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which will be farther noticed when examined. I may mention here however 

 that there is certainly one new metalic mineral amongst them. 



From Dr. Martin of the Eye Infirmary, we have received three very 

 fine specimens of marble and magnesian limestone from Assam, but the 

 locality is not given. 



I have embodied in a supplementary notice to my paper on Sircine a 

 very interesting account of that substance from the Eev. Mr. Dawson of 

 Eangoon, which, as will be seen, proves my conjecture, that it was a mineral 

 resin, to be correct, and it is certainly a new one. 



Libeaey. 

 The following books have been added to the Library since December last. 



Presented. 



Anglo-Burmese Hand-Book, or Guide to a practical knowledge of the 

 Burmese language, compiled by Dormor Augustus Chase. Maulmein, 

 1852. — By the Authoe. 



Selections from the Records of the Bengal Government. No. IX. Report 

 on the Teak Forests of the Tenasserim Provinces. By H. Falconer, M. D. 

 (3 copies). — By the Goveenment of Bengal. 



Eecueil des Actes de VAcademie des Sciences, Belles Lettres et Arts de 

 Bordeaux, Parts II. III. and IV. of 1851. — By the Academy. 



Bulletin de la Societe de Geographie, Tome III. — By the Society. 



Vergleichende Grammatik des Sanskrit, Zend, Griechischen, Lateinis- 

 chen, Lithuanischen, Altolowischen, Gothischen und Deutschen, von F. 

 Bopp. Sechste Abtheilung, Berlin, 1852, 8vo. — By the Authob. 



Transactions of the Eoyal Society of Edinburgh, Vol. XX. Part III.— 

 By the Society. 



Proceedings of the Eoyal Society of Edinburgh, Sessions 1851-2. — By 

 the same. 



Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society, No. 32. — By the So- 

 ciety. 



Notes Introductory to Sassanian Mint Monograms and Gems. By 

 Edward Thomas, Esq. (Extract from the Journal of the El. As. Soc.) 

 London 1852. — By the Authoe. 



Notice of certain unpublished coins of the Sassanida3. — By E. 

 Thomas, Esq. 



Full Exposure of Dr. Chas. T. Jackson's Pretensions to the Invention of 

 the American Electro-Magnetic Telegraph. By Hon. A. Kendall. — Wash- 

 ington 52 pp. 8vo. — By the Authoe. 



