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previous results of the same work have appeared, the accompanying Despatch, in 

 original, No. 36, dated the 13th August last, from the Surveyor General of India, 

 containing the final report upon the operations for measuring an Arc of the Meridian, 

 carried through the centre of the Peninsula to the Northern confines of Hindoostan. 



2. The Society will no doubt publish the report in communication with, and 

 under the correction of, Lieutenant Colonel Everest, or such of his Assistants as he 

 may think proper to entrust wit'h its supervision through the Press, so as to ensure 

 that it will be printed with the requisite accuracy ; and as they may probably be 

 desirous of annexing to the report the lists of latitudes and longitudes ascertained 

 by the Tri angulations, which have been communicated to Government, a copy will at 

 an early opportunity be furnished for the purpose. 



3. I am to request, that the original Despatch of Colonel Everest may be returned 

 when no longer required, and that the Society will be so good as to favour this depart- 

 ment with a few spare copies on Europe paper of the report when printed, for 

 record, and for the purpose of transmission to the Hon'ble the Court of Directors. 



I am, Sir, 



Your most obedient, servant, 

 Council Chamber, 14th Oct. 1842. W. M. N. Sturt, Major, 



Qffg. Secy, to the Govt, of India, Mil. Dept. 



It was resolved — That arrangements should be made for complying, at the earliest 

 possible moment, with the wishes of Government. A note from Major Bedford 

 was recevied, stating that the Tables of Latitudes and Longitudes would be for- 

 warded as soon as ready. 



No. 296. 

 H. Torrens, Esq. 



Secretary, Asiatic Society. 



Sir, — In compliance with instructions received from the Council of Education, 

 I have the honor to inform you, that a Deer now in possession of the College Council, 

 has been ordered to be transferred to the Asiatic Society, and I have been directed 

 to place myself in communication with the authorities of that body, with a view to 

 effecting the transfer of the said specimen, and of receiving in return any Morbid 

 Specimens, and duplicates of Anatomical objects, whether human or comparative, which 

 can be spared from the Museum of the Society, and are likely to be of use in that 

 of the Medical College. 



2. In order that the above may be effected in the most satisfactory manner to 

 ensure the safe transit of the object in question, I have the honor to request, that you 

 give the necessary instructions, to the gentleman in charge of your Museum, to whom 

 it will be made over at any time, or in any manner which he may wish. 



I have likewise to request, that you will direct the same officer to furnish me with 

 a list of objects, which the Asiatic Society may think equivalent to the Deer in 

 question. I have the honor to be, Sir, 



Your most obedient servant, 



Medical College, Nov. 9, 1842. Fred. J. Mouat, M. D. 



Secretary, Medical College. 



