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Annals and Magazine of Natural History. London, September 1842. No. 62. 



Purchased. 

 London, Edinburgh, and Dublin Philosophical Magazine and Journal of Science, 



3d Series. Vol. 21, No. 136, August, 1842. 

 Transactions of the Society of Arts, &c. London, 1841. Vol. LIII, Part 2d. 

 Proceedings of the Geological Society of London, 1840-41. Vol. Ill, Part II, Nos. 72 



to 76. 

 YarrelPs History of British Birds. London, 1842, Part 31. Purchased. 

 Chinese secret Tried Society of the Tien-ti-Hi-uh, by Lieut. Newbold and Major Ge- 

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XXIX. from the Archaeological Society. 

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 of November 1842, from Government. 



Read the following letters from Government. 



No. 1184. 



To H. Torrens, Esq. 



Secretary to the Asiatic Society. 

 General Department. 



Sir, — In continuation of the previous correspondence respecting the proposed 

 publication of Dr. Cantor's Chusan Report in the Researches of the Asiatic Society, I 

 am directed by the Hon'ble the Deputy Governor of Bengal, to transmit to you for the 

 purpose therein mentioned, copy of a further letter from Dr. Cantor, dated the 10th of 

 October last, together with the Manuscript which accompanied it, entitled, " Some 

 account of the Botanical Collections made by Dr. Cantor during his service in China," 

 drawn up by Assistant Surgeon W\ Griffith. 



I have the honor to be, Sir, 



Your most obedient Servant. 



H. V. Bayley, 

 Deputy Secretary to the Government of Bengal. 

 Fort William, the Uth December, 1842. 



To G. A. Bushby, Esq. 



Secretary to the Government of Bengal. 



Sir,— I have the honor to submit the accompanying Manuscript, entitled, "Some 

 account of the Botanical Collection made by Dr. Cantor, during his service in China," 

 drawn up by Mr. W. Griffith, who on receiving a series of duplicates of the botanical 

 collections formed for Government during my service in China, promised to undertake 

 the task now performed. 



2. As the contents of Mr. Griffith's Manuscript are illustrative of the Descriptive 

 Catalogue of Animals, collected at Chusan, which I had the honor to draw up 

 by order of the Right Hon'ble the late Governor General, it would be desirable 

 that both should be published in conjunction. 



