874 Asiatic Society. [No. 129. 



No. 141. 

 To J. H. Young, Esq. 



Deputy Secretary to the Government of Bengal. 



Sir, — I have to acknowledge your letter No. 123 of the 12th ultimo, advising the 

 receipt of three boxes addressed to me, to the care of Mr Phillips, Museum of Econo- 

 mic Geology, No. 6, Craig's Court, Charing Cross, London. 



2nd. In reply, I beg to inform you, that these boxes contain specimens of metallic 

 ores, or others, illustrative of metallurgical processes, which are intended for the Mu- 

 seum of Economic Geology, established in January 1841, in one of the rooms of the 

 Asiatic Society at Calcutta. 



3rd. The Specimens in question, form part of a Collection designed to aid in the 

 development of the mineral resources of India, the first portion of which was brought 

 out by me at the period above-mentioned, under sanction of the Honourable Court of 

 Directors. For its progressive increase, I arranged, before leaving England, with 

 Sir H. T. De la Beche, F.R.S., &c. &c. Director of the Museum of Economic 

 Geology in the Department of Her Majesty's Woods and Forests, for the occasional 

 transmission and interchange of specimens of mineral products. I was likewise pro- 

 mised by gentlemen, connected with mines and manufactures in Cornwall, Northum- 

 berland, and Wales, several series of specimens suited to the objects in view. 



4th. It was arranged that these boxes of specimens, when ready, should be forward- 

 ed to the care of the Curator, Mr. Phillips, of the London Museum of Economic 

 Geology, from whence they were to be forwarded to Calcutta by the proper authori- 

 ties at the In^ia House, who had instructions from the Court of Directors to that 

 effect. 



5th. Any boxes therefore that may in future arrive, addressed in a similar manner 

 to those which are the subject of this letter, may, unless marked " Private," be trans- 

 ferred at once to the Government Museum of Economic Geology at the rooms of the 

 Asiatic Society. 



I have the honor to be &c. 



(Signed,) G. B. Tremenheere, Captain, 

 Executive Engr. Tenasserim Provs. 

 Revenue Department, the 10th June, 1842. 



(A true Copy.) Fred. Jas. Halliday, 

 Moolmain, ]9th April, 1812. Secretary to the Govt, of Bengal. 



The contents of the boxes are as follows : — 



One box ores of copper, &c. copper and tin with other minerals as fluor spar, 

 &c. indicating the modes of occurrence of the ore in the veins. 



One box larger specimens, mostly duplicates of the foregoing. 



One box coal, from the Newcastle coal-field. 



We have also received from Major Ouseley, Agent to the Governor General, N. W. 

 frontier, specimens of gold and gold dust from the Brahminy river ; 



Specimens of Garnets from the Bora Sambur, a tributary from the South to the 

 Mahanuddee; 



And of an ore of lead and antimony, with the matrix in which it occurs from 

 near Hazarcebaugh. 



