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Cunningham, that the further reading of Huvishka and its identification 
with Hushka was a comparatively obvious step, and though the whole 
merit rests with General Cunningham the earlier discovery is certain- 
ly the most important. 
For OcroBer, 1863. 
The Monthly General Meeting of the Society was held on the 7th 
instant. 
E. C. Bayley, Esq., President, in the chair. 
The proceedings of the last meeting were read and confirmed. 
Presentations were received— 
1. From the Natural History Society of Dublin, Part 2, of Vol. 
III. of the Proceedings of the Institution. 
2. From Babu Gunesh Chunder Banerjea, a copy of his work en- 
titled Chitta Santoshint. 
3. From Lieutenant-Colonel E. T. Dalton, three skulls of Moon- 
dha and Aheer tribes of Chota-Nagpore. 
4. From Mr. Grote, on the part of Lieutenant-Colonel R. C. Tyt- 
ler, an Andamanese Mynah and a Crow. 
5. From Mr. Blanford, the skull of a young Polar bear. 
6. From the Assistant Secretary to Government of India, Foreign 
Department, two copies of a series of 17 photographs of tribes inhabit- 
ing Cachar and Assam, taken by Dr. Simpson. 
7. From the American Philosophical Society, several volumes of 
the Transactions and Proceedings of the Society. 
8. From Mr. H. F. Blanford, the following collection of ieiee — 
115 species of German miocene fossils. 
104  ,, English miscellaneous fossils. 
47 ,, Swiss cretaceous fossils, (chiefly cephalopoda.) 
75  ,, German oolitic fossils. 
15, ‘Indian. 
34  ,, Miscellaneous. 
The following letter, which was read by the President, accompanied 
the presentation. 
“ Asiatic Society's Rooms, 2nd October, 1863. 
“To THE PRESIDENT OF THE ASIATIC SOCIETY. 
“Dear Sir,—lI have the pleasure of offering to the Society the 
collection of fossils of which the accompanying list is a summary. 
