]058 Asiatic Society. [No. 106. 



tors, to ascertain whether the Court in authorizing the Government of India to pay the 

 amount of rupees 300 per mensem, intended it as a separate grant for a distinct 

 purpose, in addition, and not in supercession of that made by the Government of India 

 in July 1837, pending a reference to the Honorable the Court of Directors; and 

 whether the larger subsequent grant is to be considered as merging in the previous 

 smaller one, becfiuse it was made as the result of the reference from the Government. 



Read a letter from Mr. Secretary Bushby of 13th January, covering correspondence 

 with Capt. Tremenheere, respecting the Geological collections brought out by that 

 Ofi&cer from England, 



The Secretary stated, that the chamber lately occupied by the model of the Moor- 

 shedabad palace, would be available for the collections of Capt. Tremenheere. 



Read a letter from Capt. Tremenheere with enclosure, on the subject of Economic 

 Geology in India. 



In submitting the paper in question, the Officiating Secretary suggested, that as the 

 best means of availing themselves of Capt. Tremenheere's ingenious production, the 

 Editor of the periodical, called the Journal of the Asiatic Society, be supplied with 

 a copy, and requested to give it as early publication as he can conveniently, in his 

 Journal, 



As Editor, the Secretary begged to state, that not only would the paper be 

 inserted if entrusted to him in the Journal, but any nuijaber of extra copies supplied to 

 the Society for distribution to whomsoever they please, with no other charge than 

 the cost of the paper they are printed on. 



The suggestion of the Secretary was agreed to, and the paper furnished for publica- 

 tion, as proposed. 



Read a letter from Mr. C. Visscher, Secretary to the Batavian Society of Arts and 

 Sciences, forwarding results of tide observations in the Archipelago of Batavia, during 

 the year 1839. 



Resolved— That the civility be reciprocated, by transmitting to Mr. Visscher for 

 presentation to the Batavian Society of Arts and Sciences, copies of Registers of the 

 rise and fall of the tide at Pulo Island and Singapore, received through the General 

 Department of the Government of Bengal, during November and December last. 



Read a letter from Mr. Deputy Secretary Young, of 29th December last, requesting 

 to be favoured with full information regarding the Zoological Collection by the late 

 Dr. Helper, alleged to have been made over to the Asiatic Society's Rooms, 



The Officiating Curator having been requested to furnish a report on the subject; 

 submitted the following : — 



