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from the summit of the hill between Momlfi and Lykfinchafi,* and as far as lie 
can learn no where else. It may be had, he believes, in large pieces. 
The specimen in question has been placed in the hands of Messrs. Hamilton 
and Co. for the purpose of being cut and polished. 
5. Population of Gorucptir. 
The town or city of Gdrucp&r appears, by a statement prepared by one of the re- 
venue surveyors, to contain 7237 houses, of which only 208 are brick. The popu- 
lation is 40023 ; of which 24766 are Hfndtta, 12973 males and 11793 females ; and 
152.^7 Musulmstns, 7319 males and 74 4 1 females. The males are to the females 
as 110 to 100 amongst the Hindus, and as 105 to 100 amongst the Musulm&ns. On 
the whole population as 108 to 100. The average of inhabitants for each house is 
5,53. The proportion lor Hindus is 5,57, for Musulmans 5,47. 
The cattle belonging to the town consists of 2700 bullocks, of which 1101 belong 
to 410 ploughs, the remainder to 233 carts, 315 ponies, 2890 cows and buffaloes, 
7 elephauts, and 420 horses. 
6. Quantity of Water raised by the Denci. 
Sir, 
In pursuance of the suggestions affixed to my letter inserted in the 9th No. of 
your Gleanings, I have endeavored to ascertain, as well as I am able, though I 
fear hut incorrectly, the quantity of water which two men are capable of raising 
by a lever, from a* well fifteen feet deep ; and the result is, that two men will 
work alternately 10 hours, make five dips of the bucket in a miuute, and raise 
about 10 seers of water at each dip, from a depth of 15 feet ; the bucket, made of 
iron, weighing six seers. 
The great inconvenience in drawing water by the lever is, tlie liability of the wa- 
ter, should the distance for it to be conveyed be great, being absorbed by the soil 
before it reaches its destination ; unless worked with a rapidity which the natives 
are little inclined to perform, but for short periods. Hence, except for horticultural 
purposes, where labour is so fully remunerated by the value of the produce, this 
mode of irrigation is seldom resorted to ; but where tlie drain is made of masonry, 
and the water conveyed to reservoirs, as at indigo factories, the mode might be 
adopted with cheapness and facility, in situations on the banks of rivers or tanks, 
where the height to be raised does not exceed 15 feet. 
I remain, 
Your obedt. Servt. 
X. Y. Z. 
XI. — Proceedings of Societies . 
1. — Asiatic Society. 
A meeting was held on the 8th November ; Honorable Sir Charles Grey in the 
chair. Dr. Smith and Mr. Stewart, were elected Members of the Society. The 
following letters were then read*. 
From Mr. Cosmo DeKoros, declining the monthly allowance offered him by the 
Society, and any assistance until his visit to Calcutta. 
From Dr. Vos, presenting the 8th volume of the Transactions of the Batavian 
Societ}% . 
From Mr. Robertson, presenting a copy of bis Translation of Roostum and Soh- 
rab. . 
From Mr. Vaughan, Secretary to the American Philosophical Society, announcing 
the despatch of Nos. 2 to 9, of the 3d roluine of the Society's Transactions and Ei- 
liot’s Botany. 
From Mr. H. T. Prinsep, forwarding a copy of tlie Astronomical Obser- 
vations at the Madras Observatory; — also one announcing the remission of duty on 
100 copies of the proceedings of the Physical Class of the Society, despatched for 
England. 
From Babu Sib Chander Das, presenting a copy of the Hanuman Cheritra, an 
Astrological work. 2; 
The Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, vol. xi. part 1.— and of the 
Geological Society, 2d series, part 3d, of vol. ii. were presented by these Societies. 
