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Proceedings of Societies. 
An addition to Dr. Govan’s collection of specimens was presented by Mr, 
Caldek. 
A short account of the native process of making iron at Amdia near Mednipoor, 
by Mr. R. Rose, was presented and read. 
A Paper by Dr. Govan, on the Geology of the range on which Simla and Tarba 
are situated, was read. 
Thanks were voted to the several contributors, and the meeting adjourned. 
Wednesday, April 8 th, 1829. 
Sir E. Ryan, President, in the chair. 
Read a letter from Mr. Smith, proposing to print a Geological Map of India; ou 
condition of the Society's taking sixty copies : Referred to the general meeting. 
An Extract from a letter of Mr. Hodgson, to Mr. Cai.df.ii, on the subject of the 
Chiru, or Unicorn, was read. The substance of this will be found amoDgst oui- note- 
A notice of Tin Ore from the coast of Tenasserim, by Mr. Ross, was read. This 
is given amongst our notices. 
A Paper on the Geology of central India, by Dr. IJardie, was read in part. 
Specimens of the clay obtained by boring near the Salt Water Lake, were pre- 
sented by Mr. Strong. 
Thank,-, were voted to the several contributors, and the meeting adjourned. 
2. — Horticultural Society. 
Wednesday, February llfA, 1829. 
W. Leycisster Esq. President, in the chair. 
The President delivered an account of the expenditure in the Garden, during No- 
vember, December, and January preceding: from which it appeared, that the suns 
laid out upon it, amounted to Rupees filiO 18; while the produce sold during t’^ 
same period, amounted to Rupees 210 9 9; leaving a balance against the Garden, o' 
Rupees 420 4 3. 
The estimate for the months of February, March, and April, 1829, amounted to 
Kupccs / 67 • 
1 -L^L \ tC a 1 v ilS r u l ‘ J r0rr ;. Mr ' J - W ' Paxton , which accompanied a dozen orangs 
chat he had brought from Ceylon ; and which he considered of so fine a quality, tW 
they ought to be imported into Calcutta regularly, and propagated in our gardens 
™;n;LT n ffi"7 e ma , de ,rial of b >’ ‘be meeting, but found to be spoiled so tint » 
opmion could be formed, upon their good or had qualities, 
i tie thanks of the meeting were voted to Mr. Paxton. 
LwL-f. 0 ? presented, in the name of Mr. Blacquiere, a large beautiful orange; 
from' his garden here, from the seed of one which he had received direct 
Diant thn ^.n iT' ! S!? ht years u "°’ and which was 80 very fine, as to induce him to 
Ti Ue « 0range was made triaI of b y the Members present; wb»** 
Stto l Ue - ,ne8t oraraewhich any of them had seen reared in ur ato» 
oris vb A . considered by the meeting particularly desirable, that a specie^ 
hrnnediidely fo troduced° P l ° ' ^ and dimate ° f Calc ’ ltta ’ *** 
The thanks of the Society were voted to Mr. Blacouiere for his interesting f 
JS-Tssns esc 
ipanfrnps tipupIipn; l ( -nnh#>/w • e oiicrecl to native cultivators for tne d 
this was seconded’ by the P^denhamUgreedto^ 18 * 118 ’ and ° ther natiTefnn> 
* dfe,rib ns 
Hindee be made as soon as possible “ * the translations into the Bengalee*" 
were intended for dhtrfi^o’njn' theluSmtf 8 < i r * ered in December, 182?, an" lwll ‘f l 
ed Calcutta from Liverpool. nt 1 0 August, 1828, had very lately reach 
seeds, least likely ’to^emafo 0 good permitted to ta ^e the flower and W* 
garden immediately; an g tll „? t ,,’ f or the purpose of his sowing these in his 
remain unopened till the season r Rwf'*’ and lar S er kinds of seeds shouU 
Resolved, that a coin- of ti ... . 
Africa, Asia, and America. C lransactlons ,xi sent to learned Societies in Europe 
the MARCwWwss^T^ASTiNGsy the S tet°Patrotfosr > ^^ 1 s^g t j, ,,e transm ‘ tte( * # 
