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their chief, who has saved some of the uufortunate traveller's instru- 

 ments. The letter contains a few details respecting his collections 

 and the movements of his retainers, which I have forwarded to one 

 of the most eminent of our English savans, as perhaps the informa- 

 tion is not of sufficient general iuterest for newspaper readers. Major 

 Lake on one side of the Sutlej, and Lord William Hay at the other, 

 will no doubt exert themselves to get the most complete information 

 respecting the manner of his death, and to secure his valuable collec- 

 tions, instruments, and papers. Some of his followers left for Cash- 

 mere, others for the Cis-Sutlege, before the snows set in, for the pur- 

 pose of making observations." 



Prom reliable information received from the Commissioner Trans- 

 Sutlege States, we fear but little doubt now remains as to the fate of 

 Mr. Adolphe Schlagintweit. It appears that he was taken prisoner 

 by the Indijans about 12 or 14 months ago, and, if not killed, is still 

 in captivity." 



The Secretary reported that the Council recommended that Capt. 

 H. Strachey's suggestion be adopted, and moved " that the Society 

 do address the Government accordingly." 



This resolution having been seconded was put by the chairman and 

 carried unanimously. 



2. From Baboo Radha Nauth Sikdar, an Abstract of the 

 Meteorological Observations taken at the Surveyor General's Office, 

 Calcutta, for the month of October, 1858. 



Reduction of Subscription. 



The Council submitted the following report : 



" The Council have again taken into consideration the rates of sub- 

 scriptions of members, with a view to their reduction. 



They have long felt that such a measure was on every account 

 most desirable, provided only it could be effected without serious 

 danger to the financial credit of the Society. 



An apprehension that the immediate loss of income, which any 

 reduction must occasion, would cause serious embarrassment, and 

 the uncertainty how soon, if ever, the influx of new members would 

 be sufficiently large to restore the balance, has hitherto deterred 

 the Council from recommending any reduction. 



