736 Asiatic Society. [No. 140. 



Map of the localities, and an accurate catalogue of them, to which illness has pre- 

 vented me from adding the Mineralogical designations. 



Museum of Economic Geology. — I noted in my last Report that we have received 

 a reference from Government on the subject of the Argentiferous Lead and Anti- 

 mony Ore of Chota Nagpore, forwarded to Government by Colonel Ouseley ; I now 

 present, with the correspondence, my Report to Government through our Secretary. 



No. 576. 



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

 tary to the Asiatic Society, Calcutta, dated Fort Will^m, bth June, 1843. 



Sir, — I am directed to forward to you, for the purpose of being submitted to your Society, the 

 accompanying copy of a letter from the Agent to the Governor General S. W. Frontier to this De- 

 partment, and certain Specimens of Argentiferous Galena alluded to in the letter. The Hon'ble 

 the Deputy Governor of Bengal requests your Society will, in conjunction with Mr. Piddington, 

 make such further enquiries and experiments as may be necessary, and report the result to this 

 Department. I have the honor to be, Sir, 



Your most obedient Servant, 



A. Turnbull, 

 Under-Secretary to the Government of Bengal. 



No. 24. 



From Lieut. Col. J. R. Ouseley, Agent to the Governor General S. W. Frontier, to 

 T. R. Davidson, Esq., Secretary to the Government of Bengal, Fort William, 

 dated 22d May, 1843. 



Sir, — Herewith I beg to forward specimen of Argentiferous Galena from a place N. N. West 

 of this, named Hisato, for the inspection of the Hon'ble the Deputy Governor. 



2d. From analysis here by Dr. M acrae, and the examination of it and tests applied by Mr. Pidding- 

 ton in Calcutta, reported in the Journal of the Asiatic Society, a very large proportion of silver is at- 

 tainable. It may be considered desirable by the Government to make further inquiry, and if, as an- 

 ticipated by Mr. Piddington, the results should prove so very profitable, adopt measures for working 

 the mine, which is within the Zemindary of Ramgurh. The lead ore is abundant. 



I have the honor to be, &c. 

 Chota Nagpore, <SZd May, 1843. (Signed) J. R. Ouseley, 



Governor General's Agent. 

 P.S. — Despatched this day. 

 1 Specimen of Ore. 

 1 Ditto ditto. 

 1 Small parcel with Matrix. 



(True Copy,) 



A. Turnbull, 

 Under-Secretary to Government of Bengal. 



H. Torrens, Esq., Secretary of the Asiatic Society. 



Sir, — In reply to the reference to the Museum of Economic Geology by the 

 Hon'ble the Deputy Governor in Council, accompanying a specimen of tbe ore and 

 matrix forwarded by Major Ouseley from Hisato, 12 miles N. N. W. of Chota Nag- 

 pore, under date of June, 1843, I have the honor to report as follows : — 



