1876.] E.. B. Shaw — On the Glialcliah Languages. 79 



made and distributed one to every subscriber if tbe funds will admit. If 

 they do not admit, then I propose that those who wish for an enlarged copy 

 of that photograph printed in permanent pigments agree together to 

 bear the expense of having it done. About 1200 copies Woodbury-type 

 prints coidd be made for £5 ; certainly each copy would not cost threepence 

 to each member." 



Account Statement Stoliczlca Memorial Fund. 

 Total subscrij)tion realized in India, .. . ... .. Rs. 2,746 



„ unrealized „ ... ... ... „ 126 



Rs. 2,872 

 Deduct Printing Expenses,... ... Rs. 112 15 



„ Remitted to London by draft, £150 „ 1,664 11 10 1,777 10 10 



English value of Balance available, at 1/9^, 

 Total subscription in England, 

 Remitted to England, 



Estimated cost of Painting with frame, 

 packing and freight, ... ... £ 



Estimated cost of Bust, packing, and freight, „ 



Balance available for cost of Pedestal (£23), 

 and permanent photographs, as suggested 

 byDr. Dobsou, ... ... ... „ 6114 6 



£ 321 14 6 



in India, Rs. 1,094 5 



2 



...£ 95 14 

 „ 76 



... „ 150 



6 

 

 



£ 321 14 



6 



140 

 120 





The following papers were read : 

 1. On the Ghalchah {WaJcM and SarikoU) Languages. — Bg R. B. Shaw, 

 Esq., Political Agent, late on .special dutg at Kdshghar. 

 (Abstract.) 



The author in this paper gives an account of the Ghalchah dialects, 

 viz., those spoken by the tribes living in the valleys on the head- waters of the 

 Oxus, north of the Hindu-Kush ; dialects which belong to the Persic branch 

 of the Arian family ; and traces some radical affinities between them and the 

 Dardu dialects spoken on the south of the Hindu-Kush Range, and which 

 belong to the Indie branch. It is argued from these affinities that Ghalchahs 

 and Dards must at one time have lived together not far from their })rosent 



