74 General Meeting for December, ]90\. [DECEMBER, 



2. That Mahamahopadhyaya Haraprasad Shastri has taken 

 charge of the duties of the Philological Secretary during Dr. Bloch's 

 absence, on tour. 



3. That Mr. J. Macfai^ane has taken charge of the duties of the 

 General Secretary in the place of Major A. Alcock, P.R.S., resigned. 



The General Secretary reported the death of Surgeon-General 

 R. Harvey and Mr. L. de Niceville, ordinary members of the Society. 



Major Alcock, F.R.S., exhibited the skull of an Indian porcupine, 

 showing abnormal dentition. 



The following papers were read : — 



1. Further Notes on the Manipuris. — By T. C. HoDSON. Communi- 

 cated by the Anthropological Secretary. 



2. Description of some new Species of Orchideee from North- West 

 and Central India. — By J. F. Duthie, B.A., F.L.S., Director, Botanical 

 Department, North India. 



3. Studies in the Chemistry and Physiology of Tea Leaf. Part I. 

 The Enzymes of the Tea Leaf. — By Harold H, Mann, B.Sc. 



4. Three documents relating to the History of Ladakh. Tibetan Text, 

 Translation and Notes, Part III. — By the late Dr. Karl Marx, Mora- 

 vian Missionary at Leh-Ladakh, Communicated by the Philological 



Secretary. 



(Abstract). 



This is the third paper under this heading, the first being publish- 

 ed in 1891 and the second in J 894. The second paper brought the 

 History of Ladakh down to the Dogra conquest in 1822 and the settle- 

 ment of the country under Wazir Zorawar Sinj^h. The present paper 

 gives the history of the attempts made both by the Tibetans and the 

 Ladakhis to make Ladakh independent. Though at first successful, 

 their combined army had at last to give way before the superior force 

 of the KasQmirians. The paper ends with the final settlement of the 

 country under Gulab Simh, Raja of Kas9mire. 



5. On the authenticity of the two newly discovered Manuscripts of 

 the Valldlacarita by Ananda Bhatfa, and their importance in tracing the 

 History of the Caste System in Bengal. Part L — By Mahamahopadhyata 

 Haraprasad Shastri. 



( Abstract). 

 Ballala Carita means the Biography of Ballal Sen, the greatest 

 King of the Sen Dynasty in Bengal, in the 12th century. Two com- 



