Proceedings of the Supplementary Meeting of the Asiatic Society of 

 Bengal, September, 1846. 



Pursuant to a resolution passed at the monthly meeting of the So- 

 ciety, a Supplementary meeting for the disposal of the arrears of Scien- 

 tific business, was held at the Society's Rooms, on Thursday evening, 

 at half-past 8, p. m. 



Lieut. -Colonel Forbes, Vice-President, in the Chair. 



The minutes of Proceedings of the last meeting were read and re- 

 served for confirmation at the next regular monthly meeting. 



Read the following Report for September, 1846, by the Curator 

 Museum Economic Geology. 



Report of the Curator of Museum of the Economic 

 Geology for September. 



Geology and Mineralogy. — I have obtained from the bazar some 

 fragments of Encrinital or Pentacrinital fossils, which are sold there as 

 medicines, and called the "branches of the Huzoor ul Loheid," which 

 I have described and named provisionally " Loheidolite" in my report 

 of October, 1844. 



They are said to be from Loheida, also, so that it is possible this is a 

 locality rich in fossils of the period to which these belong, though little 

 dependance can be placed upon what is said of locality, as they may 

 be brought to Loheida from a considerable distance. 



Dr. Spilsbury has sent from Bundlecund a specimen of Copper-ore,* 

 and one of a highly curious sandstone, of which last he says : — 



" The other is a specimen of the sandstone used in building at Lul- 

 lutpoor, (the Lurthpoor of Arrowsmith's map,) a station of Scindia's 

 Contingent, some 20 miles east of Chunderee ; it is remarkable for the 

 ferruginous spherules imbedded in the stone, a good example of which 

 is sent, as also the half of another to test its nature : the rock is quarried 

 about 20 miles from the station." 



* Will be noticed in the Economic Geological Report. 



