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must send to Lieut. Phayre, the Assistant Commissioner at Sandoway, according to 

 my promise. 



Lieut. Phayre is a good Birman scholar, and his information regarding the " Dum- 

 masat" would be very valuable to you. He is now compiling a list of Kings of Arracan 

 of the Mug dynasty, and of Governors of the Province under the Birmese rule, from 

 a valuable collection of coins in his possession; its perusal will no doubt be enjoyed 

 by your Society. 



I forward to Lieut. Phayre, the copy of the Dummasat and your letter, requesting 

 he will communicate to you his opinion. Your's truly, 



D. Williams. 



Read the following letters from the Secretaries to the Government of 

 India and Bengal : — 



No. 682. 



From the Secretary to the Government of India, with the Governor General, to 

 Secretary to the Asiatic Society at Calcutta. 

 Foreign Department. 

 Sir, — Under instructions from the Right Honorable the Governor General, I do 

 myself the honor of placing at the disposal of the Asiatic Society, the accompanying 

 Report from Captain Graham, on the Manners, Customs, &c. of the people of Shoa, and 

 an Historical Account of the Abyssinian Church by the same gentleman. 



2. As these documents are originals, I have to request that you will be good enough 

 to make them over when done with, to the Officiating Secretary at the Presidency 

 Office, for record. I have the honor to be, Sir, 



Your most obedient Servant, 



J. Thomason, 

 Allahabad, \3th June, 1843. Secretary to the Government of India, 



with the Governor General. 



No. 575. 



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

 tary to the Asiatic Society. 

 Siu, — I am directed to transmit the enclosed Report by Capt. G. B. Tremenheere, 

 Executive Engineer, Tenasserim Provinces, of a Visit to the Packchan River and some 

 Tin localities in the Southern portion of the Tenasserim Provinces, together with a 

 Sketch which accompanied it. 



2. The Military Board, in forwarding the above Report, have intimated, that the 

 specimens of Tin therein referred to, will be forwarded by Captain Tremenheere, 

 when received, to the Curator of the Museum of Economic Geology. 



1 am, Sir, 



Your most obedient Servant, 

 Fort William, bth June, 1843. A. Turnbull, 



Under-Secretary to the Government of Bengal. 



Mr. Piddington presented a paper for the Journal, being a translation of 

 (with remarks) M. Stanislas Julien's remarks on the study of the Chinese 



