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this Journal. It was determined that unless in case of urgent 

 business, no meetings of the Committee were to take place during 

 the months of August and September. 



Proceedings of the Photographic Society. 



A Meeting of the Photographic Society was held at the 

 School of Arts, on Thursday, Ath March, 1858. 



Present. 



Hon'ble Walter Elliot, Esq., in the chair. 

 Messrs. Mitchell, Messrs. Underwood, 



The following gentlemen were elected members, Messrs. Cole, 

 Paton and Nichols. 



The* Secretary laid on the table the collection of pictures printed 

 by Mr. Sutton for distribution amongst the subscribers of 1856-57. 



The subjects are Pagodas on the Sevagunga Hill, view of the 

 Parthasaratha Pagoda and Tank at Triplicane, and Goprum of the 

 Ulsoor Pagoda from negatives, by Lieut. Mitchell. Old Banian 

 and Date trees on the bund of the Hullahede tank, and ship " Duke 

 of Wellington" in the Plymouth Dock from negatives by Captain 

 Tripe, and a group of palmyra trees by Mr. Crake. The number 

 of prints for distribution is 600, which will admit of nearly 6 being 

 given to each subscriber. 



Resolved, that the thanks of the Society be given to Messrs. 

 Mitchell, Tripe and Crake for kindly placing their negatives at the 

 disposal of the Society. It is to be regretted that the prints do 

 not come up to the expectations that were entertained from the 

 reputation of the Printer to whom they were entrusted. 



Resolved, that the prints be distributed as soon as possible. 

 Subscribers in Madras being requested to send to the School of 

 Arts for their copies, and up-country Subscribers to make arrange- 

 ments with their Agents for having them packed and despatched 

 to their address. 



Scott, 



Hunter, 



Cleghorn, 



Duff. 



Neill, 



Lafond, and 



