xii Annual Report. (February, 1921 
and Proceedings and Memoirs for the publications of the 
University, including the Natural History Survey Bulletin. 
logical Survey of Burma was received asking for the Society’s 
publications in exchange for the ‘ Epi raphia Burmanica ”’ : 
g to a change in the Proprietorship of “The Athe- 
nacum,” the supply in exchange of this periodical has been 
stopped. 
Survey the Society’s Journal and Proceedings only 
Philology, ete. 
Mr. J. T. Rankin has contributed a paper containing notes 
and extracts from two volumes of a Dacca Diary found by him 
in the India Office Library. The Diaries are in two instal- 
ments, and cover the periods 1669 to 1682 and 1688 to 1691 
which took place before Dacca ceased to be the capital of Ben- 
] e amalgamation of the two trading companies into 
the English settled in Dacca at this time. 
mr. HH. Beveridge has contributed a paper in which he 
deals with a letter written in Turki by the Emperor Babar to 
his son Kamran about the vear 1526 A.D. It contains admoni- 
tions of a political nature. | 
An interesting paper on Hindu Astronomical Deities has 
been published by Mr. G. R. Kaye in which he deals with the 
main characteristics of the Hindu planetary deities, and the 
cults connected therewith, He has discussed in this connec- 
tion the Vedic and post-Vedic deities, various Astronomical 
myths, Medieval solar cults, the Geographical distribution of 
the temples devoted to sun worship, Mediaeval Ritual, Icono- 
