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As I am about to leave Lucknow and proceed to join my Regiment by Dak, I 

 shall feel obliged by your addressing any reply you may send to the address of 

 Eusoof Khan, Adjutant Artillery, H. M. K. of Oudh's service, Lucknow, care of 

 Captain Drake, officiating Superintendent of Police, Lucknow. 



The coins were given to me on the 4th December, but I delayed sending them 

 until I could also send the Book. I saw Eusoof Khan yesterday, and told him that 

 I would send the Book to you with the coins. 



I remain, &c. 

 G. E. Hollings. 



Lucknow, 20th January, 1846. 



The book has been sent to yon by dak banghy to-day. 



Read a letter from W. Knighton, Esq., Secretary to the Ceylon 

 branch of the Royal Asiatic Society : — 



To H. Torrens, Esq. V. P. and Secretary Bengal Asiatic Society. 

 S IR> — I am directed by the Committee of Management of the Ceylon Branch of 

 the Royal Asiatic Society, to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 20th 

 October last, as also of the case of books, per Brig " Emerald," containing sets of the 

 Asiatic Researches, and of the Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal, for all 

 which I am directed to convey to you the best thanks of the Society. 



It gives our Society great pleasure to find itself in co-operation with a body so 

 distinguished by its success in Oriental Researches as the Asiatic Society of Bengal, 

 and it is our hope that the anticipations expressed in your letter may not be disap- 

 pointed. 



I have the honor to be, &c. 



Wm, Knighton, 



Hon. Secy. 



Ceylon Branch Royal Asiatic Society, \ 

 Colombo, 4th January, 1846. J 



The arrival in the river of the specimens, &c, from the Royal 

 Norwegian University of Christiana was announced. 



Read a letter from Col. Jackson, Secretary to the Royal Geographical 

 Society, complaining of non-reciprocity in exchange of publications, 

 and that the Geographical Society have been obliged to purchase copies 

 of the Journal of the Asiatic Society up to and including No. 56, New 

 Series, when with a view to necessary economy it was given up. 



Resolved, that it be explained to the Royal Geographical Society, 

 that the omission to exchange the Asiatic Society's publications for the 

 Journals of that Society could only have arisen from some mistake, and 



