1869.] Proceedings of the Asiatic Society. 201 



good progress had been made in the preparation of a new Catalogue 

 of the Library of the Society, the want of which was so seriously felt 

 by all. Several members of the Library Committee had taken much 

 interest in the matter, and it was hoped that a complete list might 

 be ready before the close of the year. To enable this to be done 

 satisfactorily, it was essential that the large number of books now in 

 the hands of Members of the Society should be compared and checked 

 with the lists. And the Council had therefore resolved that at the 

 close of the rains, all books now borrowed by Members of the Society 

 be called in, for comparison and entry in the new Catalogue. They 

 proposed meanwhile to issue a notice to this effect, on the cover of the 

 Proceedings, so that the Members might be prepared. The Council 

 trusted that the Members would cordially second this effort to com- 

 plete a Catalogue of their Library. And he might remark that the 

 sooner the books were sent in, the sooner such as were again required 

 could be returned to the Members. It was not intended to make this 

 request for the return of books until after the rains, when they could 

 be transmitted with greater safety. 



The President said, I have the pleasure of exhibiting to the Society 

 a coin or medal, which I had some time since received from Major 

 Strutt of Kangra. I have made every exertion to have the history 

 and date of this curious coin elucidated, but with very partial suc- 

 cess. Immediately on receipt of the coin, I sent it with Major 

 Strutt's note to Babu Rajendralala Mittra. Unfortunately, he was at 

 the time very unwell, and returned me the coin very soon, saying, 

 he had been quite unable to give to it the attention it deserved. But 

 he thought the legend was in Arabic character. I then submitted it to 

 our Secretary, Mr. Blochmann, who being much pressed with other 

 work at the time, was unable to give any very careful examination 

 of the coin. I then sent it to Mr. E. C. Bayley, and received from 

 him in reply the following note : — 



"I return per dak Major Strutt's coin. I have little doubt of the 

 class of coins to which it belongs. 



First of all, however, I should say I believe it to be a forgery — a 

 cast that is from an original, and in casting the letters of the inscrip- 

 tion have become more confused and obliterated than in the original, 

 itself much worn and corroded. 



