92 Delmerick — A new 3Iuliammadan Gold eoin, [Apeil , 



The President reported that the Council recommend the following 

 alterations in the Bye-Laws, and stated that according to clause C. of Rule 

 32, voting papers would be sent round to non-resident members of the 

 Society, and that the alterations would be discussed at the Ordinary General 

 Meeting to be held on the 1st August next. 



I. That in Rule 14, instead of the words " his subscription should he 

 Bs. 12 per annum, commutahle into a single payment of Us. 100," the 

 following should be substituted, " his subscription shall be Us. 16 per 

 annum, commutable into a single payment of Us. 150," and that the follow- 

 ing addition should be made to the rule as it stands at present , " and 

 provided that members who are at present paying at the rate of Us. 12 per 

 annum, or who shall have paid Rs. 100 as compensation, shall not be called 

 on to pay the higher rate.''^ 



II. That in Rule 31^ after the word " chair,'^ the following words be 

 added, " or in their absence the senior member of Council ;'"' and after the 

 words " Vice-Presidents^' (2nd) the words ^' nor a member of the Council.^'' 



III. That subject to the concurrence of Government the following Rule 

 be added after Rule 36. 



36A. With reference to the provisions of Act XVII, of 1866, (the 

 Indian Museum Act) Section 3, the Trustees of the Indian Mioseum, on the 

 part of the Society, shall be nominated from among the members of the 

 Council with the proviso that on vacation of their seats in the Council their 

 trusteeships shall also terminate. 



The President also reported that the Council have nominated Mr. 

 J. Geoghegan, a Trustee of the Indian Museum on the part of the Society 

 in place of Mr. H. F. Blanford, resigned. 



Mr. Blochmann exhibited a gold coin forwarded by J. G. Delmerick, 

 Esq., for the purpose of being laid before the meethig. Mr. Blochmann said 

 that it was a rare coin, struck by Mahmud ibn Muhammad Shah ibn 

 Tughluq Shah, a puppet king whose reign was so short and precarious, that 

 the historians scarcely allude to him. Another specimen of the same coin 

 was in the possession of General Cunningham, who more than a year ago 

 mentioned the legend of the coin in one of his letters to the Society. 



As the coin was rare, a woodcut had been prepared for publication 

 together with Mr. Delmerick's note in the Journal. Mr. Delmerick thought 

 the date to be 752 A. H. ; but he (Mr. Blochmann) took it to be 754 

 A. H., and believed that the puppet king was set up at Dihli during Firuz 

 Shah's invasion of Bengal. This would satisfactorily explain the unexpec- 

 ted retreat of the Imperialists from Panduah. 



Dr. G. Buhler, of Bombay, gave an account of his tour through West- 

 ern Rajputana in search of Sanskrit MSS. He stated that the first 



