346 Proceedings of the Asiatic Society. [No. 4. 



For May, 1850. 



The usual monthly meeting of the Asiatic Society was held on the 

 1st of May, 1850. 



Welby Jackson, Esq , Vice-President, in the chair. 



The proceedings of the last meeting were read and confirmed. 



Communications were read — 



From C. W. Montrou, Esq., Superintendent of the Observatory at 

 Colaba, forwarding a copy of the Magnetical and Meteorological Obser- 

 vations made at that Observatory during the year 1846. 



From H. V. Bailey, Esq., Officiating Under Secretary to the Go- 

 vernment of Bengal, enclosing copy of a letter addressed to the Military 

 Board, respecting the repairs of the Adinah Masjid. 



From C. Gubbins, Esq., C. S., transmitting 12 old copper coins, found 

 in the district of Meerut. 



From the Librarian, Babu Rajendralal Mittra, submitting the sub- 

 joined note respecting the coins presented by Mr. Gubbins. 



The analogoes of these coins have been figured by Mr. Thomas, in his 

 Patan Coins of India, figs. 167-8, with which the present specimens agree in 

 rudeness of execution, and in their general appearance. They belong to the 

 period of Sekundar Shah Behlol, who succeeded to the throne of Delhi on 

 the death of his father Behloli Lodi, in 894 A. H., A. C. 1488. The die with 

 which they have been struck having been larger than the coins themselves, 

 it is difficult to decypher the legend, but the comparison of several speci- 

 mens leaves no doubt on the subject. The coins are of different mintage and 

 dates, and vary in weight from 142 to 148 grains — a difference easily account- 

 able in copper coins nearly four hundred years old. On the obverse, in Mr. 

 Thomas's specimens, the phrase ^JIa^o^s:? follows the word <jUaJL» but 



no trace of it can be found on the specimens under examination. 



Obverse. 

 Stv^t 1,* t a, 1 • r (date) ^ikL. *U J^j j$U J4 >,ixw w *a^Jl dtyj^ 



1 i S (or) «) | A, 

 Reverse. 



From Dr. E. Roer, Secretary to the Oriental Section, recommending 

 on the part of the Section, that an English translation of the Ch'han- 

 dogya Upanishad submitted by Babu Rajendralal Mittra, be printed 

 in the Bibliotheca Indica. 



The Oriental Section having neglected to record their opinion on the 

 subject, ordered — that it be referred to the Section for their opinion. 



A copy of Dr. Hooker's Rhododendrons of Sikkim-Himalaya was pre- 

 sented by the Hon'ble the President, on behalf of the author, for which 

 the thanks of the Society were voted. 



Read a letter from Dr. O'Shaughnessy, dated the 15th of April, send- 

 ing his resignation of the office of Secretary to the Society. 

 To the Hon'ble Sir James Colvile. 



President to the Asiatic Society. 



Hon'ble Sir, — Additional duties having devolved upon me in the Mint, 

 and a trial Electric Telegraph having been ordered— the Construction of which 



