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Ordered — that the best thanks of the Society be conveyed to Dr. 

 Campbell, and the paper be printed in the Journal. 



8th. From C. Morehead, Esq., Superintendent, Grant Medical Col- 

 lege, presenting copies of the Report of the College for 1845 to 1850. 



9th. From Capt. A. Fytche, presenting a slab of stone with a 

 Sanskrit ( 1) Inscription in the Gupta character, from Arracan. 



Capt. Fytche being present at the meeting thanks of the Society for 

 the donation were tendered him in person by the President. 



10th. The Council submitted the following report on the Museum 

 of Economic Geology. 



Report on the Museum of Economic Geology. 



Although this is not the kind of report which I could have desired to 

 present to the Society, inasmuch as it does not give a just idea of what has 

 been done, and omits wholly the important points of the nature of the work, 

 and the hinderances the Museum labours under; being in fact but a brief 

 extract from a much longer report; yet as the Council think it quite 

 sufficient, I have the honour to submit it, in compliance with their wishes. 



The question of the " Progress" of the Museum may be considered in so 

 many lights that it must be replied to generally. Its progress then as 

 regards additions to its collections though not equal to what has been 

 obtained in former years is still good, when we consider that, depending 

 upon voluntary contributions, it must always, and necessarily, be very slow in 

 a country like India where so few persons, even if with the knowledge and 

 opportunities required, can afford to collect for us. As regards its arrange- 

 ments and registry it has been, as from the commencement, kept completely 

 arranged and catalogued, and as regards the different researches carried on, 

 the successful ones and those worth publishing will partly be found in the 

 Society's Journal as it appears,* and in my report when published, and 

 others will be brought forward as soon as complete, and if of sufficient 

 importance to occupy space in the Journal. 



The following is a list of Collections presented to the Museum of Economic 



Geology, July, 1849 to July, 1850. 

 Dr. Spilsbury. 

 Capt. Sherwill, Cape Specimens. 



Burra Burra Mines. 



Deoghur Copper. 



Beerbhoom ditto. 



. Ditto Coal. 



* We have but five numbers for 1849-50, July to July yet published. 



