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treasury. The payments are made over to the Diwdn (the chief 

 revenue official) of the province (subah.) 



The melters and the darrab [query read, zarraban^ the strikers, or 

 preferably dara-bdn, literally *' hammer-man," from dard, a smith's 

 hammer, Steingass, 506] take from the merchants (mahdj'an) and others 

 under the head of haqqu-n-ndr (literally, " right of fire ? " that is fee 

 for melting ?) seven (7) annas in every thousand [coins]. Over and 

 above this sum they take for the cost of salt and able (?). 

 The expenses met by government are : 



Wages of the darabdn (striker ?) per J 00 coins ... 2\ annas. 

 Repairs of the ghan (anvil or sledge hammer) 

 and milslah (query for miisil, a pestle, or 



masalah, ingredients ?) per 1,000 



Charcoal (angisht), per 1,000 ... ... 8 annas. 



The pay of the peshkdr (head clerk), the daroghah (superintendent) 

 the taljwildar (store-keeper and cashier), the melters, the strikers 

 (sikkahgaran) , the testing officer, and the watchmen posted to the Mint, 

 are provided out of the dues. If any place has a particular rule, that 

 rule is followed. Otherwise the general regulations appl^. The coin 

 strikers must be ordered to see that each coin is clearly stamped with 

 the Emperor's name, the year of the reign, and the name of the Mint, 

 also that the edge of the farsk (disc) of the coin is not cracked through 

 insufficient melting and bad testing. 



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BRARY. 



The following additions have been made to the Library since the 

 meeting held in April last : — 



Transactions, Proceedings and Journals, 

 presented by the respective Societies and Editors, 



Batavia. Bataviaasch Genootschap van Kunsten en Wetenschappen, — 



Notulen, Deel XXXV, Aflevering 3 und 4. 

 . . Tijdschrift voor Indische Taal,-Land-en Volken- 



kunde, Deel XL, Aflevering 3. 

 Brisbane. Queensland Agricultural Journal, — Vol. II, Part 3. 

 Brussels. Societe Entomologique de Belgique, — Annales, Tome XLI. 

 Budapest. Aquila, — Jahrg. V, Nrn. 1-3. 

 Calcutta. Indian Engineering,— Vol. XXIII, Nos. 15-17, and Index to 



Vol XXII. 



