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[No. 1, 
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your own Memo, on the investigation of the archeological re¬ 
mains of Upper India, and of the Governor General’s Minute on the 
subject. These papers have been communicated to the Asiatic So¬ 
ciety for publication in their Journal. 
2. Whilst looking up former records in connexion with archeo¬ 
logical investigation, an endeavour was made, both in the Home De¬ 
partment here, and by a reference to Allahabad, to trace the reports 
of Major Ivittoe’s investigations, whilst he was employed on a duty 
resembling your own, between 1847 and his death. Though it ap¬ 
pears from the records that Major Ivittoe made several journeys in 
Debar, made many sketches, and had drawings in preparation, no 
trace is found of the submission of any report of his operations or 
their result, nor of the drawings which were prepared. 
3. It is possible that you may be able to throw some light on 
the matter from your personal knowledge, and this the Government 
would be glad to receive. But the fact as it stands is extremely un¬ 
satisfactory ; and it makes it necessary that the Governor-General in 
Council should desire you to consider it nothing less than an abso¬ 
lute duty to submit full particulars of your researches, and of their 
results, so far as they may have been arrived at, as speedily as 
possible after the close of each season in the field, and certainly 
before the commencement of the next. 
I have, &c., 
(Sd.) H. Yule, Lieut.-Colonel , 
Secy, to the Govt, of India. 
2. From Mr. Blyth, a memoir on the living Asiatic species of 
Bhinoceros. 
3. From Babu Badha Nath Sikdar, abstracts of Meteorologi¬ 
cal Observations taken at the Surveyor General’s office in the month 
of September last. 
4. From Mr. W. T. Blanford, a paper containing an account of 
a visit to Puppadoung, an extinct volcano in Upper Burmah. 
This paper was read by Mr. Oldham, who added some remarks on 
the geological features described, and pointed out the interest of the 
discovery and of the deductions Mr. Blanford had drawn from it. 
5. From Bev. K. M. Banerjea, a dissertation on the Markan- 
deya Purana. 
The dissertation will appear as a preface to Mr. Banerjea’s 
