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the rocks, in small quantities, which with difficulty we extracted. 

 The thickness of veins visible in the fissures in the rocks, is from 

 a quarter to two inches, that in the cavities we found in lumps, 

 specimens of which I am bringing with me. The whole of the coal 

 to be seen is embedded in a hard sandstone." 



3. Prom Major J. Turton, Prome, offering for the Society's 

 acceptance, specimen of a fossil root of a tree from that district. 



The following is an extract from Major T.'s letter : 

 " It was broken in half whilst being rolled towards the camp and 

 when first moved, a piece eight or ten inches in length, that might 

 be called the tap-root, was broken off and afterwards lost. The root 

 measured about four feet across the longest diameter, and two to two 

 and a half at the shortest. It was found embedded on one of the 

 small hills to north-east of the Pagoda a mile or so distant, and 

 to all appearance was on the position in which it had grown. Only 

 one piece of any size such as would be considered part of the same 

 tree was lying near it." 



4. Prom Dr. J. Payrer, Eangoon, enclosing Meteorological 

 Eegisters kept at the Pield Hospital, Eangoon, for the months of 

 Pebruary, March and April. 



5. Prom C. Gubbins, Esq. Bijnore, noticing the occurrence of a 

 dust-storm at Bijnore on the morning of the 30th May last. 



The following is an extract from Mr. Gubbin's letter : 

 " Por the benefit of future meteorologists, I may as well place on 

 record the fact of an andhi or dust-storm coming from the north- 

 east, the first time that I remember such an occurrence during nearly 

 twenty-five years' residence in the northern parts of the upper 

 provinces. Its extent appears to have been considerable, including 

 all northern Eohilcund, but I am not aware how far it was felt south 

 of Moradabad, nor whether it entered the Doab. 



" The month of May has here been very tolerably mild, but on 

 Sunday the 29th the atmosphere became oppressively warm. The 

 evening and night were extremely close, without the usual freshness 

 towards morning, and as the sun rose (30") an east wind also got 

 up raising clouds of dust, but hardly sufficient to be called a dust- 

 storm. Throughout the whole day a grove of trees, about a mile off, 

 was never once seen, some other trees within three hundred yards 



