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when sudden illness interrupted it. I trust, however, ere long, to be able 

 to submit the series for the consideration of the Asiatic Society. The 

 information obtained by the means above alluded to, ought to be 

 embodied in the periodical reports of the Curator of the Museum, and 

 made public, either directly, or through the medium of the Journal of 

 the Asiatic Society, as may be thought most advisable. It is possible 

 that the Society may be able to render farther aid to the Museum, by 

 transferring to it, duplicate specimens of minerals, rocks, &c. or other- 

 wise to give it such assistance as an institution, which if established 

 at all, will be so by its recommendation, and in immediate connection 

 with it, may be considered entitled to. Those means of illustration 

 in several of the departments, which it will be necessary to procure 

 from England, may, I presume, be obtained through the influence of 

 the Court of Directors, which, by the establishment of the Museum of 

 Economic Geology in Calcutta, has given the strongest proof of the 

 interest felt by it in the subject, and of its willingness to aid practi- 

 cally, its development in this country. By the Curator of the Muse- 

 um placing himself in communication with learned societies in other 

 countries, much interesting information relative to the economical 

 applications of their mineral products might be obtained, and rendered 

 available for useful purposes here. 



15. It only remains for me to add, in conclusion, that from the 

 circumstances under which this memorandum has been prepared, I 

 fear that some points of importance may have escaped notice entirely, 

 and that others may have been imperfectly discussed. Such defects 

 will, however, be rectified by those, under whose consideration these 

 remarks will come, and I will most gladly avail myself of their wider 

 experience, and more extensive information, to correct or extend the 

 views herein expressed. 



6th September, 1841. 



