1843.] Asiatic Society. 419 



The Secretary presented to the Society sundry Fire Arms of the manufac- 

 ture of Lahore, Cabool, and various places of Hindoostan, being as fol- 

 lows : — 



Dokh, or Hindoos tan ee cut-and-thrust Sword. 



Two Peshawur Firelocks, mounted after the Native and English fashions, lock made 

 by Cashmeeree Gunsmiths of Loodiana to imitate Tower locks. 



A Gun. 



A Lahore Matchlock, purchased from one of Runjeet Singh's Ghorchurras. 



Knife used by the tribes about the Khybur Pass, as Afreedees, Momunds, &c. 



A small box, containing some dust of the Sandal-wood gates of Somnath was also 

 presented, and examined by the Members. The impression was general, that the gates 

 were really of Sandal-wood. A copy of the Inscription and the Report of the Com- 

 mittee of Engineer Officers had been sent with the box, but had been sent off for early 

 insertion«in the Journal without any copy being retained. The drawing of the gates 

 had not yet reached the Secretary's hands. The subject was therefore ordered to be 

 again brought to notice at the next Meeting. 



Read the following Report from the Curator of the Museum of Economic 

 Geology, for the month of April last : — 



Report of the Curator Museum Economic Geology for the month of April. 



Museum Economic Geology. — We have completed searching out and arranging our 

 Indian Copper Ores, and the collection comprising 72 specimens from Kemaon, Gurh- 

 wal, Nepal, Shekawattee, Ajmere, Nellore, and Ramreeis now upon the table. Much 

 is yet wanting to complete this series, but we shall no doubt soon receive contributions. 

 Mr. Commissioner Lushington's report on the Government experimental working of 

 the Kemaon mines, which is presented this evening from Government, is a highly 

 valuable record for future guidance, but we may remark upon it, that the outlay and 

 the depth penetrated are trifling when compared with mining adventures in Europe, so 

 that rich beds or veins may still remain to be reached by future adventurers in this 

 locality. 



Mr. Blundell, Commissioner, Tenasserim Provinces, has sent us an interesting paper, 

 with specimens, being an analysis by Dr. Ure of London of the Magnetic Iron Ores 

 and Limestones of Tavoy, which are upon the table. His letter is as follows : — 



Moulmein, 1th April, 1843. 



My dear Sir, — Having last year sent home some specimens of the Iron Ores of these 

 Provinces, I have lately received a chemical analysis of them by Dr. A. Ure, and think- 

 ing they might prove acceptable in the Museum of Economic Geology, I now beg to 

 forward to your address, a box containing similar specimens. 



Inclosed is a copy of the memorandum which accompanied the specimens I sent to 

 England, and of Dr. Ure's report on them. 



The box is on board the Honorable Company's Steamer Hooghly, and will be deli- 

 vered to you by Captain Ross. 



Yours truly, 



G. H. Blundell. 

 From Captain Newbold, M. N. I. Assistant Commissioner of Kurnoul, we have to 

 acknowledge a specimen of a remarkable barren soil from that part of Southern India, 

 the label to which best describes it. 



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