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Proceedings. 



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terized by Wight and Griffiths. The Pachounti, which was sent 

 to the late Exhibition from Travancore appears to differ both from 

 the Wynaad species and from the true Isonandra Gutta. The 

 whole group call for careful revision. 



The Secretary read a letter from Lieut. H. G. Raverty, 3rd Bom- 

 bay N. I., Assistant Commissioner Mooltan, enclosing Prospectus 

 of a Dictionary and Text Book of the Pushto language, which he 

 has been engaged upon for the last nine years. Lieut. Raverty has 

 already published a Pushto Grammar, which was favorably noticed 

 in the London Athenceum of August 30th, 1856. Should 250 copies 

 of the latter be subscribed for, he intends publishing a second edi- 

 tion, revised and improved, at the same time with the Dictionary 

 and Text Book. 



Resolved, that the Society take one Number of each Work, and 

 that the Prospectus be published in the Journal. 



Read a letter communicated through the Honorable Mr. Elliot, 

 on the subject of Colonel Stacey's magnificent collection of Coins. 



Captain Wroughton, on behalf of the daughters of Colonel Sta- 

 cey, has offered the Coins for sale at Rupees 5,000, and the Coun- 

 cil of the Asiatic Society of Calcutta, impressed with the import- 

 ance of securing so valuable a collection, have resolved to call on 

 all interested in Indian Archeology to aid the Society in their ef- 

 forts to preserve the collection in its integrity, and to deposit it in 

 a place accessible to all Numismatists. 



The Committee acknowledge with thanks the receipt of the fol- 

 lowing contributions : 



From the Chief Secretary. 



1. Report of the Committee appointed to examine Messrs. 

 Saunder's and Mitchell's project for erecting an Iron Pile Pier at 

 Madras. 



2. Report of the Committee upon Captain Taylor's proposed 

 Pier. 



3. Memo, of a project of a Ship Breakwater for Madras, by 

 Colonel A. Cotton, Madras Engineers. 



4. An account of the fall of two Meteoric Stones in the District 



