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at Buddh Gaya," by the same author ; " The Pegu Pagoda" by Capt. 

 H. A. Browne, Deputy Commissioner of Rangoon ; " On the Anti- 

 quities of Bagerhat," by Babu G-ourdass Bysakh, Deputy Magistrate 

 and Deputy Collector, Manbhoom ; and " On the Translation of Indian 

 Alphabets in the Roman character ;" by F. S. Growse. 



In the Physical Science section, edited by the Natural History 

 Secretary, we have several elaborate papers under the following 

 headings " Experimental Investigations connected with the supply of 

 water from the Hooghly to Calcutta," by D. Waldie, Esq. ; " Kashmir, 

 the western Himalaya, and the Afghan Mountains," being a geological 

 paper, by Dr. Albert Verchere, with a note on the fossils by 

 M. Edouard. de Verneuil ; and " Contributions to Indian Malacology, 

 being a List of Estuary shells collected in the delta of the Irawady in 

 Pegu, with descriptions of the new species," By W. T. Blanford, Esq. 



The Physical Science Part of the Journal bids fair to attain to as 

 high a place in the estimation of the scientific world, as that the Liter- 

 ary and Archaaological has so long held in its own department. 



It would be impossible for me to give even an abstract of these 

 papers in the short space of time available for an address of this 

 nature ; there can, however, be no doubt that the selection has been 

 well made, and that each of them is a valuable contribution to the 

 annals of science. 



You have learned, from the Philological Secretary, what the pro- 

 ceedings of the Bibliotheca Indica have been during the past year. 

 Its labours have progressed with the usual ardour displayed by 

 the learned Philologers who conduct the publication of the oriental 

 works : which render it so much valued, not only in India, but by 

 oriental scholars in Europe. The death of one of its most learned 

 editors has interfered with the publication of the Sanscrit works ; 

 but those in Persian have appeared with the usual vigour. It 

 is unnecessary for me to say more on a subject that has already been 

 so fully reported on by the gentleman under whose guidance it is 

 conducted. 



You have heard, from the annual report, a detailed account of the 

 state of our finances, which I am glad to say, though not in a very 

 prosperous condition, are better than they were last year. The indica- 

 tion of the necessity for economy, however, is unmistakeable ; and the 



