6 Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal. [N.S., XIV, 
at Hijli in 1686. His wife, mentioned in the Diary, had died 
t Hughli, eleven days after the birth of a son, on October Ist, 
Prickman died before the copying out of the Consultations for 
November, 1682, in January 1683. Samuel Anthony died of 
fever on April 23rd, 1683. 
In the Record Department of the India Office there are 
two bound volumes of Malda Factory Records. Of these the 
earliest is now published. It consists of three diaries bound 
together. The first is entitled ‘‘Maulda Diary and Consulta- 
tion Book’’ and covers the period April to November 1680 
during which Nedham and his assistants carried on business in 
the hired house at Malda. The second part, ‘‘Maulda and 
Foster, C.1.E., to Mr. J. Ray, I.C.S.. to the Rev. A. C. Ridsdale, 
to Babu Kiran Nath Dhar, M.A., and to Babu Rakhal Das 
Banerji, M.A., for their generous assistance. 
be well enough, but “Baleshwar’’ would throw genuine light 
on the meaning of the name. TI notice that some of our friends 
in England write ‘‘Barhampur” for Berhampur in Bengal, but 
is not the place the town of Bairam ? 
SHILLONG : Water K. FrrmMincer. 
St. Peter’s Day, 1916. 
