1883.] Coins purchased. 141 



2. Otto Cbrestien Rehling Moller, Esq., Tukvar, Darjiling, pro- 

 posed by L. de Niceville, Esq., seconded by Dr. H. W. M'Caiin. 



The Seceetaet reported that Wazir-ud-doulah Mudabbir-ul-Mulk 

 Khalif Syad Mohamed Hussun Khan Bahadur had intimated his desire 

 to withdraw from the Society. 



The President reported that Dr. Krishna Dhana Ghosha and Dr. E. 

 Lawrie were largely in arrears of subscription to the Society, and that 

 registered letters had been sent to them in accordance with Rule 37. As 

 no notice had been taken of these, their names would be suspended for a 

 month as defaulters in the Society's meeting room, and, unless the sum 

 due be paid in the meantime, they will be declared removed from the 

 Society at its next meeting. In accordance with Rule 38, this fact will 

 be notified in the^Proceedings. 



The Council reported that Babu P. N. Bose had resigned the Na- 

 tural History Secretaryship of the Society and that Mr. L. de Niceville 

 had been elected a member of Council, and appointed to officiate as Natural 

 History Secretary till Mr. Wood-Mason's return, subject to the confirma- 

 tion of the Society. 



The election was unanimously confirmed. 



The Council reported that they had appointed Mr. J. H. Elliott as 

 Assistant Librarian in the place of Mr. A. S. Tiery who had resigned. 



The Seceetaet reported that intimation had been received that the 

 Governor-General in Council had applied to the Secretary of State for 

 India requesting him to take the necessary steps to obtain for the Society 

 from the Egyptian Government the loan of the copy of the l9abah now in the 

 Khedivian library at Cairo, and referred to in the Proceedings for August : 

 or, if this could not be done, enquiring whether a transcript of the work 

 could be arranged for, and at what cost. 



The Seceetaet reported that the following coins had been acquired 

 under the Treasure Trove Act : 



3 silver coins of Shah Ghazi from the sub-divisional officer, Hajeepore ; 



5 silver coins found on the banks of the river Dwarikesvar, near the 

 village Pithaipore, in thana Bishenpore, District Bankoora, from the 

 Collector of Bankoora ; 



11 silver coins (of 'Alauddin Muhammad Shah and Tajuddin Finiz 

 Shah) found in the fields of Madzah Karinja of the Lauji Pargana, 

 Balaghat District, Nagpur Division, from the Deputy Commissioner of 

 Balaghat ; 



6 silver coins of Muhammad Shah and Aurangzib, from the Deputy 

 Commissioner of Raipur, Chhattisgarh Division ; 



