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of the Aerolite, which, the villagers had carried to their temple and 

 under much alarm were making puja to. There is not the least 

 appearance of any stony substance mixed with what seems to be 

 well purified iron. It weighs 407 tolas, or about 10 pounds. 



Dr. Stoliczka observed that should this Aerolite really prove 

 to be iron, it would be the first from India, but the strong striation 

 on the crust seems rather to indicate that the specimen is a stone, 

 though probably containing a very large percentage of iron, as does 

 for instance the Mooltan Aerolite, which fell some short time ago. 



From 0. A. Elliott, Esq., 0. S., Futtehgurh, a letter referring 

 to the translation of the Hindi Epic, called the Alkhund. — Mr. 

 Elliott says that he has translated about two-thirds of the work, 

 and that he has prepared an abstract of it for the Society's Journal, 

 which he hopes soon to forward to the Society. The work itself 

 contains about 20,000 lines, though there is a great deal of repetition 

 in it. The text of the poem, Mr. Elliott says, sadly needs recen- 

 sion, and a local printer has expressed his willingness to print the 

 work from Mr. E 1 1 i o 1 1 ' s MS. 



The Council reported that they have elected the following gentle- 

 men to serve in the several sub-Committees : — 

 Sub-Committees for 1870. 

 Finance. 

 Dr. S. B. Partridge. 

 H. F. Blanford, Esq. 



Library. 

 Dr. T. Oldham. 

 TV. S. Atkinson, Esq. 

 Babu Rajendralala Mitra. 

 Dr. J. Anderson. 

 G. Nevill, Esq. 

 J. Wood Mason, Esq. 

 C. H. Tawney, Esq. 

 V. Ball, Esq. 



Philology, Archaeology, &C- 

 E. C. Bay ley, Esq. 

 The Eev. J. Lon g. 



