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The chairman announced to the meeting that Mr. Grote had 

 resigned his post as Secretary to the Society, and that the Council 

 have permitted Mr. H. Y. Bayley a member of their body, to hold 

 the office temporarily till the 1st October, unless a successor can be 

 appointed before. 



The chairman then, adverting, in some detail, to the valuable 

 services rendered to the Society by Mr. Grote, proposed " that this 

 meeting receive with regret the resignation of Mr. Grote as Secre- 

 tary of the Society and Editor of the Journal, and that it desires 

 to record its grateful sense of the distinguished zeal and ability 

 with which he has so long discharged the arduous duties of his office." 



The resolution was seconded by Mr. Allen. 



Capt. Thuillier proposed as an amendment : 



" That this meeting have learned with great regret of the sudden 

 determination of Mr. Grote to resign the appointment of Secretary 

 to this Society, and request that he be solicited to waive that deter- 

 mination, and to continue the benefit of his valuable services to the 

 Society." 



The Hon'ble F. Drummond seconded the amendment. 



Dr. Thompson moved " that the resolution be postponed till the 

 next meeting, in order, that the papers connected with Mr. Grote's 

 resignation may be laid before the Society to enable them to come 

 to a decision in a matter so deeply to be regretted." 



On being put to the vote Dr. Thompson's proposition was lost 

 and the first amendment carried. 



Communications were received — 



1. From the Secretary to the Government of the North-Western 

 Provinces, enclosing copy of a Meteorological Eegister kept at the 

 Office of the Secretary at Agra, for the months of June and July last. 



2. From G. E. Freeling, Esq. submitting an Index to all the 

 numismatic papers published in the Journal of the Society. 



3. From Babu Eadhanath Sikdar, forwarding abstracts of Meteo- 

 rological Observations taken at the Surveyor General's Office, in the 

 months of May and June last. 



The Librarian submitted his usual monthly report of additions 

 made to the library during the month of July last. 



On the conclusion of the regular business of the evening, Mr. 

 Houstoun handed in the following protest : 

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