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"The accompanying bottles are filled with water taken from two 

 springs situated in the village of Kujoorah, nine miles from the 

 station of Jessore, in the direction of Magoorah. The springs are 

 about forty yards apart, and so near the river Chutra, that the waters 

 of that river undoubtedly flow over them during the rainy season. 



" One of the springs is covered in with mats and surrounded with 

 a low brick enclosure built by the former proprietor of the sugar- 

 factory in that village ; the factory is now out of repair and will 

 soon become a ruin. The other spring is unprotected and open to 

 the air. The temperature of both springs when I visited them at 

 7 A. M. on the 2nd February was 82° degrees Fahrenheit. 



" The water of these springs has a disagreeable taste, as if slightly 

 impregnated with ink, and on its course to the river, leaves a rust- 

 coloured deposit upon the clay. The quantity of water furnished by 

 the spring surrounded by a brick enclosure is 6 quarts in 12 seconds? 

 or 450 gallons per hour ; the volume of water supplied by the other 

 spring, I was unable to determine. 



" The natives make no use of the spring- water either for medicinal 

 or domestic purposes. There are no wells in the neighbourhood, 

 and the villages rely solely on the river for their supply. 



" I have no doubt that the springs are, to a certain extent, chaly- 

 beate, and this circumstance occurring in the Delta of the Ganges 

 is curious, and shews that the depth of alluvial deposit in Jessore is 

 not so thick, as is generally supposed. I would therefore request 

 the favour of the water being submitted to analytical examination. 

 Dr. Palmer, the Civil Surgeon of Jessore, reported on these Kujoo- 

 rah springs in December, 1854, to the magistrate of the district, 

 but I have not heard that anything has resulted from his report." 



4. Erom Col. Birch, Secretary to the Government of India in 

 the Military Department forwarding a report by Mr. H. Schlagint- 

 weit on the progress of the Magnetic Survey in Sikkim and the 

 Khosia hills. 



The Librarian submitted his usual monthly report. 



After the conclusion of the ordinary business of the evening 

 Mr. H. Schlagintweit at the request of the chairman gave a short 

 account of his operations during the last year in Sikkim and Assam 

 and exhibited some fine panoramic views and other sketches made 



