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largest was secured for the Imperial Mineral Cabinet at Vienna. This 

 had been cut for examination, and Dr. M. Homes had, with his 

 wonted liberality, sent to Mr. Oldham the specimen now exhibited, 

 the second in size of the three pieces into which the whole was 

 divided. It weighs 6 oz. 398 grs. The stone sent to Vienna was per- 

 fect, that is, it was covered on all sides with a distinct crust tolerably 

 uniform, and about 1 -|oth of an inch in thickness. The stone, as seen 

 by the fresh fracture and polished surface, belongs to the same general 

 group as several other well known falls. These are all grey, more or 

 less dark, coloured brown locally, with more or less globular portions, 

 distinguished from the rest of the mass by a nearly black colour with 

 much finely divided Iron, a little Pyrites, and probably Troilite. This 

 stone (Pultush) is very similar to that which fell at Gross Divina, 

 Hungary, on July 24th, 1837. The specific gravity is 3.660. 



The stone belongs to the third class, sjjoradosideres, and to the second 

 subdivision of that class, oligosideres, of Profr. Daubree's classification — 



The receipt of the following communications was announced : — 



1. The History of Burma, by Col. Sir A. Phayre. 



Col. Phayre's paper is a continuation of that published in the 32nd 

 volume of the Journal of the Society. In that paper, the author traced 

 the history of the Burma race from the earliest times to the arrival of 

 the two sons of the king of Tagrung at the site of the present town of 

 Prome. The national chronicles from that time proceed with the 

 history of the monarchy established at Tha re Khel ta ra, to the east 

 of Prome. In the present paper, the author condenses into a brief 

 narrative the principal events of that monarchy and of the succeeding 

 dynasties of Burma kings, which reigned at Pagan, on the Irawaddy 

 river, about 180 miles above Prome. 



2. On some new species of Gastropoda from the Southern Provinces 

 of Ceylon, by Messrs Gr. and H. Nevill. 



3. Authors of Armenian Grammars, from the earliest stages of Ar- 

 menian Literature up to the present day, by J. Avdall, Esq. 



Library. 

 The following additions were made to the Library since the meeting 

 held in July last — 



