1869.] Proceedings of the Asiatic Society. 133 



" Again several works are known by one common name, such as 

 Mulctdvali, Hatndvali, <fcc, and as the names of their authors are not 

 often kn^vvn, or not given in the MSS., they cannot but be mistaken. 

 Synonyms too are in common use to indicate the same work ; thus 

 the Venisanhdra of Bhattanarayana is in the North West often called 

 Venisahvaranam, and the well known Chandi of Bengal is, in Kashmir, 

 and in some parts of the North West, called Durgdpat or Durgd. In 

 such cases, the initial line can be our only guide. 



a Should the Committee agree with me as to the importance of having 

 the two additional columns above suggested, it would be necessary, 

 for the sake of uniformity, to bring them to the notice of Government, 

 in order that they may be sanctioned, and the Governments of Madras, 

 Bombay, &c. may be apprised of the same. 



u With regard to copyists, it would be more economical to employ 

 section-writers at 4 Us. the thousand slokas of 32,000 letters, than pay- 

 ing them by the month. Recently I had occasion to employ a man at 

 15 lis. a month to transliterate a MS, from Uria into Nagari, and 

 he took 2% months = Rs. 37-8 to finish the work. Had I employed 

 him at the usual rate of Rs. 4 the thousand slokas, he could not have 

 got more than 10 Rs. for the job. The quality of the work would 

 have been in either case very much the same. Of course there should 

 be an exception in the case of the pandit who may be employed to 

 amalgamate the several lists that will be received from time to time, 

 and prepare copies for the press. Such works cannot be well done by 

 section-writers and, therefore, a man on monthly wages should be en- 

 gaged. He should devote his leisure hours to the copying of MSS." 



The following communications were received — 



From Mr. A. C. Carllyle, curator of the Riddell Museum at Agra, 

 an account of the reading of an inscription, different from that formerly 

 recorded by the same author. 



A letter from the Government of India, Home Department, for- 

 warding a copy of the papers regarding the geological action on the 

 coast of Kattiwar and the Runn of Outch. 



Indian Proverbial Philosophy by F. S. Growse, Esq., M. A., Oxf. 



The Librarian reported the receipt of the following manuscripts pur- 

 chased for the Society by Babu Rajendralala Mitra during a late tour in 



