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structure in fact is very solid, and the floor is inlaid with beautifully- 

 small square and hexagonal bricks, the surface of which, however, is 

 variegated and enamelled. 



In the interior, save and except a tomb of ordinary elevation on 

 rather an oblong base, a very large slab of white marble on which 

 some couplets of the Koran are engraved in gilded characters, and 

 placed upon an artificial raising, and the wood-work of the door, there 

 is nothing else to attract notice. 



In the front of the mosque there is a large tank, equal if not 

 larger in size than that in the Dilhush Bang of the Eajah of 

 Burdwan, and containing not a small number of alligators of differ- 

 ent size. The whole of the space attached to the buildings and 

 surrounding the tank is enclosed by walls of ordinary height. 



I have found some difficulty in obtaining any authentic account 

 of Khwajah Ally's mission to Bengal, nor could I discover why he 

 was induced to fix his residence at a locality beset by so many dis- 

 advantages. 



The bricks which I had taken out from the mosque have been 

 handed over to Babu Gour Doss Bysack, for presentation to your 

 Society. 



I remain, &c, 

 (Sd.) G-uiur Chdek Doss. 



The Librarian submitted the usual monthly report. 



The following hooks and periodicals were added to the Library since the 

 September meeting. 



Presented. 



Annual Report on the Administration of the Bengal Presidency. — By the 

 Bengal Government. 



A Work on Telegraphic Transmission of the Chinese characters. By the 

 Count D'Escayrac de Lauture. — By the Authoe. 



Memorandum on the Panchoutee or Indian Gutta of the Western Coast. 

 — By LiEUT.-Coii. C. Douglas. 



Report on the Hyderabad Assigned Districts for 1861-62. — By the Ben- 

 gal Government. 



Report on the Administration of Port Blair for 1861-62. — By the same. 



Sakuntala, edited by Pandita Prem Chandra Tarkabagisa.— By B. B, 

 Cowell, Esq. . 



