Several subjects of interest were discuss ed at the Asiatic Society's Meeting, on Monday evening last.
Dr. Macgowan's paper, on the alleged Chinese discovery of America, took a brief review of the arguments that have been lately adduced, in favor of the conjecture that America was known to the Chinese by the name Foo-sang; an opinion which he controverted, to " Foo-as referring to a country submerged beneath the Pacific, rather than any land now known to us.
'Mr. Goodwin, Mr. Long, Mr. Kingsmill and Mr. Himly took part' in the discussion which followed. As Dr. Macgowan had promised to give translations from Chinese and Japanese Annals respecting the mysterious country in question, it seemed best to postpone its full discussion until a future meet A paper from Mr. Haas, of the Austrian Consulate, was read. It was acritical note on the services of Chinese history, and the historians of China.
Dr. Macgowan called the attention of the Society toa request that the Gor ment of the North-German Confederation had made to its Consuls in China, through Mr. Anneke the Consul of rt, for information on the meteorology of portions of Northern China and Japan, the infor-motion being needed by the astronomers of Berlin, a committee of whom are to be sent out to North Eastern Asia to observe the transit of Venus, in November 1874. He proposed that the Council of the Society undertake to procure this; and range for observations, to be made at Hako-pressing an opinion in favor of the lastdadi, Chefoo, Peking and Newchwang, ox-
named and Hakodadi, as being the two Dest places for the two sets of observations which the German Government has decided to prosecute.
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