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undertake journeys in the various parts of India and in the adjacent 

 countries ; and also to make known to them that there exists a Society 

 in London specially devoted to the advancement of geography, which 

 will gladly receive, and publish in the best form, the correct account 

 of any journey through a country of which our geographical informa- 

 tion may be imperfect, as is the case throughout almost the whole of 

 the vast continent of Asia. 



We shall be thankful also for any new maps or works containing to- 

 pographical details respectin-i^ the hitherto undescribed parts of the 

 country adjoining Madras, wtdtdi may be published in India. 



I am desired to express the best thanks of this Society for the 

 donation of the excellent Journal of the * Madras Literary and Scien- 

 tific Society' which you have had the kindness to forward to ua, and to 

 state that in fuiure we shall gladly exchange our volumes against those 

 published by your Society. 



Tt> the Secrelury of the 1 am Sir, 



Mad/as Literary Society, Src Your obedient servant. 



John Washington, 



Secretary, 



P. S. — The nine othpr stations are Calcutta, Bombay, Hydrabad, 

 Bangalore, Dum-dum, M'how, Delhi, Meerut and Cawnpoor; which I 

 mention in order that officers moving from one station to another, 

 and desirous of consulting the London Geographical Journal, may know 

 where to find it. 



I also enclose two copies of a printed paper of Hints for collecting 

 Geographical information — which I shall be obliged to you to allow to 

 lie on your table and be made public. 



Resolved. — That the thanks of this Society be communicated to the 

 Geographical Societv, with tlie expression of the willingness of this 

 Society to accede to the request to exchange Journals.* 



Read a letter frona Lieutenant Newbold, dated 31st December 1839, 

 forwarding for the acceptance of the Society, several oriental books and 

 manuscripts, and the thanks of the Society were unanimously voted to 

 hira for his valuable donation. 



• The Madras Journal has been regularly forwarded for presentation to the Royal 

 Oeographical Society since 1836.— Ed, 



