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usurper of the same name, but his full name from the inscription on 

 this stone, it will be seen, was Nacir-al-Deen Mahmood Shah, or — 

 Barbak was not his son at all. It is to be noticed that Farishtah, 

 who is the only authority I have on the kings of Bengal, in entering 

 on the subject says " It should not remain concealed that the His- 

 tories in use, are for the most part, silent regarding the affairs of the 

 Kings of the Eastern and Western [Provinces]. I have therefore 

 made use only of the Tarikh-i Alii, complied by my teacher Mawlana 

 Ahmad-i Tanawi ; and for this reason, I hope that should my readers 

 find any discrepancies in my account of these matters they will not 

 blame me." 



The following gentlemen, duly proposed at the last Meeting, were 

 balloted for and elected ordinary Members. 



W. Forbes Gross, Esq., M. D., and 



Major T. James, Bengal Army. 



The following gentlemen were named for ballot at the next Meet- 

 ing. 



J. E. L. Brandreth, Esq., Commissioner of Delhi, proposed by 

 Colonel J. Abbott, and seconded by Mr. Atkinson. 



Moonshee Ameer Ally Khan, Bahadur, proposed by Mr. Atkinson, 

 and seconded by Baboo Rajendralal Mittra. 



Messrs. E. B. Harris, Civil Surgeon, and John Christian, (for re- 

 election) proposed by Dr. T. Duka, and seconded by the President. 



C. Gr. Wray, Esq., C. E., proposed by Major Thuillier and seconded 

 by Major Sherwill. 



The Council reported that in consideration of the long and import- 

 ant services of the Zoological curator and the greatly enhanced expense 

 of living in Calcutta, they had resolved, subject to the confirmation 

 of the Society, to give Mr. Blyth an additional house allowance of 

 40 Bs- per mensem, and to pay his whole allowances free of Income 

 Tax. 



Confirmed. 



The following report of the Philological Committee was also sub- 

 mitted by the Council for the approval of the Society. 



The Council beg to recommend the publication in the Biblioiheca 

 Indica, of the VaisesMka Sutras, with the valuable Commentary by 

 Sankara Misra. Pundit Joy Narayan Tarkapanchanana, the pro- 



