108 R. Burn — Gold coin- of Jaldlu-d-dUi Muhammad Sh'ih. [Aug. 



Babu Qyamdas Mukherjee, proposed by Dr. A^utosa Mukherjee, 

 seconded by C. R. Wilson, Esq. 



Nawab Ali Hosan Khan, proposed by the Hon. Mr. Justice Amir 

 Ali, seconded by C. R. Wilson, Esq. 



The following gentlemen have expressed a wish to withdraw from 

 the Society : — 



Col. E. Mockler. 

 Col. M. M. Bowie. 



The Cbairman announced that the Council had elected Mr. L. de 

 Niceville, Anthropological Secretary to the Society, in place of Mr. F. 

 Finn, resigned. 



The Chairman announced that a donation of Rs. 250 had been 

 received from the Private Secretary to His Highness the Maharajah 

 Scindia, Gwalior, on behalf of His Highness the Maharajah Scindia, 

 for printing certain plates to illustrate the Rev. C. Maries' paper on 

 coins of the native states. 



It was resolved to thank His Highness the Maharajah Scindia, Grwalior. 



The Chairman laid on the table the prospectus of the 7th Interna- 

 tional Geological Congress to be held in St. Petersburg, in August 1897. 



The following papers were read: — 



1. On some traces of the Kal-Mon-Anam in the Eastern Naga 

 Hills.— By S. E. Peal, F.R.G.S. 



The paper will be published in the Jonmal, Part III. 



2. A Tibetan guide-hook to the lost sites of Buddha's Birth and 

 Death.— By Dr. L. A. Waddell, M.B., LL.D. 



The paper will be published in the Journal, Part I. 



3. A rare gold coin of Jaldlu-d-din Mtihamniad Shah of Bengal. — By 

 Richard Burn, I.C.S. 



817-35 H : 1414-31 A.D. 



Wt. 160. Diam. -95" A^. 



Obverse in circle. Reverse in quatrefoil 



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 No margin. Margins illegible. 



