150 S. C. Das— Notes on the Coinage of Siam. [May, 



This was the usual method of exchanging dollars for ticals, till the 

 reign of H. M. Somdetch Pra Charun Klow, the late king. This 

 sovereign established the law making 5 ticals equivalent to 3 Mexican 

 dollars. Since the passage of that law, importers exchange their 

 Mexican dollars very readily. The Mint officers burn the dollars, and 

 if they are all found to be genuine, five silver ticals are given for every 

 three dollars without any farther loss of time. This law makes the par 

 value of the Siamese tical 60 cents of a dollar, the salung 15, and the 

 fu-ang 7£ cents, the tam-lang $ 2' 4 ° and the chahug $ 48- ° . The 

 hahp $ 2,400-°° and the pahrah §240,000-°° ." 



Table of Money and of Weights. 



50 Bi-ah make 1 Solot. 



Solots „ 1 Att. 



„ 1 See-o (Indian pie.) 



„ 1 Seek (two pies.) 



„ 1 Fu-ang. 



Fu-ang „ 1 Salung. 

 Salung „ 1 Baht (generally called tical) 

 4i Baht „ 1 Tumlang. 



l|o J 20 Tumlang „ 1 Chang = 22f lbs. pounds English. 

 ^ Srs [> 50 Chang „ 1 Hahp. 



•|^ | I 100 Hahp „ 1 Pahrah. 



The impressions on the bullet shaped coins are the Buddhist symbols 

 the Swastika the Srivatsa, the elephant, the umbrella, the Dhuaja 

 (sacred flag), the twin fish, the gem and the water pot (jar of life or 

 immortality). The modern tical contains three chatyas and the rising 

 sun. 



7. Bock cut figures and inscriptions in the Chittral valley (Kashmir) 

 and at Gangani on the Upper Indus. — Communicated by Col. Biddulph. 



They appear to be of comparatively modern date, and contain 

 nothing of interest. 



8. Notes on the city of Herat. — By Capt. C. E. Yate, Political 

 Officer, Afghan Boundary Commission. 



The paper will be printed in Part I of the Journal for 1887. 



