752 Proceedings qftJie Asiatic Society. No. T. 



3. From Mons. G. A. Durand, General Secretary to the Imperial 

 Academy of Sciences at Bordeaux, the Journal of the Society 

 for 1853-54. 



4*. From H. Piddington, Esq. copy of an Essay on Agricultural 

 Science as a branch of Native Education. 



The following gentlemen, duly proposed and seconded at the last 

 meeting, were balloted for and elected ordinary members. 

 G. G. Morris, Esq. C. S. 

 Capt. G. A. Saxton, 38th M. N. I. 

 Babu Kissorychand Mittra. 



The Chairman on behalf of the Council gave notice of their 

 intention, at the next anniversary meeting, to propose the following 

 modification of Rule 6. 



" Candidates for admission as ordinary members may be proposed 

 by any ordinary member who has received authority from the candi- 

 date to propose him, and must be seconded by another ordinary 

 member. The proposal shall be laid," &c. (the rest as in the old 

 rule). 



Eead letters — 



1. From Eev. J. Long, suggesting that the Society should 

 recommend to the Government the propriety of preserving the ruin& 

 of Eajmahal from spoliation. 



The following is an extract from Eev. J. Long's letter : 



" The preservation of the most interesting part of the ruins of 

 Eajmahal which was the capital of Bengal only two centuries ago, 

 * the city of one hundred kings' is a subject deserving the atten- 

 tion of the Asiatic Society, and in accordance with a despatch which 

 the Court of Directors sent to this country nine years ago respect- 

 ing the preservation of antiquarian objects. 



"Eajmahal will be an important station of the Eailway Company 

 and as the space for railway works is limited there, it is to be feared 

 that hereafter men ignorant of the past history of this country and 

 looking on the ruins with a Benthamite eye may east oif all that 

 would interest the love of the past as mere rubbish. 



" On the principle that prevention is better than cure, it would 

 be well if steps could be now taken to save some of these ' land- 

 marks on the sea of time.' "We have few ruins in the Lower Pro- 



