Sept. 1844] Proceedings of the Asiatic Society. xcv 



port of the Government of India, with reference to purposes of practical utility in the 



study, (with the native community,) of a language so important to them. 



I am, Sir, 



Asiatic Society's Rooms, Ylth July, 1844. H. Tor hens, 



V. P. and Secy. Asiatic Society. 

 No. 582. 

 From the Under-Secretary to the Govt, of Bengal, to H. Torrens, Esq. Secretary 



to the Asiatic Society, dated Fort William, 11th August, 1844. 

 Education. 



Sir,— I am directed to acknowledge the receipt of your letter, dated the 12th ul- 

 timo, and to state, that the Deputy Governor regrets that the Government cannot sub- 

 scribe for any copies of the proposed Sanscrit Dictionary, specimen pages of which 



accompanied your communication. 



I have the honor to be, Sir, 



Your most obedient servant, 



Cecil Beadon, 



Under-Secretary to the Government of Bengal. 



Read the following letter from Mr. W. C. Colton, Assistant Librarian, 

 presenting a mummied hand and curious knot of a tree, (forming, naturally, 

 the figure of an animal,) to which it refers : — 



To H. Piddington, Esq. Sub-Secretary, Asiatic Society. 



Sir, — I beg leave to present to the Asiatic Society's Museum, the accompanying 

 hand, taken from an Egyptian Mummy in one of the pyramids near Cairo, and sup- 

 posed to be about three thousand years old. 



Also, a curious specimen of a knot taken from a tree, in the Island of the Mauritius, 

 in the year 1840. 1 have the honor to be, Sir, 



Your obedient servant, 



Calcutta, Wth September, 1844. W. C. Colton. 



Read the following letter from the Rev. J. J. Moore, Secretary Agra 

 School Book Society to the Sub-Secretary : — 



No. 239. 



My dear Sir, — I am happy to say that the two boxes of books have reached me 

 in safety, with the exception of 9 which are injured by water and have to be rebound, 

 however this matters little. The books for the Maharaj of Jodhpore, I have for- 

 warded to the Political Agent, Capt. French. The cost of them I shall remit to you 

 so soon as realized. 



The bill against the Society I hope to remit a draft for, at the close of the 

 month. I am much obliged to you for the kind trouble you have taken. 



Believe me, your sincerely, 



15th August, 1844. J. Moore. 



Read the following letter from Dr. Mouat : — 



To H. Tor hens, Esq. 

 My dear Torrens, — Would the accompanying articles be of any use to your 

 Museum 1 Intrinsically they are of no value, but as they were both brought from the 

 field of Punniar, they may be esteemed worthy of preservation. The matchlock was 



