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6. The Sub-Committee believe that an annual grant of Rs. 
2000, placed at the disposal of the Dredging Committee for the 
purchase of glass bottles, spirits of wine, scientific apparatus, &c., 
&c., necessary for the preservation and examination of the material 
obtained, would be sufficient. 
7. They recommend that a Dredging Committee be appointed 
by the Government, including— 
The President of the Asiatic Society of Bengal, for the time 
being. 
Do., Natural History Committee, ditto. 
Do., Physical Science, ditto ditto. 
Thos. Oldham, Esq., LL. D., F. R. 8., F. G. 8. 
Col. J. F. Tennant, R. E., F. R. 8. 
F. Stoliczka, Ph. D., F. G. 8. 
W. T. Blanford, Esq., F. G. 8., C. M. Z. &., 
H. F. Blanford, Esq., F. G. 8. ; 
J. Anderson, Esq., M. D,, F. L. §., F. Z. 8. 
J. Wood-Mason, Esq., F. G. 8. 
8. That this Committee be entrusted with the management of 
the explorations and with making suggestions as to the manner 
in which these can be best carried out. 
9. That all specimens collected be in the hands of the Com- 
mittee until they shall have been worked out; that the choicest 
specimens be eventually transferred to the Trustees of the Indian 
Museum where they should be preserved ; and that the Committee 
have direction of the distribution of the duplicates to the Museums 
and men of science in Kurope and America, who ‘are engaged in 
similar researches. 
10. That the report on each Dredging expedition be submitted 
to Government through the Committee by the officers who shall 
have had charge of the expedition. 
THomAs OLDHAM, 
Ferp. SroiiczKa, 
JAMES Woop-Mason. 
