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not appoint to the Office of Curator to the Museum of Economic Geology 

 but on the recommendation of the Asiatic Society, and the President in 

 Council would not wish in any way to interfere authoritatively with the 

 appointment in question. 



I have, &c. 

 (Signed) G. A. Bushby, 

 Secretary to the Government of India, 

 (True Copy.) 



W. Seton Karr, 

 Under-Secretary to the Government of Bengal. 

 From Professor Holinboe of the Christiania University, announcing 

 the despatch of a collection of objects of Natural History. 



From B. II. Hodgson, Esq., forwarding a description of the Polecat 

 of Tibet. 



From the same, forwarding a note of the Aborigines of Southern 

 India. 



From the same, forwarding a valuable MS. copy of Lalita Vistara, 

 for publication in the Bibliotheca Indica. 



Ordered, that the thanks of the Society be presented to Mr. Hodg- 

 son, and the subject referred to the Oriental Section. 



From Dr. Hooker, Botanical notes made during an excursion in 

 Sikim, presented by the Hon'ble the President. 



From J. Christian, Esq., forwarding a Sanscrit inscription on a slab 

 of stone from a temple near Monghir, and its translation. 



From Baron Hammer Purgstall, presenting the Vienna Review and 

 Transactions of the Imperial Academy of Sciences. 



From Professor Fliigel, acknowledging a copy of Abdool Razaq's Dic- 

 tionary, and requesting to be nominated a member of the Asiatic 

 Society. 



From "W. Neal, Esq. Collector of Oriental Translation Fund, Lon- 

 don, acknowledging the Society's remittance of £ 21 in payment of 

 subscription to the Oriental Translation Fund, for 1847-48. 



From Prince Golam Muhamud, presenting donation of books to the 

 Society. 



From Captain Hollings, presenting a small collection of coins. 

 From F. Taylor, Esq. Officiating Secretary of the Local Committee 

 of Public Instructions, Delhi, soliciting a copy of the Journal of the 

 Society for the use of the Delhi College. 



