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ploye might be selected, and have even had a proposition made me by a gentleman of 

 scientific attainments to be allowed to accompany the person deputed as for his in- 

 dividual satisfaction, giving the advantage of the result of his observations. This 

 would give us a double set of notes. 



I need not say that we have no officer of the Society available for this scientific 

 mission. The duties of the Museum imperatively require the constant presence 

 and steady exertion of our officers, for after years of labor we are only just now 

 beginning to establish order, and the good work must not be relaxed in. 



I have the honor to request orders on the above points. H. Torrens, 



Vice President and Secy. As. Socy. 



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



Sir, — Having heard that the Society contemplate sending a person to investigate 

 certain Geognostical phenomena in the Indian seas, I beg leave to offer my humble 

 services to the Society for that purpose. 



In support of my pretensions I hand you with this, copies of three documents, 

 the originals of which I have by me, ready to produce when called for. 



Mr. Marshman's letter I shew you, merely to prove that I have executed work 

 of a scientific and laborious character in this country, without any assistance, to the 

 satisfaction of a man well capable of judging it. 



The report of Mr. Robt. Stephenson, the Engiueer of the London and Birmingham 

 Railway, upon the plans and estimates for a Railway in Brazil, shews that he was 

 satisfied with my work in this peculiar line, — and the document upon which I lay 

 most stress, is the certificate of the Council of Mines of Saxony ; on the face 

 of which you will see, that I have acquired some knowledge of all the Arts and 

 Sciences which bear upon Mining, including Geology, Mineralogy, Chemistry, 

 Metallurgy, Assaying, Surveying, and Mining Engineering : all of which may pro- 

 bably, more or less, be brought into action, on this occasion. 



I beg to assure you, that if the Society should entrust me with this interesting 

 commission, no exertion shall be spared by me to further the objects of my employ- 

 ers. Your most obedient Servant, 

 Calcutta, %5th September, 1843. S. Morn ay. 



Mr. Mornay's certificate above alluded to is as follows : — 



We, the Council of Mi?ies of the Kingdom of Saxony, 

 Hereby testify, that Mr. Stephen Mornay from London, was matriculated on 

 the Mining College of this place, by Royal License, dated 9th October 1829, and 

 that he attended the following courses of lectures with great industry and very good 

 success ; viz. Mining ; Geology ; Mineralogy ; Petrefactology ; Natural Philosophy ; 

 General, Technical, Metallurgical, and Analytical Chemistry ; Metallurgy ; Trans- 

 cendant Mathematics ; Construction of Mining Machinery ; Architecture and Draw- 

 ing. And that he proved himself zealous in the attainment of practical knowledge 

 in Geology and Mining. And that his conduct has always been moral and gentle- 

 manly. 



