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confidence in submitting the proposition for the sanction of the 

 Lieutenant-Governor, who has always manifested a keen appreciation 

 of the benefits which result from scientific research." 



I have,.&c. 

 (Sd.) J. Anderson, M. D , 

 Natural History Secretary, Asiatic Society. 



No. 1577. 



From J* GrEOGHEGAN, Esq., 



Offig. Junior Secretary to the Govt, of Bengal. 

 To the Secretary to the Asiatic Society of Bengal. 



Fort William,, the Voth March, 1866. 

 General. 



Sir, — I am directed to acknowledge the receipt of your letter, 

 No. 141 of the 8 th instant, and in reply to say that instructions have 

 been issued to all Commissioners under the authority of the Lieutenant- 

 Governor, for the preparation and submission of lists of all races of 

 men found in their respective divisions. I am at the same time to 

 point out that the Asiatic Society are mistaken in supposing that 

 there will be a general Agricultural Exhibition held at the end of 

 this year. It is not proposed to hold such exhibition till the cold 

 weather of 1867-68. 



I have, &c.j 



(Sd.) J. GrEOGHEGAN, 



Offg. Junior Secy, to the Govt, of Bengal. 



Mr. Campbell then addressed the meeting as follows : — " My next 

 motion is this — 



2. " That the Society approve of the action of the Council in the 

 matter." 



" You have now heard the correspondence which speaks for itself 

 and shows you Dr. Fayrer's plan and the proceedings of the Council 

 upon it. It is true that the whole matter is as yet in embryo, but 

 my object in bringing it forward to-night, is the hope of enlisting, in 

 favour of the project, the sympathies of the members of the Society in 

 all parts of the country, and of the public at large. Nothing can 

 come into the world full fledged, and things don't grow in the dark. 

 I hope that by the aid of many energetic and highly-informed mem- 



