forth circulars inviting information from among 

 the body of the English community in India ; 

 for in the year 1837 a list of queries, to the 

 number of thirty-four having reference to the 

 general agricultural features and capabilities 

 of the various provinces under the Bengal and 

 Agra Governments was distributed over the 

 country. 



On the second occasion, however, the disse- 

 mination of the circular was extended to the 

 Madras and Bombay Presidencies. 



The Committee after a time had the grati- 

 fication of receiving some valuable returns, es- 

 pecially at the hands of the Bombay Govern- 

 ment, and the announcement of the circum- 

 stance was made to the Society in a final report, 

 which was submitted at the General Meeting; in 



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July 1840. 



The recommendations which the Committee 

 brought up were approved of by the Society, 



