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The meeting was now declared special for the election of a new 

 Council and Office-Bearers, and Rev, W. Kay and Mr. Grote, were ap- 

 pointed scrutineers. 



The following was the result of the ballot. 



President, Sir James Colvile. 



Vice-Presidents, Sir H. M. Elliott, K. C. B. Dr. W. B. O'Shaugh- 

 nessy, and Welby Jackson, Esq. 



Secretary, Dr. A. Sprenger. 



Council, Sir James Colvile, Kt., Sir H. M. Elliot, Dr. W. B. 

 O'Shaughnessy, Welby Jackson, Esq., J. R. Colvin, Esq., Rev. Principal 

 Kay, C. Beadon, Esq., A. Grote, Esq., Babu Ramgopaul Ghose, 

 S. G. T, Heatly, Esq., A. J. M. Mills, Esq., Dr. A. Sprenger, Major 

 W. Baker, Capt. W. H. L. Thuillier, and H. Walker, Esq. 



Confirmed, 2nd July, 1851. J. W. Colvile. 



Report of the Curator of the Museum of Economic Geology for June. 

 Geology and Mineralogy. 



I have put into the form of a paper for the Journal my report on the 

 Shalka Meteorite, which has the peculiarity of being one of those in which 

 no Nickel is to be found, and but a small portion of Chromate of Iron. As 

 we possess however, very complete details of its fall, and its structure 

 and composition are very remarkable, the acquisition of this valuable 

 specimen adds something to our knowledge of those wonderful and mysteri- 

 ous bodies. 



Captain W. S. Sherwill, Revenue Survey, has sent us some very hand- 

 some specimens of the Natrolite variety of Zeolite, in very fine acicular 

 crystals in trap rock, from the Rajmahal Hills. 



I have handed to our Secretary for publication a continuation to the pre- 

 sent day of my Index to the Geological, Mineralogical and Palaeontological 

 papers and Analyses from Vol. XI. of our Journal which was there brought 

 down to the close of Vol. X. As affording at once a condensed view of 

 the Society's labours in these great branches of its pursuits, and to the 

 student and speculator immediate reference to every paper on the subject 

 which engages their attention, these papers are found alike curious and 

 useful. 



I have also put into the form of a paper for the Journal, the description 

 and examination of Hibcine, a new resin, which may be recent or mineral ; 



