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niyen; the flag-staff at Moulmein, 92 feet high, is formed of a single Kaniyen tree. 
Mr. Maingy says, that the oil is much improved by boiling, which gives it drying 
properties ; be has often used it for boats, and has found it excellent in preparing 
tarpauling. The inhabitants of Tavoy and Mergui do not burn earth-oil like other 
Burmese, but torches made of this wood-oil and touch wood. ‘The imports into 
Calcutta for the last three years were as follows : 
In 1829-30, Bazar maunds 759, Average price 7 8 
1830-31, 914, 6 4 
1831-32, 1708, 7 2 
Read a letter from Dr. F. W. Malcolmson, Mad. Euro. Reg. Hyderabad, 
announcing that he had fallen in with a box of Dr. Voysey’s Geological spe- 
cimens, which he should forward to Calcutta by the first opportunity. 
“ Among them are two fossil bones (of which he sends drawings)—descriptions 
and localities may be found in Dr. V.’s. papers. Fig. 1 is part of one of the long 
bones of a mammiferous animal (probably a goat or deer) ; its fibrous structure is 
very distinct, and presents fine yellow veins when cut and polished: internally the 
remains of the ridges to which the concellated structure was attached are visible. 
Fig. 2 is one end view of the same filled with a reddish earth, common near some 
of the granite rocks in the neighbourhood, and it is filled with small pieces of felspar. 
It is mineralized with the carbonate and a little phosphate of lime. All the other 
stones appear to have been collected in this district, and there can be no doubt of 
the locality from which this was obtained.” 
Dr. Malcolmson also sends the drawing of a chambered univalve fossil 
shell, in a white limestone, found among Dr. Voysey’s collections. 
Read a letter from William Onslow, Esq. C. S. dated Futtehpoor, 6th 
December, begging the Society’s acceptance of some old Roman coins dug 
up upon his father’s estate in England. 
The sixty-one coins transmitted consist chiefly of the small brass of Constantine, 
among which are some of URBS ROMA and URBS CONSTANTINOPOLIS : also 
two of the Antonines, two of Domitian, one of Tetricus ; the rest are in so decayed 
a state as not to be decypherable. 
Read a letter from Lieut. A. Burnes, dated Bombay 26th Jan. announ- 
cing that he had dispatched forthe Society some Bactrian coins, collected in 
his recent journey to the Oxus: also some belemnites and other fossil shells 
from the deserts. 
Specimens of copper ore from Nellore were presented on the part of 
Mr. Kerr. 
The mines appear to lie to the northward of the Pennar river, 369 N. N. W. of 
Nellore and 37° W. from the sea, near a village called Ganypenta in Arrowsmith’s 
Map. 
The copper ore prevails over a considerable tract of country—it consists of ma- 
lachite, and of black anhydrous oxide of copper with red and yellow ochre imbed- 
ded in micaceous schist. Mr. Kerr points out that the ore differs from the English 
coppers essentially, in being free from iron pyrites and other deteriorating ingre- 
dients, as lead, antimony, sulphur, &c. which make that ore difficult to purify, 
whereas the Nellore ore becomes quite pure by simple smelting. The specimen of 
