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claim of exclusive privilege for the members of tlie Society ; but that 

 they cannot consent to transfer the Society's library to Government. 



2. In reply I am directed to state that the Governor-General in 

 Council has no wish to press upon the Society the proposed modifica- 

 tions of Rules X. and XIII., to which your letter expresses such 

 strong objections, and that the alterations in Rules II. and V., which 

 have been accepted by the Council, are considered by his Excellency 

 in Council satisfactorily to have cleared the way to a definite conclu- 

 sion of the negotiations pending between Government and the Society. 



I have, &c. 



(Sd.) E. C. Batlet, 



Secy, to the Govt, of India. 



After the correspondence had been read by the Secretary, it was pro- 

 posed by Dr. Oldham, seconded by Mr. Atkinson, and carried — ■ 



" That the present meeting desire to impress on the Society at la^ge 

 the propriety of authorising the Council of the Society to enter into 

 definite and conclusive arrangements with the Government of India 

 relative to the transfer of the Society's museum, in accordance with 

 the terms of the correspondence now read. 



" That the Council be requested to forward a copy of the whole 

 correspondence to the members of the Society at large, and that the 

 ordinary meeting in March be made special for the purpose of deciding 

 this matter, in accordance with No. 43 of the Bye-laws." 



The Secretary read the following letter from Captain Ralph Ouseley 

 to the address of the President, on some ancient localities in the 

 Fyzabad district : — 



" I am at work near the ruins of an old town named Uldemow. 

 Tradition says it belonged to the " Bhurs" and was destroyed many 

 hundreds of years ago. I went a few days ago to see the ruins of 

 what is supposed to have been a fort, and also the remains of an old 

 temple. The town was situated on the banks of the Goomtee about 

 twenty miles below Sultanpore, and opposite the fort ; there is a 

 masonry dam below the water right across the river ;■ — the natives 

 declare that it is neither more nor less than the roof of a tunnel 

 which runs below the river bed. If I go there again I intend to 

 make farther enquiries on this point. I ascertained in conversation 

 with some of my native friends that coins are very often picked up 



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