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undertake the duties of Joint-Secretary, the Council do recommend 

 the appointment of Mr. Grote as Joint-Secretary to the next meeting ; 

 and then proposed that the recommendation of the Council be adopted. 

 Mr. Colvin having seconded the motion, it was carried unanimously. 



Mr. B. H. Hodgson of Darjeling communicated, through the Pre- 

 sident, two valuable papers on Trans-Himalayan Philology ; one entitled, 

 " Comparison and Analysis of Caucasian and Mongolian Vocables," 

 and the other, " Sifan and Horsok Vocabularies, with another special 

 exposition of the wide range of Mongolian affinities, and remarks on 

 the lingual and physical characteristics of the family ;" (with a sketch 

 portrait). Ordered for publication in the Journal. 



Mr. A. R. Young, Under-Secretary to the Government of India, 

 by order of the Most Noble the Governor-General, submitted for the 

 inspection of the Society thirty-two ancient gold coins found at 

 Benares, together with a descriptive list of the same by Major Kittoe. 



After a desultory conversation regarding these coins, it was resolved 

 that drawings of such of them as are unknown be made for publica- 

 tion in the Journal. 



Read a letter from Capt. Layard, enclosing fac-similes of Arabic 

 inscriptions on the ruined mosque of Gour. Referred to the Council 

 for examination and report. 



Read letters from Professors Fleischer of Leipzig and "Wiedmann 

 of Munich, acknowledging the receipt of books sent to the German 

 Asiatic Society and the Royal Academy of Bavaria respectively, and 

 announcing despatch of certain publications. 



Read a letter from Mr. Tottie, the Swedish Norwegian Consul in 

 London, announcing despatch of a box of books from the Royal 

 University of Christiania. 



Mr. Houstoun having drawn attention to a communication from him 

 to the Chairman of the preceding meeting respecting the publication 

 of the Hayat ul Haywan in the Bibliotheca Indica, the Chairman stated 

 in behalf of the Council, that the Society having sanctioned the pub- 

 lication of this work, the Council has not the power if it had the 

 inclination, to interfere ; and that Mr. H. was in error, in supposing 

 that three Arabic works are in the course of publication. 



The Curators and the Librarian having submitted their usual 

 monthly reports, the meeting adjourned. 



