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The subject of transferring the Museum of Natural History to 

 Government gave rise to considerable discussion ; it was ultimately- 

 proposed by Sir J. Colvile and seconded by Dr. Thomson, that the 

 consideration of the report be postponed to the next general meeting 



Dr. Walker moved as an amendment that the report of the special 

 Committee be referred back to the Council for further information 

 on the fiuancial state of the Society. 



The amendment was seconded by the Eev. K. M. Bannerjee and 

 carried. 



Communications were received — 



1. From Babu Eadhanath Sikdar, forwarding Abstracts of the 

 Meteorological Observations taken at the Surveyor General's office 

 in the months of November and December 1855, and January 1856- 



2. From Lieut. E. Stewart, submitting a Meteorological Eegis- 

 ter kept at Apaloo, North Cachar, during October last. 



3. From Capt. G. H. Saxton, Assistant Surveyor General, Cut- 

 tack, enclosing an account of a visit to a water-fall in the Bonai 

 province of the South-west Frontier Agency with a drawing. 



The account is as follows : — 



" Whilst on Survey duty in the neighbourhood I received informa- 

 tion of the existence of a water-fall from the hills on the South- 

 east side of Bonai, a district, through the centre of which, the 

 Brahmini river flows. My trigonometrical operations required that 

 I should ascend the hills and fix a station thereon, somewhere beyond 

 the falls, which were visible from my camp at the village of Kuti- 

 goan. Having made arrangements for my camp proceeding towards 

 the East, Dr. Short, Lt. Depree, and myself, on the morning of the 

 17th January, started for the fall. After about an ordinary march, 

 we had to leave our houses, and with a guide from a little hamlefc 

 in the dense jungle, we walked for some distance, by a path com- 

 pletely covered by jungle, when we came to a small opening which 

 appeared to have been the site of a village. A number of jack fruit 

 trees, and abundance of chilli plants, of great size (6 or 7 feet high), 

 I suppose to result from former cultivation. From this spot, we 

 had a beautiful view of the fall, and determined to remain for break- 

 fast and observation. The accompanying sketch (or rather one in 

 water colours from which this is made) by Lt. Depree, was taken 



