70 New puhUcations sanctioned. [May, 



2. From Secretary to Government, N. W. Provinces and Oudh, 

 forwarding a parcel containing 204 coins found in the Fatehgarh 

 district. 



The Philological Secretary reported that these were all coins of 

 Maizz-nd-din Mahammad ben Sam, who conquered India, and that they 

 were all struck in India. Obverse : Horseman with an indistinct Persian 

 inscription, probably *i»*^^ Mahommad. Reverse : Bull with a Hindi in- 

 scription =?tT^?I^ ^J^ Shri Muhammad Sami. Their date is about 1192 

 A. D. They are described by Thomas in his Pathan kings of Delhi, 

 p. 16. They are very common and of no particular value. The Society 

 is amply provided and the coins are available for purchase. 



The President reported that the Council had sanctioned the pub- 

 lication of the following works in the Bibliotheca Indica, viz. : — 



1. Jnata Dliarma Sutra, n 



2. Upasaka Dasa Sutra. / , , t, i i t-. tt ^ 



^ ^. -, a , > to be edited by Dr. Hoernle. 



3. Bipaka Sutra. V "^ 



4. Saddharma Pundarika. >' 



5. Ashtasahasrika, to be edited by Dr. Mitra. 



6. Kurma Purana, to be edited by Pundit Nilmony Mukerji. 



7. Varaha Purana, by Pundit Hrishikes Sastri. 



The President further reported that Major Waterhouse had been 

 appointed General Secretary temporarily during the absence of Mr. 

 Pargiter ; and that Mr. J. Beames had been elected a Member of 

 Council, and had consented to act as Philological Secretary during the 

 absence of Dr. Hoernle. 



Also that Mr. E. F. T. Atkinson had been appointed Auditor for 

 the Annual Accounts of 1884, in place of Mr. Westland. 



The N"atural History Secretary (Mr. Wood-Mason) exhibited spe- 

 cimens of two species of Nephropsis, a blind genus of Macrurous Crustacea 

 belonging to the family Ilomaridae, and made the following remarks : — • 



The members of the Society will be glad to hear that the Govern- 

 ment has commenced to fulfil its promise, made to this Society many years 

 ago, to carry out a systematic ex^oloration of the depths of the Indian 

 Seas in connexion with a contemplated survey of the Coasts, and that 

 during the past season some deep-sea dredging has been done on board 

 H. M.'s Indian Marine Survey Steamer ' Investigator.' During the 

 earlier part of the season, dredging was carried out at two stations 

 on opposite sides of the Bay of Bengal — off Kyouk Phyoo in 272 



