34 Letters. [Feb. 



A list of Nicobarese words by Mr. Mann, received from the Depart- 

 ment of Agriculture, was laid on the table. 



Also, a Report on a New System of Transliteration, by J. G. Thompson, 

 Esq., Judge, Berhampore, Ganjam, 



The President then said that, at the Meeting of the Society held in 

 November last, the Council, after due consideration, had proposed an altera- 

 tion in Eule 29 of the Bye-laws. The rule as it stood at present was — 

 " The Society shall meet on the first Wednesday in each month," for which 

 the Council had recommended the substitution of the following — " The 

 Society shall meet on the first Wednesday in each month, excepting in 

 September and October." As alterations in the Bye-laws of the Society had 

 to be referred to the whole body of Ordijiary Members, voting papers had 

 been sent to all non-resident Members. He would now appoint Messrs. 

 D. Waldie and J, Wood-Mason to collect the votes of the members present, 

 and act as scrutineers. 



A discussion followed on the object of the proposed alteration, in which 

 most members present joined. It was then announced by the scrutineers 

 that there were forty-one votes in favor of, and four against, the proposed 

 change, and the President declared the new rule passed. 



The following letters were read : — 



1. From J. Delmerich, Esq., Hdwal Pindl, regarding a unique Tetra- 

 draclima of a new Bactrian King. 



' I have the pleasure of submitting for the inspection of the Coin Com- 

 mittee of the Asiatic Society of Bengal a silver cast of an unique tetra- 

 drachma of a new Bactrian King. I have seen the original coin, but the 

 owner, Chanda Mall, who is a professional coin seller, has such extravagant 

 ideas of the nature of it, that I have been compelled very relunctantly to 

 abandon all hopes of possessing it. The cast, however, will, I have no doubt, 

 prove highly interesting to om* numismatic friends. 



' The com was brought by an itinerant goldsmith of Shah ki Dheri from 

 Central Asia, and was sold by him a short time ago to its present owner for 

 a mere trifle. I proceed to describe it. 



Cots of Plato, the iLLiiSTEiors. 



O. M. 15. — Tetradrachma. Weight of original coin 258 grains ; weight 

 of cast, 240 grains. 



Ohverse. — Helmeted head of King to the right, with the ends of the 

 diadem hanging behind. The helmet has a long flowing crest, and is orna- 

 mented on the side with the ears and horns of a bull, like on some of the 

 coins of Eukratides. The shoulders are draped. The whole is surrounded 

 by a circle of astragarus beading. 



