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seen or read Mr. Macleod's speech, was obliged to confess that he did not, 

 in the least, know what was the " enlightened appreciation" to which 

 the resolution referred. Remembering that this Society stood high in 

 public estimation both in this country and throughout Europe, he 

 thought it would, by affirming this resolution in the dark, either be 

 going too far, or it would fall short of a discharge of its proper func- 

 tions, and would do that which was neither worthy of its own name, 

 nor complimentary to Mr. Macleod. Either the resolution was intended 

 to embody some definite proposition, which was unexpressed in it, 

 and could not now be discussed, or it amounted to nothing more than 

 patting Mr. Macleod on the back, for having said something in a 

 speech, of which, (so far as he, Mr. Phear, could learn) the large majo- 

 rity of members present were absolutely ignorant. For himself he 

 felt there was no alternative, except to vote either against the resolu- 

 tion, or in favour of Mr. Campbell's amendment. 



The amendment was then put to the vote and carried. 



After the amendment had been carried, Mr. Grrote observed that 

 such having been the fate of the resolution, he was disposed to regret 

 that the Council had brought it forward. The expediency of having 

 a copy of the reply attached to the draft resolution had, it was true, 

 suggested itself to them, while the latter was under discussion ; but he 

 (Mr. Grote) and others had represented that the purport of such a 

 document would probably be well remembered by the Society's mem- 

 bers, and in that belief, the Council had laid their recommendation 

 before the meeting. 



The Chairman announced that the Council had elected the Hon'ble 

 Gr, Campbell a member of their body, vice Mr. W. S. Atkinson, who' 

 had resigned on proceeding to Darjeeling. 



Letters were read — 



1. From Dr. T. Anderson, on the specimen of supposed Indigenous 

 Tea from Tounghoo, presented to the Society at its last meeting. 



" The supposed tea plant you sent me from Burmah is Eurya chinen- 

 sis, one of the Ternstromiacese, the natural order to which the tea plant 

 belongs. The leaves of Eurya chinensis have been frequently mistaken 

 for tea. The plant is found all over the mountains of India." 



2. From J. D. Tremlett, Esq. M. A. giving some account of the 

 Thamnian tank in the Lahore district. 



