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Awaiting your obliging instructions regarding the transmission of this 

 present to the Royal Asiatic Society in Calcutta, 



I have, &c. 

 (Signed) B. IIebeler, 



Prussian Consul General, 

 J. C. Melvill, Esq. (True Copies) 



&c. &c. &c. W. Seton Karr, 



East India House. Under Secy, to the Govt, of Bengal. 



Resolved, that the marked thanks of the Society be returned to the 

 Prussian Government, through the same channel, for this very valu- 

 able donation. 



From the Secretary to the Superintendent of Marine, forwarding the 

 case of books referred to. (See Library report.) 



From the same, forwarding copies of letters from Major Jenkins 

 and Mr. Thornton, on the coal formations of Assam, with a map of the 

 road from Nazeerah to the coal beds on the Nainsing Naga hills. 

 — (Ordered for publication in the Journal.) 



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

 Bengal, transmitting papers from the Commissioner of Assam relating 

 to some ancient remains of temples in the vicinity of Suddyah, recently 

 visited by Major Hannay. 



From Capt. Thuillier, forwarding a Meteorological Summary show- 

 ing the mean temperature and pressure, and the fall of rain in each 

 month of 1847, and a comparison of the most remarkable atmospheric 

 phenomena during that year and 184G. 



From Brigadier Stacy, Meerut, forwarding a drawing by Ensign 

 Anley, of a remarkable insect. (Referred for examination to Mr. Frith.) 



From the Rev. W. Keane, giving an account of the process of cure 

 followed by a snake-catcher when wounded by a Cobra, and forwarding 

 for inspection the substance employed. 



The substance is evidently nothing but a fragment of charred bone. 



From E. S. Brandreth, Esq. enclosing a fac simile of an inscription 

 on the wall of a Jain Temple near Ajmere. The inscription is in 

 Arabic, in Kufic characters, and of no historical importance. 



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