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rare and unpublished coins of the Pathan and Moghul dynasties of 

 Dehli.' Though his contributions to our Proceedings are neither so 

 numerous nor so important as those of Mr. Thomas, Mr. Gibbs's 

 knowledge of the coins of Western India deservedly acquired for him 

 a high reputation as a numismatist, and to this was added a ready 

 disposition to aid others in his favourite pursuit such as is rarely to be 

 met with. 



Mr. A. Grote was a member of the Bengal Covenanted Civil 

 Service. Born in 1814, he came to India in 1833 and filled suc- 

 cessively the offices of Collector of Midnapur, Secretary of the Board 

 of Revenue, Commissioner of the Nadiya Division, and Member of the 

 Board of Revenue in Calcutta. Erom the year 1852, to 1855, he was 

 Secretary of this Society, from 1856 to 1858, Vice-President, and from 

 1859 to 1862, President. Those amongst you who had the privilege of 

 his acquaintance will remember the friendly help that he was ever ready 

 to extend to all who needed counsel or encouragement. Mr. Grote 

 retired in 1868, but did not on that account withdraw his interest from 

 our Society and its affairs ; for up to a very recent date he was in constant 

 communication with several of our members, and on various occasions 

 showed that in him we had in England a faithful counsellor and warm 

 friend, ever ready when called upon to represent and protect our interests. 

 Nor must I omit to mention the name of the late Babu Rajkrishna 

 Mukharji though but for a short time connected with this Society. He 

 was favourably known as a Bengali writer, and in his collection of essays, 

 historical and antiquarian, published under the name Nana prabandha, 

 showed considerable learning and industry. 



Publications -.-Journal. — The publications of the Society, as you are 

 aware, are four in number, the Journal Part I representing philology and 

 literature ; the Journal Part II representing science ; then come the 

 Proceedings, containing records of our meetings and many minor papers ; 

 and the Bibliotheca Indica devoted to the publication of important un- 

 published Oriental texts and translations thereof. In the first Part of the 

 Journal for 1886 are papers ' On some copper coins of Akbar found in the 

 Kangra district ' by Mr. Oliver, on a collection of South Indian coins 

 by Captain Tufnell, on some symbols on the coins of Kunanda by Mr. 

 Theobald, and a fourth list of coins supplementary to those given in Mr. 

 Thomas' Chronicles of the Pathan kings of Dehli by our Associate mem- 

 ber, Mr. C. J. Rodgers ; all of which show that materials for original 

 research still exist in this well-cultivated field. Kaviraj Shyamal Das 

 of Mewar has given us notes on the Prithiraj-rasau commonly ascribed to 

 Chand Bardai, on the actual birth-day of the Emperor Akbar, and on the 

 Mina tribe of Jajpur in Mewar. The migrations of these Minas or 



