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incongruity of assigning a European a competent Geographical Com- 

 name to Indian localities, already pro- ... . -, , , ,, , . , 



vided with native appellations, was mittee, m order to set that point 

 received and read at our last meeting of a ^ rest, 

 the 17th hist., and I have the pleasure 



to inform you, that the members present 2. The Surveyor General has 



unanimously expressed their concur- carefully examined all that Mr. 

 rence with your view ol the case. J 



A notice of the paper was communi- B. H. Hodgson has advanced in 



cated to the Athenceum and Literary , ,. , , .-, ... « */r «.,*«+ 



Gazette, and has appeared already in support of the identity ot Mount 



full in the latter journal. Everest with Deodangha, and 



I have, &c, 



(Signed) E.Noeeis, has formed his own opinion on 



Secy. B. A. Society. ^ subiect ; but he thinks it 



To B. H. Hodgson, Esq. \ . , , j . . . 



will be desirable that the ques- 

 tion should also be formally investigated by a Committee, and the 

 opinion thereof placed on record for general satisfaction. 



3. The Committee will be composed as follows :— 

 Lieutenant Tennant, Eng., 1st Assistant G. T. S., in charge of 



Jogi Tila Series. 



W. Scott, Esq., Chief Draftsman in the Eield Surveyor General's 



Office. 



J. W. Armstrong, Esq., Civil Assistant G. T. Survey. 



Lieutenant Montgomerie, Eng., 1st Assistant G. T. Survey, in 

 charge of Kashmir Series. 



J. Hennessy, Esq., 2d Assistant in charge of Geodetic Computa- 

 tions at Trigl. Survey Head Quarters. 



4. The papers connected with Mount Everest, and Mr. Hodgson's 

 alleged identification thereof with Deodangha, are at present under 

 charge of Mr. W. Scott who has spent a quarter of a century in 

 unravelling more intricate geographical problems than this. Mr. 

 Scott will form his own independent opinion, and submit the same 

 to the Surveyor General, after which he will forward the papers to 

 Mr. Hennessy. 



5. Mr. Hennessy has been engaged on all the computations for 

 determining the positions and heights of the principal peaks of the 

 Himalaya Range, including Mount Everest, and is well acquainted 

 with investigations of this kind. He also saw Mount Everest when 

 he was engaged in the North East Longitudinal Series. After 

 submitting his independent opinion to the Surveyor General, he 

 will forward the papers to Mr. J. W. Armstrong. 





