138 Proceedings of the Asiatic Society, [Juy, 
The following is a candidate for ballot at the next meeting— 
Babi Ganga Prasad, Deputy Collector of Moradabad, proposed 
by Maulavi Abdullatif Khan, Bahadur, seconded by Babu Ra- 
jendralala Mitra. 
Lieut. W. A. J. Wallace has intimated his desire to withdraw 
from the Society. 
The following communications were read :— 
I.—OBsERVATIONS ON A Perstan MS. on THE LiveEs oF THE TWELVE 
ApostLus, BY JEROME Xayier,—by H. Burocumany, Ese., M. A., 
CatcutTraA MaprasaHd. 
At the meeting held in May last year, I laid before the Society 
arare and curious Persian MS., entitled MWirat-ul Quds. It wasa 
life of Christ, written by Jerome Xavier, nephew to the renowned 
Francis Xavier, and dedicated by him to the Emperor Akbar. 
The sequel to this work has now turned up. The MS. before 
the meeting is a history of the lives of the twelve apostles by the 
same author. The copy belongs to the Serampore College Libra- 
ry, and seems to be unique. From a remark in the book, it 
appears that it was composed in 1608 A. D., the third year of 
Jahangiv’s reign. The first chapter, however, the life of 8t. Peter, 
was evidently written earlier, as the Latin translation of it by the 
celebrated Ludovicus de Dieu of Leyden speaks of it as a distinct 
work, and mentions A. D. 1600 as the year in which it was writ- 
ten. 
In point of style, both works exhibit the same features. The 
sentences run smoothly and are occasionally elegant. We may, 
therefore, conclude that Maulana ’Abdussattar of Lahor, who assist- 
ed J. Xavier in the Jhrdé-ul Quds, also superintended the translation 
of the sequel. . 
In the preface, J. Xavier dedicates the work to Jahangir. He 
says— : ; 
“As the history of the life of Christ was written during the 
reign of his late Majesty ’Arsh-dshyéni Jaldluddin Akbarshh, 
and was dedicated to him, receiving from him the title of Mirdt-ul 
Quds, so, from motives of gratitude, has this history of the twelve 
apostles * * * * been written in honour of his Majesty the present - 
