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member of the Society, Lieut.-Col. H. C. Eawlinson, C. B. of the 

 Hon'ble East India Company's Bombay Service. 



Their report briefly noticed the eminent services rendered by Col. 

 Eawlinson to Oriental Archaeology. 



The several recommendations, on being put to the meeting by the 

 President, were unanimously adopted. 



Bead letters — 



1st. Prom L. Bowring, Esq., enclosing a Vocabulary of the Cash- 

 miri language. 



Eeferred to the Journal Committee. 



2nd. Erom Professor Eleischer, acknowledging the receipt of the 

 Society's Journal, No. III. 



3rd. Erom W. Muir, Esq. Secretary, Government N. W. Pro- 

 vinces, forwarding Meteorological Begisters kept at the Secretariat 

 Office, Agra, for the month of December 1852, and January 1853. 



4th. Erom M. P. Edgeworth, Esq. of Mooltan, forwarding a paper 

 being an abstract of some curious Journals of a Mr. Gardener, an 

 adventurer in the Punjab, who has travelled much in Central Asia. 



The following is an abstract from his letter : 



" How far we can implicitly rely on the correctness of his descrip- 

 tions, I am not prepared to say ; but there is a connectedness in his 

 original Journals which makes me think that the main facts are 

 correct. The traditions are doubtless as he heard them, and very 

 curious from the jumble of old paganism and names from the Koran. 

 I have given a slight sketch of his previous wanderings as he inform- 

 ed me, an abstract of his Journal, a more detailed extract of one 

 passage, and his geographical notes, &c. with a rude map traced from 

 his own sketch." 



Eeferred to the Journal Committee. 



5th. Erom C. Allen, Esq., Officiating Secretary to the Govern- 

 ment of India, forwarding a report on the geological structure and 

 mineral wealth of the Salt Eange in the Punjab, with maps, sections, 

 &c. by Dr. A. Eleming. 



6th. Erom L. Bowring, Esq. promising to send a more accurate 

 copy of the Inscription lately sent by him from Thaneswar. 



The following is an extract from his letter. 



" I have made various enquiries regarding old inscriptions in this 



