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by orientalists generally. It would Lave added considerably to the 

 costliness of the publication, had the MSS. been published in full, and 

 the continuity of the series is better preserved by omitting an unneces- 

 sary repetition. 



"I am glad to find, in the report, a recognition justly due to Mr. 

 Locke, of the services which he and his School of Art have lately ren- 

 dered to the Society. I may point to the casts now on the table in 

 evidence of the value of those services in one branch of art only 

 There is promise, I am glad to say, of further assistance from him in 

 other branches. I cannot conclude these brief remarks without ex- 

 pressing the same acknowledgments of the Council and of myself per- 

 sonally to Mr. Blanford, Dr. J. Anderson and Babu Rajendralala Mitra 

 for the zeal and ability with which they have discharged their Secre- 

 tariat duties during the year, and to Lieut. -Col. Grastrell for the ear- 

 nestness with which he has taken up the charge of the Society's 

 finances since his appointment as Treasurer." 



The meeting then resolved itself into an Ordinary Monthly Meeting. 

 The minuates of the previous meeting were read and confirmed. 

 The following presentations were announced : — 



1. From His Highness Rama Varma, the First Prince of Trivan- 

 drum, a copy of " a letter on the utility of the study of the Sanskrit 

 Language." 



2. From Major J. G. G-owan, a copy of " Iconologia or Moral 

 Emblems," by C. Ripa. 



3. From W. S. Atkinson, Esq., a specimen of fossil wood from 

 the petrified Forest of Cairo. 



4. From Babu Ram Doss Sen, a copy of an Address on the Lan- 

 guage and Literature of Asia, by F. Sedden, Esq. 



5. From Major B. Ford, Port Blair, three skulls, and an incomplete 

 skeleton of a child ; a Hydrosaurus salvator in spirit ; a few edible 

 swallows' nests, an incomplete skeleton of Sus Andamanensis ; an 

 Andaman bow and a fishing basket ; and specimens illustrating the 

 Conchology of Andamanese Islands. 



The following letter accompanied these donations : — 

 " I have taken advantage of the opportunity afforded me by the 

 kind otter of Dr. David B. Smith on his present visit to the Settlement, 



