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Captain Herbert's Journal, had been made over to his survey from Captain Danger- 

 field's, and it at last occurred to me to address Major Manson in my search after them. 

 A part, it appears, were sent down to the late Mr. J. Prinsep, but the remainder have now 

 reached us. The specimens are in a sad state of confusion, but I recognise several re- 

 ferred to in Captain Herbert's Journals, and there are many which will either fill up 

 blanks, or be very illustrative and useful in our collections. The apparatus also is in a 

 dilapidated state, but can be repaired, and will all be of service in the laboratory. 



Lieut. Yule, of the Engineers, Executive OKcer at Chirra Punjee, has at my re- 

 quest obliged us with four bags of the Fire Clay of that locality, to which I propose 

 giving a trial in the construction of the furnaces of the laboratory ; a specimen is upon 

 the table. Mr. Mornay, Civil Engineer, from whom we purchased the Minerals noted 

 below, has presented us with a small, but highly interesting and instructive set of fifteen 

 specimens from the Coal field of Burdwan, consisting of the coal, porphyry, dykes in 

 contact with the coal, and petrifactions. — I may notice amongst these last, a splendid 

 specimen of the top of a tree Fern, No. 15, which is now on the table, and No. 4, an 

 instance of coal altered to mineral charcoal, by the agency of a dyke of trachyte. This 

 is not uncommon, but we had no Indian specimens of it hitherto. 



I have also to report from this department a first dispatch of specimens to the Ho- 

 nourable the Court of Directors through the Government of India, consisting of a part of 

 Captain Tremenheere's Tin Ores and Matrix from Kahun, Porcelain and Fire Clays, 

 Ores of Manganese and Antimony and Iron, in all 21 specimens.* 



Miner alogical and Geological. — Mr J. Pontet, Deputy Collector of Bhaugulpore, 

 has sent us a box of various specimens, principally geological, but his list of localities 

 has not yet been received. He has been good enough to promise us further supplies, 

 and as he is known to be a most active searcher amongst the Coal fields of that district, 

 we shall doubtless profit greatly by his kind assistance. 



From the Rajmahl District.— From C. P. Gatefield, Esq. we have also a small col- 

 lection of Geological specimens, carving from Peer Pointee, and some stone Cannon 

 Balls from near the Telleaghurry Pass, which he describes as follows : " These Can- 

 non Balls were dug up about a mile from the Telliagurry Pass, there are 5 or 6 Can- 

 nons at this Pass still, and the balls fit these guns ; they must have been in use during 

 the Mogul Government. Telliagurry is situated between Calgong and Sicery." 



Having been authorized by the Committee of Papers to endeavour to purchase from 

 Mr. Mornay's Collection such part as would be useful to us, I have done so to the 

 extent allowed, and the Minerals are now upon the table, to the number of 90 

 Specimens for 120 Rs. Amongst these, I may notice the specimens of Gold Ores from 

 Brazil, as they occur in the various rocks, or with minerals, which are especially in- 

 structive for the Museum of Economic Geology. The seven specimens of Diamonds 

 of various Crystallisations, Octohedrite from the Gold Clay, and from Mexico, are re- 

 markable; as are also the specimens of Russian Platina and Platina Sand, and many of 

 the minerals, which are rare, or valuable, on account of their crystallisations. 



* The suggestion of Captain Tremenheere, that the Museum should acknowledge its contributions 

 by an engraved letter, in the style of those of the Royal Museum of Economic Geology, having been 

 approved of by the Society, I have now the pleasure to submit, for inspection, some letters prepared 

 from our own steel plate, with a lithographed form added below it. 



