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neglected) the distances between places determined by the survey are 

 free from the effects of these errors of local attraction, and that a com- 

 parison of these measured distances with the latitudes found by obser- 

 vations of the heavens gave the correct amount by which the total 

 local attraction (arising from whatever causes, mountains, ocean, or 

 variations of density in the strata below) differed in passing from one 

 place to another. It was to his having arrived at his satisfactory con- 

 clusion, that he attributed the impression which had existed in some 

 quarters, that he had receded from some former position he had taken 

 up. But he would add, that this result, which was so satisfactory as 

 regarded the survey, could not have been anticipated, and could be 

 known only by demonstration, when once the existence of the great 

 disturbing causes he has alluded to had been brought to light. The 

 total error by which the whole map was out of place on the terrestrial 

 spheroid was still an unknown quantity, and was very probably as 

 much as half a mile. The exact amount would always remain unknown, 

 since although the effect of the Himalayas and of the ocean might be 

 estimated in the way his papers had set forth, the effect of unknown 

 variations of density in the strata below could not be ascertained. 

 The Librarian then submitted the usual monthly report. 



Library. 



The following is a list of the additions made to the Library since 

 the last meeting. 



Presented. 



The Chronicles of Oonao, a district in Oudh, By C. A. Elliott, 

 Esq. — By the Author. 



Indische Studien, Vol. 5, Parts 2 and 3. — By Dr. Weber. 



Annals of Indian Administration, Vol. VI. Part 3 for September 

 1862.— By the Bengal Government. 



Bij dragen Tot de Taal-Land en Velkenkunde van Nederlandsch 

 Indie, Part 4. — By the Amsterdam Institution. 



Calcutta Christian Observer for October and November 1862. — By 

 the Editors. 



Paspati, A. G. Memoir on the language of the Gypsies. — By the 

 Author. 



General Beport on Public Instruction in the Lower Provinces of 



