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4. From Captain Lees, to superintend the editing by a Moulavy 

 of the poem of Kamyn and Wais. The Philological Committee refer 

 for an account of this most rare and valuable ancient Persian poem 

 (translated from the Pehlevi) to the letter from Dr. Sprenger in the 

 Journal No. II. for 1863. Only one MS. is known to be extant, and 

 it is of great importance that a poem possessing so many claims to 

 our notice should be preserved by printing from the many accidents 

 incidental to MSS. in such a climate as Bengal. 



Communications were received — 



1. From Lieut.-Colonel E. C. Tytler, " Observations on keeping 

 salt-water fish alive for a considerable time." 



2. From H. F. Blanford, Esq., A note on the late hail-storm in 

 Calcutta. 



3. From Colonel J. C. Brooke, through Captain W. N. Lees, 

 A paper descriptive of " The Mines of Khetree in Rajpootana/' 



4. From Captain H. G. Eaverty, " The Pushto or Afghan Lan- 

 guage from an American Point of View." 



5. From Dr. A. Wise, F. E. S., A paper entitled " Peculiarities 

 and Uses of the Pillar Towers of the British Islands." 



6. From J. E. T. Aitchison, Esq., M. D., F. E. C. S., F. L. 

 S. E., " Eemarks on the Vegetation of the Islands of the Indus Eiver." 



7. From Baboo Gopeenauth Sen, An Abstract of the Hourly 

 Meteorological Observations taken at the Surveyor General's Office 

 in January last. 



8. From the Under-Secretary to the Government of India, Public 

 Works Department, Copies of Major-General Cunningham's Diaries 

 of Occupations as Archaeological Surveyor for the months of November' 

 and December, 1863, and January, 1864. 



The Hon'ble the Lieutenant-Governor then read to the meeting 

 portions of letters received from the Hon'ble Ashley Eden, giving 

 an account of the principal incidents of his journey to the capital 

 of Bhotan. Colonel Thuillier also exhibited maps of the route com- 

 piled from information received from Captain H. Godwin Austen, 

 Topographer to the Bhotan Expedition ; and offered some remarks 

 in explanation of the circumstances under which the data for these 

 maps had been obtained. 



The thanks of the meeting were voted to the Hon'ble the Lieut. - 

 Governor and Colonel Thuillier for the above interesting communica- 

 tions. 



