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gold him. But advantage has been taken of an order of the Govern- 

 ment of India to melt down all native coins with a view to withdraw 

 them from circulation, and a large number of Pathan, Moghol, and 

 Narayani coins have been purchased from the Mint at the price of 

 bullion. A good set of Assam silver coins and some dated Bengal 

 Pathans have also been secured for the Society by exchange of dupli- 

 cates. 



The report having been read, it was moved by the President and 

 voted unanimously, that the report just read be approved. 



The meeting then proceeded to elect the Council and Officers for 

 the ensuing year. 



It was proposed by the President and agreed to, that Dr. S. B. Part- 

 ridge and Mr. H. Leonard be appointed Scrutineers of the ballot. 



The ballot having been taken, the President announced, on the report 

 of the Scrutineers, that the following gentlemen had been elected to 

 serve on the Council for the ensuing year. 



Council. 

 E. C. Bayley, Esq. President. 

 Dr. S. B. Partridge. ^ 



Babu Jadavakrislma Singh. > Vice Presidents. 

 W. L. Heeley, Esq. ) 



A. Grote, Esq. 

 Major W. N. Lees. 

 W. S. Atkinson, Esq. 

 Dr. J. Fayrer. 

 Dr. T. Anderson. 

 Dr. D. Boyes Smith. 

 W. Stokes, Esq. 



Lieut.- Col. J. E. Gastrell, Treasurer. 

 H. F. Blanford, Esq., General Secretary. 

 Biilm Rajendralala Mitra. Pltilological Secretary. 

 Dr. J. Anderson, Natural History Secretary. 

 The President then addressed the meeting as follows : — 

 " I had proposed, before making over the Chair to my successor on 

 this occasion, to read some remarks to the Meeting on the Proceedings 

 of our Society during the past year, but the leibure for preparing them 



