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From Captain Thuillier, offering copy of a Map of Sikkim and 

 Eastern Nepaul, by Dr. J. D. Hooker, for publication in the Society's 

 Journal. 



Ordered that the Secretary and the Finance Committee consider and 

 report as to the expense of publishing it in the Journal. 



From W. Seton Karr, Esq., Under Secretary to the Government of 

 Bengal, regarding an application of the Statistical Section of the So- 

 ciety, for permission to have access to the Index to the records of the 

 Bengal Secretary's Office. 



From the Under Secretary to the Government of Bengal, 



To the Vice President and Secretary to the Asiatic Society. 



Dated Fort William, the 8th May, 1850. 

 Sir, — I am directed by the Deputy Governor of Bengal to acknowledge 

 the receipt of your letter, dated the 27th March last, submitting a solicitation, 

 on the part of the Statistical Section of the Asiatic Society, for permission 

 to have access to the records of the Bengal Secretary's Office, with a view to 

 the publication of it's Indices. 



2. His honor regrets that he is unable to comply with the above request. 



I have the honor to be, Sir, 

 Your most Obedient Servant, 



W. Seton Karr. 

 Under Secy, to the Govt, of Bengal. 



From P. B. Reid, Esq. Secretary to the Agra Local Agency, enclos- 

 ing a memorandum of five gold coins, lately dug out of a ruin in the 

 vicinity of the Agra Fort, and enquiring whether the Society would 

 like to purchase them. 



Resolved, that the Society does not consider it desirable to purchase 

 the coins. 



From Captain H. L. Thuillier, Deputy Surveyor General, forwarding 

 Tables of the monthly means of Maximum and Minimum Pressures from 

 1840 to 1849, taken from the Meteorological Register kept at the Sur- 

 veyor General's Office, Calcutta. 



From Mauluvi Golam Akbar, late Persian Librarian, praying for a 

 testimonial for his past, services to the Society. 



Resolved, that the Secretary be desired to grant the request of the 

 Mauluvi. 



