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Captain J. C. Haughton, 54 K I. ; — proposed by Captain Han- 

 nyngton and seconded by Dr. A. Sprenger. 



G-eorge Plowden, Esq. C S. ; — proposed by J. E. Colvin, Esq. 

 and seconded by Mr. A. Grote. 



Lieut. C. H. Dickens, Bengal Artillery ; — proposed by Mr. Grote 

 and seconded by the President. 



The President in a short speech announced to the meeting the 

 death of Major Kittoe, and then proposed the following resolution 

 which was seconded by Mr. C. Allen and carried unanimously : — 



Eesolved — that the Society desires to record its regret at the 

 death of Major Kittoe, for many years a valuable member of this 

 Society, and a distinguished labourer in the field of Indian Archeo- 

 logy. 



A conversation then took place on the subject of Major Kittoe's 

 papers and drawings, in the course of which Dr. Ballantyne stated 

 that Major K. had left certain facsimiles of inscriptions in the Col- 

 lege at Benares. It was consequently resolved that the Secretary 

 should address the Government with a view to measures being taken 

 for the preservation of those or any other documents relating to 

 archaeology which may have been left by Major Kittoe in India ; and 

 should at the same time state the readiness of the Society to take 

 charge of them, in case the Government should see fit to entrust 

 them to the Society. 



Communications were received — 



1. Erom Captain E. Dalton, Debrughur, Assam, enclosing two 

 papers, one, by himself, on Gold Washing in the Jugloo and Seesee 

 rivers, and the other by Major Hannay, on Assam Gold Eields gene- 

 rally. 



The first is the substance of an official report communicated by 

 the Bengal Government in May last, and reduced into its present 

 form by Captain D. at the suggestion of the Secretaries. Two 

 drawings, which accompanied the paper, were laid upon the table. 



2. Erom Captain Layard, Berhampur, forwarding copy of a 

 sunud connected with the site of Gour, and promising soon to send 

 a stone from the steps of the Muhammadan Durgah at G-hysabad 

 bearing a Pali (?) inscription. 



3. Erom E. E. Hall, Esq. Benares, transmitting a list of Persian 

 books contained in the Library of his Highness the Rajah of Benares. 



