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Lieutenant T. H. Lewin, Chittagong, proposed by the President, 

 seconded by Mr. H. F. Blanford. 



Balm Sarodaprosanno Mookerjee, zemindar, Gobordanga, Baraset, 

 proposed by Babu Gour Doss Bysack, seconded by Mr. H. F. Blanford. 



A. H. Giles, Esq., Assistant Superintendent of Police, Khoolna, 

 proposed by Babu Gourdoss Bysack, seconded by Mr. H. F. Blanford. 



The Council reported that they had appointed Whitly Stokes, Esq., 

 a member of their body vice Colonel H. L. Thuillier who has left 

 India ; also that they had appointed Lieutenant-Colonel J. T. Walker 

 a member of the Statistical and Meteorological Committees. 



They also reported that, during Mr. Blanford's absence from Calcutta 

 for the greater part of the present month, they had appointed Dr. J. 

 Anderson and Babu Rajendralala Mitra to conduct the business of the 

 Secretary to the Society. 



The receipt of the following Papers was announced. 



1. From Col. J. T. Walker, " Notes on Central Asia" being a 

 translation by Mr. R. Michel of M. Semenof's preface to the 2nd Vol. 

 of Ritter's " Erdkunde von Asien." 



2. From J. Beames, Esq., a paper entitled " Outlines of a Plea for 

 the Arabic Element in official Hindustani." 



3. From Capt. H. H. Godwin Austen, F. B. G. S., " Notes on the 

 Sandstone formation, &c. near Buxa Fort, Bhootan Dooars." 



4. From C. Home, Esq., " Notes on Boodh Gya." 



The Secretary read Capt. Godwin Austen's paper of which the 

 following is an abstract. 



Buxa Fort is situated at a height of 2,400 ft., near the foot of the 

 first range of hills, that rise above it on the north to 6,000 ft. above 

 the sea, this ridge being the continuation of the western watershed of 

 the Tzinchu. The rock of the range is well stratified gneiss. The 

 plateau on which the fort of Buxa stands, is composed of talus and 

 debris from the hill above, and is situated in a valley formed by 

 spurs from the northern ridge. The eastern of these is of gneiss, but 

 the western is composed of coarse micaceous sandstones dipping at 

 a high angle towards the north. The ridges to the west are all of the 

 same formation, but do not extend much higher than 3,000 ft. In 

 these sandstones occurs lignite, in lumps and strings, some shew- 

 ing the woody structure well and splitting in the direction of the 



