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but arc nevertheless full of interest to neighbouring Governments, and 

 political speculators of the present day." 



On the proposition of the President, the special thanks of the 

 meeting were voted to Col. Fytche. 



Major Lees exhibited a bronze hookah which had been dug up on 

 his plantation in Cachar, and was very different from anything now 

 used in the province, while in point of manufacture it is far superior to 

 any now manufactured there. 



He also read a letter from Messrs. Johnson and Drew of Cash- 

 mere, in which the writers announce the proposed establishment of an 

 Himalayan Club for collecting, interchanging and publishing scientific 

 and general information concerning the Himalayan range. 



The President undertook to refer the letter to council. 



Library. 



The following additions were made to the Library since the last 

 meeting in November. 



* # * The names of Donors in capitals. 

 Presentations. 



Progress Report of Forest Administration in the Central Provinces, 

 18GG-67. — The Government of India. 



La Gurlande Precieuse des demandes et des Reponses Publice en 

 Sanskrit et en Tileekan et Traduite Pour La Premiere Fois en Fran- 

 cais by Ph. Ed. Foucaux. — The Translator. 



Journal Asiatique, Tome IX.~- The Asiatic Society of Paris. 



Professional Papers on Indian Engineering, No. 17. — The Editor. 



Sitzungsberichte der Koniglich Bayerischen Akademie der "Wissens- 

 chaften Zu Miinchen, 1866 II. Heft II. III. and 1867 I. Heft I— IV.— 

 The Royal Academy of Sciences of Munich. 



Abhandlungen der Mathe — Physikn. elasse der Koniglich Bayeris- 

 chen Akademie der Wissenschaften Band XXXVII. Abth. I. — The 

 Royal Academy of Sciences of Munich. 



Abhandlungen der Histor. elasse der Koniglich Bayerischen Aka- 

 demie der Wissenschaften, Band XXXV. Abth. II.— The Royal 

 Academy of Sciences of Munich. 



On the relations of Tanalia Philopotanus and Paludomus with a 



