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therein contained, and for the specimens of the mineral productions of 

 England brought out by you. 



A copy of your communication will be forwarded to the Asiatic 

 Society, in whose rooms you will be pleased, agreeably to the accommo- 

 dation which has been tendered by that body, to place the collection. 



I am desired to observe, that if during your absence you will main- 

 tain a correspondence with the Curator of the Society's Museum, 

 you may turn to servicable account the experience which you have 

 acquired in England, for the formation of a Museum of Economic 

 Geology, and the Asiatic Society will without doubt, upon any occa- 

 sional visit which you may make to Calcutta, give you every facility of 

 inspection, and allow such weight to your suggestions, as consistently 

 with their rules may tend to the furtherance of the object in view. 



It is the intention of the Right Honorable the Governor of Bengal to 

 avail himself of your services and acquirements, in consequence of your 

 appointment to the department of public works in the Tenasserim pro- 

 vinces, and to the superintendence of the Government forests, for the fur- 

 ther prosecution of the inquiries commenced by the late Dr. Heifer into 

 the mineral and commercial resources of the Tenasserim province, with 

 a view to the development of the natural productions of that country. 



Your particular attention will be directed in all your excursions 

 to the practical geology and mineralogy of the Tenasserim territory, 

 and you will report on the means and prospects of working any of 

 the mines that have been, or may be discovered, and furnish specimens 

 of all productions, in every possible case in duplicate, for the Govern- 

 ment, and the Honorable the Court of Directors. 



Note by Captain Tremenheere. 



The following are suggestions concerning the mode by which the collec- 

 tion of geological specimens arrived from England, may be made useful. 



By assigning for their reception a room in some public building, 

 where they should be arranged in cabinets under glass, in a manner 

 convenient for public inspection. 



With them, or in an adjoining apartment, might be placed models of 

 such machinery as is suited to the purposes of agriculture or mining 

 in India. 



A focus would thus be presented for the concentration of specimens 

 of rocks, minerals, metallurgical processes, soils &c., from every locality, 

 whereby a knowledge of the mineral resources, as well as of the capa- 



