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E. Spankie, Esq., C. S. duly proposed and seconded at the last 

 meeting, was balloted for and elected an ordinary member. 



W. Muir, Esq. C. S. was named for ballot at the next meeting ; 

 proposed by the Hon'ble J. E. Colvin and seconded by the Presi- 

 dent. 



Communications were received — 



1 . From Dr. E. Balfour, in charge of the Government Central 

 Museum at Madras, forwarding a memorandum regarding the forests 

 and woods of Southern India, prepared with a view to procuring 

 information from the various districts, for a report to be made to the 

 Madras Government on the 31st December, 1854. 



2. From the Assistant Secretary to the Government, N. "W". 

 Provinces, enclosing copy of a Meteorological Eegister kept at the 

 Secretariat office at Agra for the month of July last. 



3. From Babu Badhanath Sikdar, enclosing an xibstract of the 

 results of the hourly Meteorological Observations taken at the Sur- 

 veyor General's Office, in the month of May, 1854. 



4. From Capt. E. T. Dalton, submitting a paper entitled " Notes 

 on Assam Temple Euins." 



5. From the same, enclosing facsimiles and engravings of silver 

 coins found at Gowhatty. The coins are of Shumsoodeen, Ilyas, 

 Sekunder Shah, Gyasoodeen, Azim Shah and Mohamed Shah of the 

 early Patau Dynasty. "They were found" says Capt. D. "full 

 fifteen feet below the surface. The fortunate discoverer picked up 

 a great many more than he made over to me, but it is rather curious 

 that there should be such a variety in so small a collection." 



6. From Prof. F. E. Hall, Benares, a paper entitled " a Passage 

 in the life of Valmiki." 



7. From W. Muir, Esq., Secretary to the N. W. Government, an- 

 nouncing that the Lieut.- Governor had sanctioned an expenditure 

 of Es. 500 for prosecuting the excavations of Sarnath. 



The Librarian and the Curator of the Zoological department sub- 

 mitted their usual monthly reports. 



After the close of the regular business of the evening, Mr. Oldham 

 briefly described the geological structure of the Sub-Himalayan 

 hills, south of Darjiling; of the Khasia hills; and of the Eajmahal 

 hills. 



