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Proceedings. 



[NO. 6, NEW SERIES, 



tanical excursion to Shah Bilawul, in Beloochistan." In the pre- 

 sent Journal or " Kew Garden Miscellany," Vol. i. p. 257, is an 

 excellent Memoir on two Balsom-trees (Balsamodendron) of Scinde, 

 B. Mukul and B. pubescens, with two plates. In Vol. ii. p. 303, 

 will be found an excellent general sketch of the Botany of Beloo- 

 chistan, written after a second journey into that country. In Vol. 



iii. are descriptions and figures of two new plants of Scinde. Vol. 



iv. contains descriptions of thirty-seven Beloochistan plants, chief- 

 ly new species. His last communication will be seen at p. 314 of 

 the same volume " Notes on the Botany and the Government 

 Gardens of Bombay." 



PKOCEEDINGS. 



The Managing Committee of the Madras Literary Society and 

 Auxiliary of the Royal Asiatic Society f held their usual Monthly 

 Meeting at the Club House, on Thursday the Wth February at £ 

 past 6 o'clock P. M. 



The Honorable Walter Elliot, Esq., in the Chair. 



Read a Letter from M. Haidinger, Director of the Imperial Geo- 

 logical Institute of Austria, with a Memo, of Publications present- 

 ed to the Society, viz : — 



1. Transactions of the Imperial Geological Institute Vienna, 

 Vols. I, III. 



2. Annual Report of the Imperial Geological Institute, Vols. 

 I, VI. 



3. Natural Historical Transactions published by Haidinger, 

 Vols. I, IV. 



4. Notes on the Communications of the Naturalist of Vienna— 

 Vols. I, VII. 



These valuable works relate to the Natural Sciences generally 

 hut to Geology more especially, and are beautifully illustrated : 



