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Indian Museum appointed under Act XVII. of 1866, subject only 

 to the conditions therein specified.' 

 This was put to the vote and passed. 



The Meeting then resolved itself into an Ordinary Monthly Meeting, 

 The minutes of the last meeting were read and confirmed. 

 The following presentations have been received since the last 

 meeting. 



1. From the Government of India, Home Department — 



A copy of Notes on the Races and Tribes of Avadh. 



2. From Babu Gopinatha Sena. 



A copy of the monthly means of the principal meteorological 

 elements, tyc, as recorded at the Surveyor General's Office, 

 Calcutta, for 1866-67. 



3. From the Magistrate of Mainpuri — 



A copper spear head. 



Two copper axes. 



A few copper tangles. 

 The following letter accompanied the donation : — " The Magistrate 

 of Mainpuri begs to inform the Secretary, Asiatic Society, that he 

 has despatched to him to-day some specimens of copper weapons 

 or utensils which were found in this district buried in a field, and 

 will be much obliged, if the Secretary will inform him if he can 

 state what they are. They do not resemble any weapon or utensil 

 now in use in this part of the country." 



The President in exhibiting these implements remarked on the 

 extreme interest attaching to them. One was a very fine specimen of 

 a flat celt, identical in shape and general character with many found 

 in North Europe. The material of this, he believed, was, as stated, 

 copper ; there had been no time to test the presence of other metals, 

 but judging both from the colour and softness of the metal, as well as 

 the colour of the coat of patina on the specimen, he thought it was 

 copper. Another of the specimens appeared to be a spear-head of 

 peculiar form ; the sides of the implement being cut into a series of 

 pointed teeth, pointing downwards, and projecting from the central rib, 

 somewhat in the way in which the teeth of a saw-fish do. With 

 these were a number of rings, which were, he thought, obviously old 



