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neglected) the distances between places determined b} 7, the survey are 
free from the effects of these errors of local attraction, and that a com¬ 
parison of these measured distances with the latitudes found by obser¬ 
vations of the heavens gave the correct amount by which the total 
local attraction (arising from whatever causes, mountains, ocean, or 
variations of density in the strata below) differed in passing from one 
place to another. It was to his having arrived at his satisfactory con¬ 
clusion, that he attributed the impression which had existed in some 
quarters, that he had receded from some former position he had taken 
up. But he would add, that this result, which was so satisfactory as 
regarded the survey, could not have been anticipated, and could be 
known only by demonstration, when once the existence of the great 
disturbing causes he has alluded to had been brought to light. The 
total error by which the whole map was out of place on the terrestrial 
spheroid was still an unknown quantity, and was very probably as 
much as half a mile. The exact amount would always remain unknown, 
since although the effect of the Himalayas and of the ocean might be 
estimated in the way his papers had set forth, the effect of unknown 
variations of density in the strata below could not be ascertained. 
The Librarian then submitted the usual monthly report. 
Library. 
The following is a list of the additions made to the Library since 
the last meeting. 
Presented. 
The Chronicles of Oonao, a district in Oudh, By C. A. Elliott, 
Esq.—B y the Author. 
Indische Studien, Yol. 5, Parts 2 and 3. — By Dr. Weber. 
Annals of Indian Administration, Yol. YI. Part 3 for September 
3862.— By the Bengal Government. 
Bij dragen Tot de Taal-Land en Yelkenkunde van Nederlandsch 
Indie, Part 4. — By the Amsterdam Institution. 
Calcutta Christian Observer for October and November 1862 .—By 
the Editors. 
Paspati, A. G. Memoir on the language of the Gypsies.—B y the 
Author. 
General Beport on Public Instruction in the Lower Provinces of 
