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vantage be employed on this service during N. E. Monsoon (sup- 
posing her services not otherwise urgently required) a. temporary 
cabin being erected for the accommodation of the gentlemen who 
would conduct the scientific operations. 
The small (or donkey) engine on board could be made _ to serve 
the purposes desired in the circular you have sent to me. 
Asiatic Society’s Rooms. Calcutta, 9th October, 1871. 
From F. SroutozKa, Esa., Pa. D., Hony. Secret. As. Soc. Bengal. 
To J. GuocuEcan, Esa., Under-Secretary to the Government of India, 
Department of Agriculture, Revenue and Commerce. 
Srr,—I have-the honor to acknowledge your letter No. 181, dated 
Simla, 28th August, 1871 and to express the thanks of the Council 
of the Asiatic Society of Bengal for the great interest with which 
His Excellency the Governor-General in Council is prepared to 
meet the recommendation of the Society conveyed in my letter No, 
280, dated 14th June, 1871. 
The Council has been informed by His Excellency the Admiral 
of the India Naval station that there is a likelihood of a Steamer 
being available for the proposed Deep Sea Dredgings during 
the approaching North East Monsoons provided that ‘‘ her services 
are not otherwise urgently required,” and His Excellency suggests, 
that the necessary apparatus should be obtained as early as prac- 
ticable. 
The Society has also received most encouraging letters from the 
Secretary of the Royal Society of London, and other leading men 
of science at home. 
Considering the great importance of the subject I have the 
honor, by direction of the Council of the Asiatic Society, to suggest 
that His Excellency the Viceroy and Governor-General of India 
may be pleased to appoint a Committee for Deep Sea Dredgings, 
and also to apply through the Right Hon’ble the Secretary of State 
to the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty for the early supply 
of the necessary apparatus which I had the honor to specify in my 
letter, No. 280, dated 14th June, and enclosure. 
