1857.] Proceedings of the Asiatic Society. 169 



A notice of the paper was communicated to the Athenaeum and 

 Literary Gazette, and has appeared already in full in the latter 

 journal. 



I have, &c, 



Edward INTORRIS, 

 Sec. Royal A. S. 

 To B. H. Hodgson, Esq. 



2. Prom the Secretary to the Royal Asiatic Society, enclosing 

 a copy of a notification offering a prize of a sum of £300 presented 

 by a gentleman lately of the Civil Service, for the best history and 

 exposition either in German or French of the Vedanta system, both 

 as a system of Philosophy and of Religion. 



3. From Major Thuillier, forwarding the following extract of 

 a letter from Lieut. Tennant, with a paper of calculations extracted 

 from the Roorkee Almanac, relating to the annular solar eclipse of 

 September 18th, 1857. 



Camp Satgarra, Jan. 5th, 1856. 



My dear Thuillier, — I have just received these from Roorkee 

 (slips from the Eoorkee Almanac and Directory for the N. W. Pro- 

 vinces), and I send you a couple of copies. 



If you take any interest in them, pray keep one for yourself. 

 The second I should be obliged if you would give to the Asia- 

 tic Society. I should be glad to have good observations, not 

 only of times (which are in my special line), but of the Hygrometer ; 

 if possible both. The latter alone would be of little use to me, 

 as I do not deal in those things ; but Schlagintweit will be glad of 

 them, and also Photometric observations. Perhaps the Society 

 could call attention to the subject (if they have not done so) as the 

 time comes near. 



Yours very sincerely, 



F. Tennant. 



