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Bad on Powell, Esq , C. S., Lahore, proposed by Colonel R. 

 M a c 1 a g a n, seconded by Mr. Thornton. 



J. II. Newman, Esq., M. D., Assistant Surgeon to the Political 

 Agency, Joudhpur, proposed by E. M. Adam, Esq., seconded by 

 Dr. F. Stoliczka. 



F r o d. W m. Alexander d e Fabock, Bengal Medical Ser- 

 vice, Jeypore, Rajpootana ; proposed by H. H. Locke, Esq., 

 seconded by Dr. J. Anderson. 



The following gentlemen have intimated their desire to withdraw 

 from the Society, — T. E. Coxhead, Esq., W. U. Bourke, 

 Esq., Baron 0. Ernsthausen, J. A. Crawford, Esq. 



The following letters were read : — 



1. From John Beames, Esq., C. S., — dated Balasore Dis- 

 trict, Camp Agarpara, December 16th, 1869. 



" Enclosed {Vide pi. I ) I send an accurate copy of an inscrip- 

 tion I stumbled upon yesterday among the ruins of an old temple at 

 Kopari some thirty miles south of Balasore. 



" The inscription was cut on the back of a slab of grey stone, the 

 front of which was adorned with a statuette of a divinity, resembling 

 that of Lakshmi. I would have sent the whole thing to the Society, 

 but the villagers appear to worship it, and went so far as to send for 

 a Brahmin to turn the image round for me to copy the inscription ! 



i ' Perhaps Babu 11 a j e n d r a 1 a 1 a, or some other member, would 

 kindly favour mo with a translation. The people were anxious to 

 know what it meant, and I promised to get one of the great ' Calcutta 

 pandits' to translate it. If it has any general interest, pray use it 

 in your Journal." 



The copy of tho inscription was submitted to Babu Raj endr a- 

 lala Mitra, who writes under date of 5th January, 1870, as 

 follows : — 



" The bulk of tho inscription is made up of the well-known Bud- 

 dhist creed Ye dharmd hetu, fyc, incised in tho Kutila character of 

 the 10th century. The letters are ill-formed and defective, and 

 the spelling full of gross mistakes. Tho latter half of tho fifth 

 line and the whole of tho sixth and seventh lines contain new 

 matter, but the last, with the exception of the concluding two 



