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APPENDIX, No. IV. 



AT THE 



ANNUAL MEETING of the ROYAL ASIATIC SOCIETY, 



Held on the 15th of March, 1829; 

 Sir Alexander Johnston, Chairman of the Committee of Correspondence, 

 having verbally reported the proceedings of that Committee since the Anniversary 

 in 1828 ; 



It was Resolved, 



" That he be requested to reduce his report to writing, and that it be printed 

 " in the Appendix to the Society's Transactions." 



SECOND REPORT 



OF THE 



COMMITTEE OF CORRESPONDENCE 



OF THE 



Bogal atisiattc Sociftg. 



The Committee will now proceed to explain to the Society the various subjects to 

 wliich they have directed their attention, the new sources of information which have 

 been opened to their inquiries, and the different circumstances which have occurred in 

 England and in India, illustrative of such a spirit of liberality and inquiry, both on the 

 part of Government and on that of the people of the country, as must powerfully 

 assist the Society in attaining the wise and benevolent ends for which it has been es- 

 tablished. 



The Subjects to which the Committee have directed their attention are: 

 1st. The Astronomy and Geography of India. 

 2d. The Geology and Mineralogy of India. 

 3d. The Botany of India. 



4th. Zoology, as it relates to the quadrupeds, the insects, the fish, and the 

 conchology of India. 



5ih. The Architecture, the Sculpture, the Ancient Inscriptions, and the 

 Painting of India. 

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