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Resolved— That the report be received, and discussed at the next Meeting. 



I am directed to state to the Society, that the Committee of Papers have recorded an 

 opinion as to the hour of meeting of the Society, not in consonance with the note of the 

 meeting before last. It was then decided, that the hour should be half-past Seven; 

 the large majority of the Committee incline decidedly to the old hour of half-past 

 Eight p. m. The opinion of these gentlemen necessarily carries so much weight with 

 it, that the minority desire the question to be re-submitted for your consideration. 



Resolved — That the next Meeting be held at 5 past 8, experimentally, and the ques- 

 tion then be considered open for discussion. 



A letter from Mr. Ince, Superintendent of Salt Chokees, on some of the salt springs 

 in the Chittagong district, to my address, has been referred, with the thanks of the 

 Committee, to our Geological Curator. 



A set of lithographs of some of th» Cave Temples of the Dukhan, by James 

 Fergusson, Esq., presented by his brother, W. Fergusson, Esq., have been duly re- 

 ceived, and the handsome donation richly merits your thanks. 



A letter from Captain Crommelin, with note of despatch of Geological specimens 

 from Darjeeling. 



A letter from Mr. A. Campbell of Darjeeling, forwarding an interesting account of 

 a new Thibetan antelope, with remarks on the Zoology of Thibet. 



Reports from Government inspecting the recent supposed Sub-marine Volcano on 

 the coast of Arracan, in reply to our letter, suggesting enquiry on this subject. 



Valuable geological notes across the Peninsula of India, by Capt. Newbold of the 

 Madras Army, have been referred to the Geological Curator, and ultimately held avail- 

 able for our Journal. 



Observations on the rate of evaporation in the open sea, with notice of an instrument 

 used in indicating its amount, by J. W. Laidley, Esq. 



A memorandum on the old bed of the river Soane and site of Palibothra, by S. C. 

 Ravenshaw, Esq. C. S., has been received by me, and will be held available for the 

 Journal, the thanks of the Society being due to its author. 



For the above, the thanks of the Society were voted. 



We have received a gratifying letter from the Honorable Secretary to the Royal 

 University of Christiana, acknowledging the receipt of some of our contributions, ad- 

 vising us of the proximate despatch of various objects for our Museum, and couched 

 in terms expressive of the satisfaction of that learned body at finding itself in that con- 

 stant communication with us, which it will be not less to our credit than to our advan- 

 tage to foster and encourage to the best of our ability. 



1 have also to submit the epitaph to be placed on the tomb of our lamented friend, 

 Csomo De Korosi, as approved by the Committee. 



