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[Jan. 
soon as these several Committees furnished their reports, a new Committee should 
he named to draw up a reply to Mr. Molony’s letter, then under consideration. 
Resolved, that the Garden Committee he requested to undertake the arrangement 
for the distribution of prizes and medals to Nativu Gardeners on the morning of 
Wednesday the 13th, at 9^ o’clock. 
Read a letter from Mj* Wood, proprietor of the Asiatic Lithographic Press, 
presenting to the Society a copy of the Agricultural and Commercial Resources of 
the Presidency of Bengal. 
Resolved, that the thanks of the Society he offered to Mr. Wood. 
Wednesday , January 13, 1830. 
The Society had an exhibition of prize vegetables to-day at the Town Hall, and 
the prizes, consisting of a silver medal and a sum of money not exceeding 40 Ru- 
pees, were delivered to those malis who produced the best show of Cauliflowers, 
Potatoes, Asparagus, Peas, Turnips, Beet-Root, Jerusalem Artichokes, Carrots, 
Onions and Nolkole. 
(XIII • — Analysis of Books. 
Memoir on a Plan for the Formation of an easy and permanent Communication by 
Pater beta ecu the Upper and Eastern Provinces of India and Calcutta during the dry 
Season : by Lieutenant A. A. Schalcli, 14th Regiment N. I., D. A. Q. M. G, 
r I his is a pamphlet of 19 folio pages, written by the late Major Schalch, whose pro- 
mising career was so prematurely cut short by his fall before Chamballa storkirh* 
u lion attacked by the flotilla under Commodore (now Sir J.) Hayes ’ 
one of the greatest interest s and as Major Schalcli's statements have 
pio\cd influential in establishing the system of canals now carrying on, one of which 
we gave a short notice m our fourth number, we think it will not be wWout ite use 
to intioduce to the notice of our readers this little work, which we believe is fir 
fiom being so generally known as it ought to be. tar 
r Ibe object of the Memoir is stated in the following opening passaire — “ Tl,e want 
of a free navigation between the Eastern and Upper Provinces n n fr 'i J , * 
the months of January, February, March Anri ! J u i 1 Calcutta » durm S 
w hich branch off from the Gaifgef he come ^ 
been felt ; and considerable expense has been incurred ^ f C | ,oats > has l° n S 
tlierto without effect : every succeedh remedy the evil, but hi- 
of the obstructed state of the rivers m l t], P . \ vit 1 l , lt ^ditional complaints 
Various plans, it appears, have either been proposed or resorted to hat " ■ 
being founded on erroneous views fas MiL <5 • re ® 01t . c d to, but owing to their 
success. Some of these plan , such as that of W1 ? ou ‘ an 5' prospect of 
tl e great Ganges into the Bhagirettee and eirml ’ in £ tac rivers flowing from 
sand, are pregnant w ith consequences’ which though Jr“ C i Hnery to ( ree their beds of 
tually of very fatal moment. For it is evSde nt n tin bc even ' 
downwards to that part of the river between cJr /Jf® ,e San<1 bein f? forced 
dical interruption of the current, occasioned by ^hefiL? ^ ^ hcre Pe™- 
ted, a continual increase is ensured of those sands whirl ’ * , ows .°* lts be,n S deposi- 
B dgli so dangerous, and which must, in time, undei st^ ^ ofthe 
obstruct the port of Calcutta. Major S. thinks in ft ? ‘*, state of thl ngs, materially 
important consideration, it would be preferable ’if it v C " \ reference to this 
the windings of these rivers and the deposit sm i er ^ fc>as,l, l e , rather to enctiurage 
by which means he considers the Hdgli would resembl tbeir „ efflux {v om the Ganges, 
other Sunderbund rivers, which, at the same diei! f ' C samattia, CubadMc and 
free from sand, and their beds so station* £ tha ^ as Cal ™«a, are 
those given by Rennel 40 years before. } ’ ^ Soundln & s tak en in 18 17 agree with 
But supposing there were no obieminn,, *i • 
flniT; u , V ’ 11 ls sumciently obvious n.m- Vi h u llver straightens 
cu 01 Y uter must > in a nearly level’ vd-i in i C i , ure or direction of at 
cumstances of velocity of current and kL. plain, be determined by the two cii 
■greller e ni t ? 6 latter diminishes or the former 1 Sip , - ateni ^ S iI >f 'Y bicb tbe bank is 
" * * tbe slackening of the current *th f CI .®“ es » tbe sinuosities will be 
current the frail hanks are enabled to will* 
