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Mummies. The thanks of the Society were voted to Capt. Harris, 

 which were conveyed to him by the President. 



The following gentlemen duly proposed and seconded at the last 

 meeting, were balloted for, and elected ordinary members. 



Professor K. M. Banerjya. 



W. C. Halsey, Esq., C. S. 



"W. J. Herschel, Esq., C. S., was proposed by Capt. Thuillier, as 

 a candidate for election at the next meeting, seconded by the Rev. 

 W. Kay. 



The Philological Committee having recommended the acceptance 

 of Dr. Sprenger's offer to edit the Biographical Dictionary of Asca- 

 lany, which has the title *^! of Capt. Hayes's offer to edit an 

 Arabic work on Ethics, called " Tiharat ul JVafs," and of Mr. Hall's 

 offer to edit the Sanskrita text of Vdsavadatta, the Council requested 

 the sanction of the meeting to their acting on that recommendation. 



Ordered that the recommendation of the Philological Committee 

 be adopted. 



Eead Letters — 



1st. From W. GL Young, Esq., Officiating Under-Secretary to 

 the Government of Bengal, transmitting copies of correspondence 

 regarding discovery of Coal near the Chawa Nudclee, a tributary of 

 the Teesta. This is the correspondence, extracts from which are 

 embodied in the report of the Curator of the Museum of Economic 

 Geology, read at the April meeting. 



2nd. Erom Lieut. Gr. Pearce, Assistant Commissioner, Hazara, 

 forwarding, for the Society's inspection, a drawing by the Eev„ 

 Anand Messiah, Senior, of a Hindu Astronomical Instrument called 

 the " Jantra Eaj," or King of all Astronomical Instruments. 



3rd. Erom H. Piddington, Esq., a Twenty-Second Memoir on 

 the Law of Storms. 



4th. Erom E. Blyth, Esq., a paper entitled Notices and Descrip- 

 tion of various Eeptiles — new or little known. 



The Librarian submitted his usual monthly report. 



Eead and confirmed, July Gth, 1853. 



(Signed) J. W. Colvile. 



