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Dr. S. presented a list of works on the subject of artesian springs, which 

 was referred to the Committee of Papers. 



A letter was read from Captain P. Gerard, dated Simla, 21st October, for- 

 warding the first part of his brother, Dr. J. G. Gerard's, paper on .the valley, 

 and section of the Spfti, in illustration of the fossils discovered by him in 

 his visit to that elevated part of the Himalaya mountains. 



This paper formed the subject of the evening's lecture. 



Proceedings of a Special Meeting of the Asiatic Society , 



Convened on Wednesday morning, the \9th December, 1832. 



The Honorable Sir E. Ryan, President in the chair. 



The President opened the business of the Meeting-, by adverting; to the circum- 

 stance of their being assembled to consider on the most appropriate mode of 

 expressing their sentiments upon the approaching departure of their Secretary, 

 Mr. H. H. Wilson. After expatiating upon the severe loss which the Society 

 would sustain in this distinguished Orientalist, and the great debt of gratitude it 

 owed to him as a Member and as Secretary — as indeed the chief support of the 

 Institution for so many years — he proposed, that a Deputation should wait upon 

 Mr. Wilson, at his Residence, on the 31st instant, at 10 a. m. with an Ad- 

 dress expressive of their feelings on the occasion. He proposed that this Address 

 should be prepared rather by a Committee of competent Oriental Scholars than 

 by himself, as he could not pretend to do justice to the great merits of Mr. Wil- 

 son in a field of Literature entirely foreign to his own studies — he wished there- 

 fore to unite with himself Dr. Mill and Mr. J. Tytler, as Members of the 

 Committee. 



He proposed also, that it should form a part of this Address, that Mr. Wilson 

 should be requested to allow the Society to have his Bust taken by Chantrey, or 

 by one of the most distinguished Sculptors in England — " that it may be placed 

 in this room as a durable monument of his name, and a testimony of the esteem 

 and respect with which his memory will ever be cherished by the Members of the 

 Asiatic Society." 



Mr. J. Thomason seconded this proposition, which was unanimously adopted. 



Dr. Tytler expressed his ready concurrence in the measure proposed, and beg- 

 ged to add Captain Troyer's name to the Committee, which was agreed to. 



Mr. J. Prinsep informed the Meeting, that the expence of a Marble Bust, 

 executed by a superior Artist, was estimated at i?200, including the conveyance 

 from England. 



Mr. C. R. Prinsep hoped that all Members of the Society " would be invited 

 to accompany the Deputation on the presentation of their Address :" upon which 

 the Secretary of the Physical Class was directed to circulate a copy of the Pro- 

 ceedings to all Members of the Societj', and to announce the day and hour of 

 attendance to such as are resident in Calcutta. 



In pursuance of the resolution passed on the 19th, the Deputation of 

 the Society, accompanied by most of the members, proceeded in a body to 

 the residence of Mr. Wilson on the 31st, where after the usual ceremo- 

 nials of courtesy, the Honorable President Sir Edward Ryan read the 

 following Address, which had been prepared by the Committee nominated 

 at the special meeting. 



