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structure in fact is very solid, and the floor is inlaid with beautifully 
small square and hexagonal bricks, the surface of which, however, is 
variegated and enamelled. 
In the interior, save and except a tomb of ordinary elevation on 
rather an oblong base, a very large slab of white marble on which 
some couplets of the Koran are engraved in gilded characters, and 
placed upon an artificial raising, and the wood-work of the door, there 
is nothing else to attract notice. 
In the front of the mosque there is a large tank, equal if not 
larger in size than that in the Dilhush Baity of the Rajah of 
Burdwan, and containing not a small number of alligators of differ¬ 
ent size. The whole of the space attached to the buildings and 
surrounding the tank is enclosed by walls of ordinary height. 
I have found some difficulty in obtaining any authentic account 
of Khwajah Ally’s mission to Bengal, nor could I discover why he 
was induced to fix his residence at a locality beset by so many dis¬ 
advantages. 
The bricks which I had taken out from the mosque have been 
handed over to Babu Gour Boss Bysack, for presentation to your 
Society. 
I remain, &c., 
(Sd.) Guru Chokn Boss. 
The Librarian submitted the usual monthly report. 
The following books and periodicals were added to the Library since the 
September meeting. 
Presented. 
Annual Report on the Administration of the Bengal Presidency.— By the 
Bengal Government. 
A Work on Telegraphic Transmission of the Chinese characters. By the 
Count B’Escayrac de Lauture.— By the Author. 
Memorandum on the Panchoutee or Indian Gutta of the Western Coast. 
—By Lieut.-Col. C. Douglas. 
Report on the Hyderabad Assigned Districts for 1861-62.— By the Ben¬ 
gal Government. 
Report on the Administration of Port Blair for 1861-62 .—By the same. 
Sakuntala, edited by Pandita Prem Chandra Tarkabagisa.—B y E. B. 
Cowell, Esq. 
