May, 1844.] Proceedings of the Asiatic Society. xlvii 



I shall feel obliged if you can give me such information as will be sufficient to guide 

 Dr. Martius, and hope that it will be such as will enable him to complete what he 

 earnestly desires, a constant and liberal exchange with the Head Society of India. 



I am, My dear Sir, 



Your's truly, 

 Botanic Gardens, April 20, 1844. W. Griffith, 



Member, Royal Ratisbon Academy. 



Ordered, that a letter expressing the best thanks of the Society for the 

 friendly overture of Dr. Martius, and the Society's desire to promote on its 

 side the most friendly relations with the University of Ratisbon be sent. 



Read the following letter from Captain Williams, 1st Assistant Com- 

 missioner of Arracan : — 



DEaR Sir, — I have the pleasure to inform you, that I have forwarded to Kymkhroo 

 for the purpose of being conveyed on the "Amherst" to you, an iron anchor stock, 

 found on Chedooba, at the spot where the gold coin and javelin heads were discovered. I 

 can obtain no information whatever from the Mugs about it, but it may throw some 

 light towards the discovery of the country and age of the coins. 



Your's very truly, 



Ramree, Arracan, March 27, 1844. D.Williams. 



The Sub- Secretary submitted to the Meeting an impression taken from 

 the iron bell from Ningpo, presented by Captain Warden, H. C. Steamer 

 Queen, to the R. R. the Bishop for the Cathedral. It was proposed 

 and approved of, that this should be first sent to China, for translation 

 by Mr. M. Callery or Gutzlaff, in order to learn before proceeding farther, 

 whether the inscription contained any thing of importance and worth the 

 trouble of taking off. 



Read the following letter from Dr. Roer, accompanying the valuable 

 translation to which it refers, which was referred for publication to the 

 Editors of the Journal. 



My dear Torrens, — I send you the first four chapters of my Translation of Bhas- 

 cara Acharya's work on Astronomy ; this is about the fourth part of the whole, and 

 sufficient, I think for one number of the Journal. 



Your's sincerely, 

 20th April, 1844. G. Roer. 



