134 Presentations of Coins. [June, 



Mr. Blochmann said — The Society has received since the last meeting 

 the following coins — 



(1.) Twelve small silver coins. They all belong to the Kanauj 

 series, and are very common. 



(2.) From Lieut.-Col. C. Martin, Agar, W. Malwa, 3 silver coins 

 and 5 copper coins. The silver coins are Hindu. Among the copper coins 

 there is one struck by Mubarak Shah of Dihli, and another struck by 

 Ibrahim Shah of Jaunpur. 



(3.) A copper coin struck by Iltitmish (Altamsh) of Dihli. The 

 coin is well known. 



(4.) From the Foreign Office, through the Hon'ble Sir E. C. Bayley, 

 K. C. S. I., one gold coin and two silver coins. They were received from 

 the Eaja of Suket, and are said to have been struck from old dies in pos- 

 session of the Raja and handed down from his ancestors. The gold coin 

 and the larger silver coin are 'Ala-uddin Muhammad Shahis. The small 

 silver coin is a Muhammad Shah of 1155 H. The two first are struck, the 

 last looks as if it had been cast. 



(5) From the Trustees of the Phayre Museum, Rangoon, 5 Burmese 

 silver coins. 



These were described in the Proceedings for April. 



The following gentlemen, duly proposed and seconded at the last Meet- 

 ing, were ballotted for and elected Ordinary Members — 

 C. S. Bayley, Esq., C. S. 

 Lieutenant R. C. Temple. 

 The following is a candidate for election — 



H. L. St. Barbe, Esq., C. S., Assistant Political Agent, Bhamo, pro- 

 posed by R. B. Shaw, Esq., C. I. E., seconded by W. T. Blanford, Esq. 



The Seceetaet announced that Major H. C. Marsh and Capt. E. A. 

 Eraser had intimated their desire to withdraw from the Society. 



The Peesident announced that news had been received, since the last 

 meeting of the Society, of the death of Dr. T. Thomson, one of the 

 Honorary members of the Society. He said — 



We have to regret the loss of one of the most eminent of Indian na- 

 turalists, one who, although prevented by failing health from carrying out 

 the work to which he had devoted his life, the completion of a Mora Indica 

 worthy of the country, has nevertheless, by his collections and labours, done 

 much to facilitate the completion of the work by others. 



Dr. Thomas Thomson was born in Glasgow in 1817, and was the son 

 of the well-known Professor of Chemistry in the University of his native 

 town. He was a fellow student of Sir Joseph Hooker, his intimate friend 



