£6 Annual Report. [Feb., 



Coin Cabinet. 



During the year under review, 129 Coins were added to the Cabinet , 

 of which all, with the exception of 2 copper coins presented by Rai 

 Shyain Bahadur of Chapra, were acquired under the Treasure Trove 

 Act. Of these 117 were from the Bengal Presidency, and 10 from the 

 Bombay Presidency. No coins were received from Madras, and there 

 were no purchases. Of the 117 coins acquired in the Bengal Presidency, 

 3 were of gold, 95 of silver, and 19 of copper ; detailed descriptions of 

 which are given in the Society's Proceedings for January, February, 

 April, June, July, November and December. 



The 10 coins presented by the Government of Bombay consist of 

 1 gold coin of Aurangzib, 2 gold Hun coins of Bijapur, and of 2 coins of 

 Aurungzib, 2 of Shah Jehan, 1 of Alamgir, 1 of Muhammad Shah and 

 1 of Farrokh Sir, all of silver. 



Office of the Secretaries. 



Mr. J. Wood-Mason continued as Natural History Secretary through- 

 out the year. 



Dr. A. F. R. Hoernle left India on leave in June, when the duties of 

 Philological Secretary were divided amongst three gentlemen, Mr. J. 

 Beames, Mr. A. Hogg, and Pandit Haraprasad Sastri, who took charge 

 of the Journal, Part I, the Coins, and the Bibliotheca Indica respectively. 

 Mr. Beames resigned in August when Mr. H. Beveridge took his place, and 

 has since continued in charge of the Journal, Part I. 



Mr. F. E. Pargiter resigned the General Secretaryship in February, 

 and Mr. H. M. Percival was appointed to succeed him. 



Mr. F. W. Peterson continued as Treasurer till March, when, on his 

 leaving India, his duties were taken up by the General Secretary. 



Mr. J. F. Duplessis, the Assistant Secretary, died in February and 

 Mr. H. Ronaldson was appointed in his place in March, the Assistant 

 Librarian carrying on the current duties in the interim. 



Mr. J. H. Elliott has continued to hold the post of Assistant Libra- 

 rian, and Babu Nritya Gopal Bose that of Cashier, throughout the year. 



Babu Jogindra Nath Tarkachudamani continued as Pandit of the 

 Oriental Library till October, when his services were dispensed with, 

 and Babu Hari Mohan Mukherji appointed on probation to the vacancy. 

 Babu Amritalal Das resigned the post of Copyist in September, and was 

 succeeded by Babu Jogesh Chandra Chatter ji. 



Bibliotheca Indica. 



Thirty-eight fasciculi were published during the year, of which 

 eleven were in the Arabic- Persian Series, and twenty-seven in the Sanskrit 

 Series. They belong to nineteen different works, of which four are in the 



