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our future wanderings we shall have (it is expected) greater opportunities 

 of labour in the field of investigation." 



7th. From Mr. Secretary Beadon, forwarding a Report (by Mr. 

 Marcadieu) on the ferruginous resources of Kooloo, together with 

 some specimens. 



8th. From H. Piddington, Esq. submitting the following papers. 



1. A Report on the Cherrapunji Coal. 



2. A ditto on the Coal from Talcheer in Cuttack. 



3. A ditto on the Kunkurs and Iron stones of Burdwan. 



9th. From Dr. Sprenger suggestions and observations for the 

 improvement of the Bibliotheca Indica. 



The Curators of the Museum and the Librarian submitted their 

 reports of additions made to their Departments during the month 

 of March last. 



Report of the Curator, Museum of Economic Geology, March, 1855. 



Geology and Mineralogy. — We have received from Dr. Campbell, 

 Resident of Darjeeling, a series of 34 specimens of rocks collected by that 

 gentleman near the Cholamoo lake in Thibet, on his mission to that coun- 

 try in October, 1849. 



It will be recollected that Captain Sherwill in sending us a specimen of 

 the meteorite which fell at Segowlee, mentioned in my last Report, said 

 that he had obtained it from Mr. Glover of the C. S. who had a larger 

 fragment. Learning from him that that gentleman was in Calcutta, I 

 called upon him and he was good enough to promise me another piece for 

 the Society. This fine specimen is now on the table and on comparison 

 with the Allahabad meteorite, it will be seen that they much resemble 

 each other as to their earthy matrix. The Segowlee specimen however, 

 containing numerous white grains (probably sulphuret of nickel) while 

 the Allahabad stone contains evidently fragments of meteoric Iron 

 imbedded. 



Economic Geology. — I have put into the form of a paper for the 

 Journal my examination of a specimen of Coal from Cherrapunji from a 

 new mine opened by Mr. Inglis and forwarded to us by Messrs. Gilmore 

 and McBLilligan, which is not only a first rate gas Coal, but has disclosed 

 some remarkable peculiarities in its coking, which for the present, are very 

 unaccountable. 



I have also put into another short paper my examinations of some of 

 the Burdwan Kunkurs, with reference to their applicability as a flux in 



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