on the 9th of May, 1840 : the Right Hon. C.W. Williams Wynn, M.P., President, in the chair.

  • Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland
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[1840]
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Credit: Proceedings of the Seventeenth Anniversary Meeting of the Society, held on the 9th of May, 1840 : the Right Hon. C.W. Williams Wynn, M.P., President, in the chair. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    authentic materials for the studies of those few, who, as Professor Wilson observes in the Preface before mentioned, “ in these times of utilitarian selfishness, conflicting opinion, party virulence, and political agitation, can find a resting-place for their thoughts in the tranquil contemplation of the yet living pictures of the ancient world which are exhibited by the literature and mythology of the Hindus.” Among the translations recently offered to the Committee are those of the Nalodaya, from the Sanskrit, by the Rev. W. Yates, of Calcutta; and that of theAtish Kedeh, a biographical Persian work, containing an account of more than eight hundred Persian poets, with specimens of their composi- tions ; proposed to be translated by N. Bland, Esq. Of the translations in the progress of printing, the History of the Mohammedan Dynasties of Spain, by Senor de Gayangoz, is nearly com- pleted. The new translations for the Committee, which are in a state of con- siderable forwardness, are The Nishan-i Haideri, translated by Colonel Miles, from a MS. belong- ing to the library of Her Majesty. Ibn Khallikan’s Bibliographical Dictionary; translated by Baron Mac Guckin de Slane; and The Kitab al Yamini, translated by the Rev. James Reynolds. ] The following Report of the Auditors was read AUDITORS’ REPORT. In laying the Accounts of the Society, for the year ending 1839, before the Meeting, the Auditors regret to state that the financial resources of the Society do not exhibit so satisfactory an aspect, as might, upon a superficial examination, appear. It will be gratifying, however, for the Society to know that there are no outstanding debts beyond the ordinary and current expenses of the season ; and that the balances in favour of the Society exhibit an annual increase from the year 1837, at which period the balance in hand amounted to 170L 19s. 2<f. ; in 1838, it was 296/. 3s. 3cl.: in the past year, 1839, (as per Statement, No. I.) it amounts to 407/. 4s. 2d.: and, according to the estimate (as per Statement, No. II.) furnished to us by the Secretary, it is expected to amount, in the present year, to nearly 500/. But it here becomes the duty of the Auditors to point out to the Society that this apparent im- provement in their financial j^afFairs, does not arise from any increased pro- sperity in their resources, but from certain retrenchments introduced into their expenditure:—1st. in the appointment of an Honorary Secretary in lieu of a Stipendiary one ; and, 2ndly, in the department of printing. And, with respect to the Library, it is to be regretted that the funds of the