62 C. J. Rodgers — Stj_uare Silver KasJimir Coins. [April^ 



Mr. Staley who was elected at the meeting in January has declined 

 the membership. 



The Chairman announced that, in accordance with Rules 37 and 38 

 of the Society's Bye Laws, the names of the following gentlemen had 

 been posted up as defaulting members since the last monthly General 

 Meeting and would now be removed from the list of Members, and 

 the fact published in the Proceedings : 

 Mr. J. Low. 

 Lt.-Col. J. G. Forbes. 



The Chairman reported that the Council had appointed Mr. H. F. 

 Blanford a Trustee of the Indian Museum, on behalf of the Society, in 

 the place of Major J. Waterhouse, who had been elected a Trustee on 

 behalf of the Museum. 



The Chairman reported, for the approval of the meeting, that the 

 Council had appointed the Hon'ble H. J. Reynolds a Vice-President of 

 the Society in the place of the Hon'ble J. Gibbs who had. left India i and 

 Mr. A. Simson a member of Council in Mr. Reynolds* place. 



Approved unanimously. 



Read the following letter from Mr. F. Moore : 



With reference to your query anent the continuation of the " De- 

 scription of Lepidoptera collected by Atkinson" all I can at present say 

 is, that I have obtained from Dr. Standingen of Dresden (to whom the 

 collection belongs) the whole of the remaining portions of the moths, 

 contained in 8 boxes closely packed, comprising the Pyralidce, Geometric 

 dee, TortrieudcBj and Tineidce. I have worked up most of the named 

 species, but I doubt much whether I shall be able to complete the W03k 

 before next year. 



The following papers were read — 



1. The Siiuare Silver coins of the Sultans of Kashmir. — By ChaRLES J. 



RODGERS, Principal, Normal College, Amritsar. 



(Abstract.) 



This paper is a long and interesting account of the square silver 

 coins of Kashmir and of the sovereigns in whose reigns they were struck. 

 It gives a description of 40 coins, beginning with those of Shams-ud-diu 

 dated A. H. 715 down to those of Yakub Shah dated A. H. 992. There 

 are also a few coins struck by Akbur before he had conquered the 

 province and after the conquest of the country. 



This paper, with three plates, will be published in the Journal, 

 Part I. 



