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Temples of Mandah, which at Capt. Kittoe's own request had been 

 lent him, for examination and for description in the Journal ; having 

 taken them with him to Benares, in July last, Capt. Kittoe, in reply to 

 applications from the Secretaries, returns the drawings (date of receipt 

 Jan. 27th,) and expresses his inability to spare time to copy and 

 describe them. 



Read the following letter from J. Thornton, Esq., Secretary to 

 Government, N. W. Provinces, also referring to the Kalinger and Man- 

 dah drawings. 



No. 107 of 1843. 

 From J. Thornton, Esq. Secretary to Government, North Western Pro~ 



vinces. 

 To the Secretary to the Asiatic Society. 



Bated Read Quarters, Jan. 26th, 1848. 

 Sir, — With reference to my letters to your predecessor dated May 19th, and 

 December 19th, 1846, regarding drawings of the Kallinger and Mandah Cave 

 Temples, I am directed by the Hon'ble the Lieut. -Governor of the N. W. P. 

 to request that the drawings and papers transmitted with those letters may be 

 made over to Mr. G. A. Bushby, the Secretary to the Government of India in 

 the Home Department, if they are no longer required by the Society, in order 

 that they may be transmitted to the Hon'ble the Court of Directors. 



2d. I am further desired to inform you that a second series of drawings of 

 the Kallinger Temples, executed in a very superior style by Lieutenant Maisey, 

 67th N. I., together with an explanatory memoir, and fac-similes of inscriptions, 

 have been despatched to Mr. Bushby for transmission to the Hon'ble Court of 

 Directors. If the Society are desirous to inspect these papers and feel disposed 

 to take copies and to publish any of them, no difficulty will be experienced in 

 accomplishing this object, upon application being made to Mr. Bushby. 



I have the honor to be, Sir, 



Your Obedient Humble Servant, 



J. Thornton. 

 Secy, to Govt. N. W. P. 



With reference to the above correspondence, and to a statement read 

 to the meeting that the Hon'ble the Governor of the N. W. Provinces 

 ■ considered that the former communication regarding the Mandah temples, 

 had been neglected by the Society, it was unanimously resolved — 



1 — That the description of the Kalinger antiquities be published 

 forthwith, and the drawings copied for the earliest possible publication. 



