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liable to removal, it is impossible to ensure a continued active 
interest in the department of literature taken up by the Asiatic Society 
of Bengal. They are of opinion that as a Local Committee of your 
Society, as much might be done by them for forwarding the objects 
they have in contemplation, as if they were an independent body ; 
while on the other hand, the duties being less onerous, the fear of 
failure is less. They would wish, therefore, to be styled,—should the 
appellation meet with the approval of your Society—“ The Punjab 
Local Committee of the Asiatic Society of Bengal.” 
4, Of the present members of the Committee,* the majority are 
ee uae already members of your Society, and I 
Lieut.-Colonel Maclagan. myself, though not a member, am anxious 
Members. 
DF. Maciced Bua., co.B, to become one, but I presume that the 
R. N. Cust, Esq. fact that all the members of the Com- 
R. H. Davies, Hsq. 4 Seige 
T, D. Forsyth, ae, C.B. mittee are not members of the Asiatic 
R. H. Egerton, Hsq. 
Soci tT f ee 
menor. ociety will not be considered an objection 
Dr. B. Brown. to their recognition as a Local Committee 
pre embs Re of your Society. Should such be the case, 
T. H. Thornton, Esq., D.C.L. perhaps the appellation “ Punjab Auxi- 
ae aS liary Committee to the Asiatic Society” 
would meet with your approval. 
5. Having thus described the position the Committee would wish 
to assume in relation to your Society, I have now the honor to inti- 
mate the views of the Committee regarding their future proceedings. 
6. Their first object will be to collect together in a compact shape, 
from scientific journals and local reports, all the existing information 
regarding the antiquities, ethnology, arts, and physical statistics of 
this Province. 
As regards ethnology, the task has been undertaken by Mr. Davies, 
Secretary to the Government, but as that gentleman has suddenly left 
for England on six months’ leave, Mr. Cust has kindly taken it off 
his hands for the present. 
The subject of arts has been entrusted to Lieut.-Col. Maclagan ; 
that of flora to Dr. Cleghorn ; meteorology to Dr. Neil ; numismatics 
to Capt. Stubbs, and archeology and history to the Secretary. 
7. This being done, they propose to issue from time to time lists 
of desiderata to the local officers of the Provinces, and to others in- 
terested in these subjects, from whom they have already received 
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