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Foe July, 1858. 



The Monthly General Meeting for July was held on the Gfch 

 instant. 



Sir James Colvile, Knt., President, in the Chair. 



The proceedings of the May meeting were read and confirmed. 

 No meeting was held in June on account of the repairs. 



Presentations were received — 



1. Prom the Eoyal Prussian Academy of Sciences at Berlin, the 

 latest publications of the Academy. 



2. Prom the Ceylon Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society, the 

 latest journals of the Society. 



Mr. B. H. Hodgson and Dr. Falconer, duly proposed in March 

 last were ballotted for and elected Honorary Members of the 

 Society. 



Mr. Sutherland duly proposed and seconded in May last, was 

 balloted for and declared elected. 



Communications were received — 



1. Prom Baboo Badanauth Sikdar, an abstract of the Meteorolo- 

 gical Observations taken at the Surveyor General's Office during 

 the month of February last. 



2. From the Venerable Archdeacon Pratt, m. a., a paper on the 

 great Indian Arc of Meridian and the Figure of the Earth. 



Mr. W. T. Blanford gave an account of the observations which had 

 been made in Orissa by a party of the Geological Survey during the 

 past season's field work, and exhibited to the Society the map of that 

 province coloured geologically. The results of the examination were, 

 that Orissa is mainly formed by the combined Delta of the rivers 

 Mahanuddee and Brahmini, the deposits formed by which at their 

 mouth have caused the land to gain upon the sea, and thus pro- 

 duced a considerable projection from the general run of the coast. 

 A similar effect is seen at the mouth of the Godavery. While the 

 Eastern portion of the province is formed of an extensive level plain, 

 the western part is dotted over with detached hills, and near Bala- 

 sore bounded by the fine range known as the Nilgiri hills. All of 

 these peaks and ranges are composed of gneiss, except in the case of 

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