1841.] Asiatic Society/. 757 



Society ; but with the opportunities for study which are now before me, and with the 



liberal encouragement and support I may reckon upon receiving, 1 do not fear but that 



1 shall soon render myself competent to discharge that portion of my duty which 



relates to the efficient management of the Museum of CEconomic Geology ; this being 



a subject in which I feel the liveliest interest, and with the high importance of which 



I am deeply and thoroughly impressed. 



In all that relates to the determination of organic forms, recent or fossil, I hope to be 



already able to meet the wishes of the Society, having heretofore more particularly 



devoted myself to this exceedingly comprehensive branch of study, which has found 



me very ample employment in attaining to what information on the subject I at 



present possess. 



With great respect, 



Asiatic Society's Rooms, I am, Sir, 



Calcutta, 22nd September, 1841. Your obedient servant. 



Edward Blyth. 



Resolved, with special reference to the letter from Mr. E. Blyth, that he be put 

 in charge of the office of Curator, upon the understanding that the appointment will be 

 made permanent, if at the end of twelve months he has qualified himself for carrying out 

 the intentions of the Society respecting their Museum, as set forth in the Proceedings 

 of the Society, recorded in the December No. (96) of the Asiatic Society's Journal, 

 1839. 



Ordered,— That a copy of the foregoing resolution be communicated to Mr. E. 

 Blyth. 



