50 J. W. H. Johnstone — On the Aivans of the Salt Range. [March, 



The following Gentlemen, duly proposed and seconded at the last 

 meeting, were balloted for and elected Ordinary Members : 



Sir Ashley Eden, K. C. S. I. Lieut.-Governor of Bengal (re-elec- 

 tion.) 

 H. J. Eeynolds, Esq., C. S. 

 L. King, Esq. 

 F. C. Channing, Esq. 

 E. R. Shopland, Esq. 

 Captain L. A. 0. Cook. 

 Babu Hem Chunder Gossain. 

 W. C. Benett, Esq., C. S. 

 Babu Troylokyanath Mitra, B. L. 

 Babu Bhyrub Chunder Chatterji. 



J. Bridges Lee, Esq., M. A., F. G. S., F. Z. S., F. C. S. 

 Babu Peary Mohun Guha, B. L. 

 Babu Sreenath Chunder. 



The Council reported that Mr. V. Ball had been appointed Member of 

 Council under Rules 4 and 46 (as amended during the past year), and that 

 he would officiate as Natural History Secretary during Mr. Wood-Mason's 

 absence from Calcutta. 



The Secretary reported that the following coins had been acquired 

 under the Treasure Trove Act. 



1. Four gold and eight silver coins found at Nya Doomka, Santhal 

 Pergunnahs. 



2. Six silver coins from Basti. 



The Secretary read a letter from Lieut. -Col. J. W. H. Johnstone, 

 dated, February 15th, 1881, regarding the supposed identity of the A wans 

 resident in the Salt Range with the Jods of Baber. 



" General Cunningham in his Archaeological Report on the North- 

 West Panjab wishes to identify the A wans resident in the Salt Range as the 

 Jods of Baber. In fact a tribe of Jods is still located in this part of the 

 country where Baber found them. This tribe is known to be a branch of 

 the Janjiias, and there is no difficulty on the subject of the Jods, except 

 that we now find the possessions of the Jods and Janjuas with the Awans. 

 I have known this for some years, and am sorry I did not before communi- 

 cate it to the Society. The explanation I would give of the Awans' pos- 

 session of the country is this. They were resident on both the branches of 

 the Indus below the Salt Range. Baber found the present country of the 

 Marwats in the Bannu. district occupied by Isakhil Niazis. Subsequently 



