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for five years, has been hanging to the wall of one of the apartments, I have had 

 moistened and stuffed, and the skull, which was wanting in the collection, taken out and 

 cleaned. The mounted skin now forms a very good specimen of the stuffed animal. 



Mineral Kingdom. 



But a single donation has arrived during the past month in this department, consist- 

 ing of six specimens, presented by H. B. Hinton, Esq. for the Museum of Economic 

 Geology ; viz :— 



One example of Granite Rock in the Ganges at Puturghat, 



One of Hornblende, from Sicrigully, Rahjmahel, 



Trap, called Whinstone by Buchanan, from the same locality, 



Kunkur, ditto, 



Quartz, ' fat and mealy,' ditto, and 



Iron, ditto. 



" Lastly, Dr. Lloyd has sent for deposit in the Society's Museum, a Deep Sea Clam 

 and Cylinder, of which every care will of course be taken." 



The Secretary, before reading the foregoing report of the Curator, (Mr. Blyth,) 

 took occasion to introduce him to the meeting, and proposed that the services of Mr. 

 PiDDiNGTON, late Curator, be suitably acknowledged. 



The best thanks of the Society were accordingly accorded to Mr. Piddington, for 

 his valuable services during the time he officiated as Curator, and hope expressed that 

 he would continue to afford his services in the good cause which he has as much at 

 heart as the Society, to promote. 



Read a proposal from Molovi AbdooUah to reprint in Persian, the ^^ Hedayah," and 

 soliciting the patronage of the Society for the undertaking, by their subscription for 

 100 copies. 



This proposal not coming within the province of the Society, it was proposed by Dr. 

 H^BERLiN, and seconded by the Secretary, that the Society subscribe for five copies, 

 as an encouragement to the Molovi for his undertaking. 



The proposal having been put to the vote, it was lost by a shew of hands : ordered, 

 therefore that the proposal be declined, and the Molovi informed accordingly. 



Read letter of 1st October 1841, from Dr. H^eberlin, submitting his reasons for 

 proposing that Professor H. Ewald, of Tibingen in Wirtemberg, be elected an 

 Honorary Member of the Asiatic Society of Bengal. 



Read report from the Secretary and Officiating Curator of the Society of the ISth 

 June last, with correspondence on the subject of the Geological Collections of Capt. 



HUTTON. 



Ordered, that the subjects of two foregoing papers be submitted to the Committee 



of Papers for consideration and report. 

 I 



Read the following report from the Librarian for July last : — 

 Sir, — I have the honour of transmitting to you my report of last month, requesting 

 you to lay it before the Committee of Papers. 



