1843.] Asiatic Society. 731 



Read the following letter from the Secretary : — 



To F. J. Hall i day, Esq. Secretary to Government of Bengal, Asiatic Society's 

 Rooms, the 'list June, 1843. 



Sir, — With reference to Mr, Secretary Bushby's Letter, No. 446, dated the 31st March, 1841, 

 I have the honor, by direction of the Hon'ble the President and Members of the Committee of Pa- 

 pers of the Asiatic Society, to submit a statement of Disbursements made by the Society on account 

 of the Museum Economic Geology from February 1841 to May 1843 both the months inclusive 

 amounting to It upees 1,040: 7 : 3, of which a considerable proportion is for postage and apparatus for 

 the laboratory; and to request that the permission of the Hon'ble the Deputy Governor of Bengal 

 may be obtained for the Sub-Treasurer to pay the amount to my receipt. 



2. I am also desired to request, that His Honor will accord the Society authority to draw from 



the General Treasury monthly a sum not exceeding Rupees 64, for Establishment and Contingencies 



_,.,., for the Museum Economic Geology, as exhibited in the margin, 



Establishment. 



which after the experience of two years seems indispensably neces- 



1 Carpenter' ' 8 sary for the emcient discharge of the duties of the Museum. 



1 Peon, „ 5 3. The utmost care will be taken in conducting the outlay on 



g 9 such a scale of strict economy as to be kept within the Estimate 



Contingencies, ,, 35 for Contingencies. Should a surplus exist at the close of the year, it 



Co's Rs. 64 wil1 be duly carried t0 credit on account of the ensuing twelve 



months, and special report made accordingly. 



I have, &c. 



H. Torrens, 



Vice President and Secretary Asiatic Society. 



And the reply thereto, as follows : — 



No. 691. 



From Under-Secretary to the Government of Bengal, to H. Torrens, Esa., Vice President and 

 Secretary Asiatic Society, dated Fort William, 3d July, 1843. 



Sir,— I am directed by the Hon'ble the Deputy Governor of Bengal to acknowledge the receipt of 

 your letter, dated the 21st ultimo, submitting a statement of Disbursements made by the Asiatic 

 Society on account of the Museum Economic Geology, from February 1841 to May 1843, amounting 

 to Rupees 1,040: 7:3, and in reply to state, that the necessary instructions for payment of the same 

 will be issued from the Financial Department to the Sub -Treasurer. 



As regards the further request of the Society for authority to draw from the General Treasury a 

 monthly sum of Rupees 64 for Establishment and Contingencies, for the Museum Economic Geology, 

 I am desired to say, that a reference on the subject will be made to the Supreme Government. 



1 have the honor to be, Sir, 



Your most obedient Servant, 



A. Turnbull, 

 Under-Secretary to the Government of Bengal. 



Read the following letter from Professor J. Mohl of Paris : — 



H. Piddington, Esa., Acting Secretary of the Asiatic Society of Bengal. 



Sir, — I have received your letter of the 6th of March, by which you inform me, that the Asiatic 

 Society of Bengal has done me the honor to elect me a Member of the Society. I am very grati- 

 fied for the great distinction thus conferred upon me, and beg you will have the kindness to lay be- 

 fore the Council of the Society, the expression of my thanks for it. 



I have the honour to be, Sir, 

 Paris, 20ih of May, 1843. Your very obedient Servant, 



Julius Mohl. 



