Oct. 1844.] Proceedings of the Asiatic Society. cix 



Read the following letter from the Society's London Agents :— 



Henry Torrens, Esq. Secretary to the Asiatic Society of Bengal. 



SrR, — We beg to inform you, for the information of the Members of the Asiatic 

 Society, that a bust of Mr. B. H. Hodgson has been commenced upon, (agreeable 

 to the instructions conveyed in your letter of March last) by a Mr. Thornicroft, 

 a talented Sculptor, who has been highly commended to Mr. Hodgson and to ourselves, 

 by a party very competent to judge of such matters, having employed Mr. Thornicroft 

 himself. The cost of the bust will be £84, in addition to which, there will be the ship- 

 ping charges and insurance. As this sum is much less than the estimate given us, 

 we beg to enquire if you think it would be desirable to appropriate any portion of 

 the balance in the purchase of a Pedestal for the bust to stand upon. The cost of a 

 suitable one of fine marble would be under £20 ; in scagliola, it would not be more than 

 half that price. We shall be obliged by the favor of a reply by return of the Mail, 

 as by that time the bust will be nearly completed. 



We have the honor to be, Sir, 



Your faithful servants, 

 London, 2nd August, 1844. Wm. H. Allen and Co. 



It was decided, that as a pedestal for the bust had been already placed in 

 the Society's Meeting Hall; the cost of importing one was needless. 



Read the following acknowledgment and advice of remittance from the 

 Secretary Agra School Book Society : — 



H. Piddington, Esq. Calcutta. 

 My dear Sir,— I have the pleasure to send a draft on Calcutta for Rs. 548: 6: 6, 

 the amount of the Asiatic Society's Bill against the Agra School Book Society. 

 The cost of the Sanscrit Books for the Maharaja 1 hope also to remit soon, as I am in 

 communication with Captain French on the subject. 



I hope to hear that you have succeeded in procuring me a copy of the Sanscrit 

 Euclid, believe me, 



Yours, 

 Ath September, 1844. J. Moore. 



Read the following letter from Lieut. Yule, B. E. to the Sub-Secretary : — 



H. Piddington, Esq., Calcutta. 



My dear Sir,— You were kind enough to give insertion in the Asiatic Society's 

 Journal, to the two notes on the iron of the Kassia hills, which I forwarded two 

 years ago, when on the point of leaving that part of the world. Having collected a 

 good many miscellaneous notices of the people and country during an abode of two 

 seasons in it, it has lately struck me, that some of them were sufficiently curious to be 

 worth publishing, and so little has been given to the public on the region (which is so 

 interesting to me that I cannot well judge what interest it may have for others,) that 



