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time to time accrue in his hands as sales are effected. 



Read the following Report submitted by the Officiating Curator for the 

 month of April last. 



H. Torrens, Esq., Secretary Asiatic Society. 



Sir.— My report on the Museum, for the month of April, is as follows : 



Geological, Miner alogical and Palwontological Department. — We continue 

 to arrange and catalogue here at ail spare times. Amongst the collections 

 lately arranged are Capt. Hutton's valuable geological series, the fruits 

 of his journey to the Spiti valley, to the expenses of which the Society 

 I think contributed very liberally. The duplicates of this collection 

 have been sent home to the Court of Directors, but we are sadly in 

 want of the catalogue to it, were it only that of the localities. You 

 have I believe addressed Capt- H. on this subject. 



We have, at last, obtained the first of our printed catalogues from 

 the press, and as completed copies will be placed in the cases, a part 

 of the Paloeontological collections are labelled, and of these also we shall 

 soon have printed catalogues. Our Index, which is wanted at every turn, 

 has not yet appeared. 



Osteo'ogical Department. — We have here at length been able to place 

 all our small skeletons in two neat glass cases. The large, ske letons have 

 been supported by side bars to the upright supports as suggested by 

 the Hon'ble the President, and all the skeletons have labels. We have 

 added here the skeleton of Mr. Ewbank's Leopard, as reported in my 

 last. 



Museum of Economic Geology. — The Catalogue and arrangement of 

 the copper series is completed. 



Mammological Department. — Reptiles, Fishes. — Nothing new to report. 



Ornithological Department. — We have here added nine new specimens, 

 mounted, eight of which are part of Lieut. Tickell's collection, and one 

 Faleo is from Mr. White of Midnapore. 



Presentations this month have been the Gud Faleo, stuffed and mount- 

 ed, from C. P. White, Esq., Midnapore. 



I am, Sir, your's, very obediently, 



H. PlDDINGTOtf, 



Officiating Curator, Asiatic Society's Museum. 



Museum, 30M rfpril, 1841. 



With reference to the want of a Catalogue of Captain Hutton's valuable 

 Geological Collections of the Spiti Valley, noticed by Mr.Piddington in his 



