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The Meteorological Register for the Month of April 1840, was presented by the 



Surveyor General. 

 The following were received from the Booksellers : — 

 Lardner's Cabinet Cyclopedia- 

 Bell's Poets, vol. 2d. 



The Officiating Secretary laid before the Meeting a very curious table, drawn up 

 by a Khattree at Delhi, which gave an account of the reigns of the vario us 

 kings descended from Timoor, their possessions, revenue, &c. &c. 



Literary and Antiquities. 



The Officiating Secretary exhibited to the Meeting an Astrolabe, the property 

 of Major Pottinger. 



Resolved — That the Instrument be submitted to Mr. Middleton for his opinion, 

 if he would oblige the Society with it. 



A collection of gems and coins of great interest was submitted by the Officiating 

 Secretary, the property of Major Pottinger. 



Read a letter from Lieut. E. B. Conolly, forwarding impressions of coins, gems, 

 and relics, from Herat. 



Read a communication from Major Davidson, regarding the mode of dwarfing the 

 pineapple. 



Resolved — That the communication be made over to the Agricultural Society. 



Read a letter from H. V. Bavley, Esq. Assistant Secretary to the Government of 

 India, transmitting for publication in the Society's Journal, the following papers : — 

 Lieutenant Conolly's paper on Seistan. 



Copy of a report submitted to Government by the Committee appointed to in- 

 vestigate the Coal and Mineral Resources of India. 



Read a letter from Messrs. Thacker and Co. forwarding on behalf of Captain T. 

 S. Burt for publication in the Society's Journal, facsimile of an Inscription taken in 

 the temple at Odeypur, near Saugur. 



Memoir of Sylhet, Kachar, and the adjacent districts, by Captain Fisher, was 

 presented in his name by the President. 



Read a letter from Lieut. E. B. Conolly, forwarding his second paper on the anti- 

 quities between Mhow and Saugur. 



Museum. 



The Officiating Secretary exhibited to the Meeting a fine specimen of cloth made 

 by the Lepchas of Sikim. The cloth appeared very much like looee cloth of 

 Hindoos tan 



Several Zoological specimens were presented to the Society, as also a small collec- 

 tion of Himalayan game, and other birds, by the Officiating Secretary. 



Physical. 



Memorandum on the differences of the meridian of the Observatory at Madras and 

 the Flag Staff of Fort William, and of the cantonment of Futtyghur in the Dooab ; 

 by Col. J. A. Hodgson, late Surveyor General of India. 



