1841.] Asiatic Society. 675 



Yarrell's History of British Birds, part 24, London. 



Oriental Christian Spectator, vol. 2d. No. 6, June 1841, 2d Series, Bombay. 



Annuals and Magazine of Natural History, No. 42, April 1841, London, pamph. 



Calcutta Monthly Journal, for June 1841, 3d series. No. 79, Calcutta, 1 vol. 



Hammer's Gemaldesaal, Funfter band Leipzig, 1838, 1 vol. 



First Report of the Elphinstone Native Education Institution 1840, Bombay 1840, pamph. 



Jahrbiicher der Literatur, 1839, parts 85 to 88, 4 vols. 



Journal des Savants, December 1840, Paris, pamph. 



Societe de Geographic Recueil de Voyage et de Memoires, tome 6, 1 vol. 



Hddiakoon Najoon (Persian,) 1 vol. 



? Chintamoney, (Sanscrit,) pamph. 



Read the following Report submitted by the Officiating Curator : — 



H. ToRREKS, Esq, 



Secretary Asiatic Society. 

 Sib, — For the month of July I have the honor to report as follows : — 



Geological, Paleontological, and Miner alogical. — "We are, I am glad to say, approaching the 

 completion of the Geological series of our Catalogues, and some of the Mineralogical and Paleon- 

 tological ones are also ready for the press. We are sadly impeded by the difficulties of de- 

 ciphering labels, ascertaining collections, and by the printers. The Index to the whole of the 

 Geological, Mineralogical and Paleontological papers in the Transactions, Journal, and Gleanings 

 of Science is printed, and a copy is on the table. Our Secretary informs me it is his intention to 

 print it in the Journal. I have also at his request been occupied this nionth with a paper on a 

 fossil elephantine jaw from Jubbulpore, sent down by Dr. Spilsbury, which in my limited know- 

 ledge of the subject, I am inclined to suppose may belong to a new species or variety ? It is at least 

 a piece of justice to Dr. Spilsbury, who has done so much for the Museum, and for the Geology 

 and Paleontology of Central India, that we should record in the fullest manner every thing relative 

 to his contributions ; and Mr. Torrens has in this view been good enough to allow me to go to the 

 expence of a plate to explain my views. 

 Osteological. — The Skeleton of the Neel-Ghye is completed. 

 Ornithological and Mammalogical. — Nothing new to report. 



Museum of Economic Geology. — We have at length obtained here five, out of seven, cases from 

 the Native contractor ; and with the exception of a few trifling arrangements, I may say, that this 

 part of the Museum is arranged. The Catalogue will also be completed in a few days. 



Travelling Taxidermists. — At the end of the month of June we dispatched a Mr. Gomes, who 

 had been employed by Dr. Helfer, as taxidermist on account of the Society, to Lieut. Tickell, 

 at Chyebassa, with a complete supply of every thing for his work, and a book of instructions. At 

 Midnapore however he appears, according to Dr. Pagan's account, to have taken fright at the 

 stories of tigers and jungles, &c. if he went alone; and he returned to Calcutta, with the excuse, 

 that he could not procure carriage, &c. We have however dispatched him again with two good 

 men for his companions, and he will no doubt arrive safe. This return and delay has made his 

 dispatch expensive, but a part of the expence is experience bought for future use. 



Memorandum. — The expence including two months' pay in advance, is in round numbers 

 as follows : — 



Rs. As. 



Book and tools, &c., 10 



Two Month's advance and travelling expences, 62 



Total, 72 



Return and re dispatching, 48 



Co.'s Rs. 120 



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