Dec. 1845.] Proceedings of the Asiatic Society . cxxxv 



(Copies.) 

 To F. J. Halliday, Esq. Secretary to the Government of Bengal, Etc. 

 Sir,— I have the honor to state, for the information of His Honor the Deputy Gover- 

 nor, that your letter, No. 2752, dated 22d October, dissolving the Coal Committee, was 

 received on the 27th ultimo. The three following days having been native holidays, i t 

 was not circulated until the 1st instant, from which date the Hurkaru and Painter 

 entertained on the Establishment of the Committee have been discharged, but the servi- 

 ces of the writer may be necessary for a few weeks longer. 



2. I beg herewith to annex a list of office furniture and collections, for the disposal of 

 which I solicit the orders of Government, as well as of the Committee record. 



I have, &c. 

 (Signed) J. McClelland, 



Late Secretary Coal and Iron Committee . 

 Calcutta, the 10th Nov., 1845. 



Mural tables containing Geological collections, No. 3 



Almirah, 1 



Collections of specimens of coal and iron ores from various parts, „ 3 



Folio-books of records, „ 5 



(Signed) J. McClelland, 



Secretary, late Coal Committee. 



No. 3088. 

 From The Under-Secretary to the Government of Bengal to The Secreta- 

 ry to the late Coal Committee. 

 Steam. 



Sir,— In reply to your letter of the 10th instant, I am directed to request that you will 

 forward to the Secretary to the Asiatic Society, the collections, records, &c. of the late 

 Coal Committee, for deposit in the Society's rooms. 



(Signed) A. Turnbull, 



Under-Secretary to the Government of Bengal. 

 Dated, Fort William, 29th Nov., 1845. 



(True Copies.) 



A. Turnbull, 

 Under-Secretary to the Government of Bengal. 



For all the foregoing presentations and communications the best 

 thanks of the Society were accorded. 



