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your own Memo, on the investigation of the archaeological re- 

 mains of Upper India, and of the Governor General's Minute on the 

 subject. These papers have heen communicated to the Asiatic So- 

 ciety for publication in their Journal. 



2. Whilst looking up former records in connexion with archaeo- 

 logical investigation, an endeavour was made, hoth in the Home De- 

 partment here, and by a reference to Allahabad, to trace the reports 

 of Major Kittoe's investigations, whilst he was employed on a duty 

 resembling your own, between 1847 and his death. Though it ap- 

 pears from the records that Major Kittoe made several journeys in 

 Behar, made many sketches, and had drawings in preparation, no 

 trace is found of the submission of any report of his operations or 

 their result, nor of the drawings which were prepared. 



3. It is possible that you may be able to throw some light on 

 the matter from your personal knowledge, and this the Government 

 would be glad to receive. But the fact as it stands is extremely un- 

 satisfactory ; and it makes it necessary that the Governor-General in 

 Council should desire you to consider it nothing less than an abso- 

 lute duty to submit full particulars of your researches, and of their 

 results, so far as they may have been arrived at, as speedily as 

 possible after the close of each season in the field, and certainly 

 before the commencement of the next. 



I have, &c, 

 (Sd.) H. Yule, Lieut.- Colonel, 



Secy, to tlie Govt, of India. 



2. From Mr. Blyth, a memoir on the living Asiatic species of 

 Rhinoceros. 



3. From Babu Eadha Nath Sikdar, abstracts of Meteorologi- 

 cal Observations taken at the Surveyor General's office in the month 

 of September last. 



4. From Mr. W. T. Blanford, a paper containing an account of 

 a visit to Puppadoung, an extinct volcano in Upper Burmah. 



This paper was read by Mr. Oldham, who added some remarks on 

 the geological features described, and pointed out the interest of the 

 discovery and of the deductions Mr. Blanford had drawn from it. 



5. From Bev. K. M. Banerjea, a dissertation on the Markan- 

 deya Purana. 



The dissertation will appear as a preface to Mr. Banerjea's 



