CONTENTS. 



Page. 



Monthly General Meeting ... ... .,. ... ... 131 



Presentations ... ... ... ... ... ... ih. 



Election of Members ... ... ... ... ... ih. 



Withdrawal of Members ... ... ... ... ... 132 



Death of Members ... ... ... ... ... ,,, ih. 



Mr. L. de Nicevilie appointed to officiate as Natural History Secretary ... ih. 



Dr. Alcock appointed to officiate as General Secretary ... ... ib. 



Brief account of the Proceedings of the International Congress of Orienta- 

 lists held at Paris in September 1897 ... ... ... ... ih. 



President exhibited a silver coin forwarded by the Revenue Secretary to the 



Government of Burma and read a note on it ... ... ... 145 



Philological Secretary read communications concerning the date of an 

 Inscription of Narasimha Deva II., published by Babu N. N. Vasu in 

 Journal, Vol. LXV, 1896, Part I, page 229 fO.) ... ... ... ih. 



Papers : — 



1. The Nowgong Copper-plate grant of Bala Varman of Prdgjoti^a in 

 Asdm. With Z Plates.— By Br. A. F. a. HoERNLE^C. I.E. (Title only) ... 147 



2. On certain Palm-leaf MS8. in the Lihrary of H. E. the Maharaja of 

 JSepaul. — By Pandit Haraprasad ^astri. (Title only) ... ... ih. 



3. Numismatic Notes and Novelties, No. 2. — By V. A. Smith, I.C.S. 

 (Title only) ... ... ... ... ... ... ih. 



4. The J ering fruit (Pithecolobium lobatum Benth.) — By H. N. Ridlry, 

 asQ., Director of the Botanic Gardens, Singapore. Communicated by Sukg.- 

 Maj. D. Prain ... ... ... ... ... ... ih. 



Library . . ... ... ... ... ... ... 149 



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