ADVERTISEMENT* 



GEOLOGICAL MUSEUM, 



IN CONNECTION WITH THE 



GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF INDIA, 

 HASTINGS' STREET, CALCUTTA. 



The Government; of India having recently sanctioned a considerable extensions 

 of the " Museum of Economic Geology for India," which had for some years ex- 

 isted under the careful superintendence of Mr. Pidiiogton in connexion with the 

 Asiatic Society of Bengal, the attention ©f all who may be interested in the study 

 of Geology, and of all who may desire the internal improvement of this country, 

 is solicited to the objects of this Institution ; and their aid in the promotion of these 

 objects is requested. 



In the year 1840, a Museum of Economic Geology for India was established, un- 

 der the sanction of the Honorable the Court of Directors. Its objects and aim 

 were clearly set forth in a brief statement drawn up by Mr. Piddington, and freely 

 circulated at the time. In conjunction with the Asiatic Society of Bengal, and in 

 their Rooms, it grew into some importance, and gradually became the depository 

 of many good and valuable specimens, illustrative of the mineral wealth of this coun- 

 try. But simultaneously with its growth, the Science of Geology itself was rapid- 

 ly attaining its present developement. All cognate Sciences were spreading their 

 domain, and the results of investigations in each were becoming more widely and 

 more largely known. Since then, also, the study of Mineralogy, of Geology, and 

 of Chemistry, has been introduced as a part of the established course of Education 

 and the practical applications of these Sciences to Mining and to Engineering ge- 

 nerally will soon be as regularly taught in this country as they have been for 

 years past in Europe. 



The extension of the Museum had become, therefore, essential if it were to keep 

 pace with the progress of knowledge, and to retain any of its value as a means and 

 lid to instruction. With this view, the Right Hon'ble the Governor General in 

 Council has given orders for the formation, on a much more extended scale than 

 hitherto, of a general Geological Collection, with a special view to illustrate 

 t ie geological structure, the mineral wealth, and the manufacturing resources of 

 t is Empire. A commodious house has been rented for the purpose at present, and 

 I is intended that abundant accommodation shall be provided for the Museum in 

 .he new building for the University in Calcutta, when the Geological Collection 



