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It was resolved that the Exhibition should be open to the public 

 from Monday the 10th intant, from 7 A. m. till 6 p. it., and con- 

 tinue so during the present month. 



The thanks of the Meeting were then voted to the Right 

 Hon'ble the Chairman for his obliging conduct in the Chair. 



The exhibition of the Photographic Society for 1858, greatly 

 disappointed its projectors. Among the very numerous Photogra- 

 phers scattered through the country, only two gentlemen in the 

 Mofussil favored the Society with pictures for Exhibition. The 

 Photographs exhibited, however, proved that the Artists of this 

 Presidency are by no means less skilful manipulators than their 

 brethren of the other Presidencies, and the excellence of their 

 productions only increased the regret that the number of Exhibi- 

 tors were so small. It is possible that fear of injury or difficulty 

 of transmission may have deterred parties from exhibiting. If this 

 be so, it is to be hoped, that before the exhibition of next year, 

 Photographers in the interior, whether members of the Society or 

 not, will communicate with the Secretary, when it is more than 

 probable that all difficulties in the way of transmission will be 

 removed. 



The absence of the productions of Indian Photographers, was 

 however (as far as such a deficiency could be) well made up by 

 the very fine and numerous Photographs : English, French and 

 Roman, placed at the disposal of the Society. Of these some 

 stereoscopic pictures excited universal admiration and appeared to 

 be with the majority, the principal attraction of the Exhibition. 



Foremost among the pictures exhibited requiring notice are 25 

 views 15 x 11 by Lieut. J. Mitchell. These were intended to 

 illustrate the Seven Pagodas so well known as objects of interest. 

 They were admirably executed and are fully equal to any Photo- 

 graphs which have been produced in India, a list of these and the 

 process by which they were taken is given in the Appendix to the 

 Report. 



Captain W. Barwise exhibited 42 prints from Collodion nega- 

 tives, some taken in England, but the majority in Burmah. They 



