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Coin Cabinet. 

 A large number of coins has been purchased during the past year, 

 including a batch of 143 silver, 11 gold, and 600 copper coins from the 

 Bank of Bengal, and several small batches from dealers. Among 

 the silver coins are specimens of Bactrian, Parthian, Indo- Scythi- 

 an and Pathan currencies, and some Indo- Greek and Mogal coins. 

 A copper Archabseus and a few gems may be noticed as rare. No pro- 

 gress, however, has yet been made in arranging and cataloguing the 

 contents of the Society's cabinets. It is hoped the Coin Committee 

 will take this subject into their serious consideration, and supply the 

 desiderata in course of the current year. 



BlBLIOTHECA InDICA. 



The Persian series of the Bibliotheca Indica has been carried on 

 with great energy and activity, and no less than eighteen fasciculi 

 have been published, including portions of three different historical 

 works of great value. 



Under the able superintendence of Mr. Blochmann, five fasciculi 

 have been issued of the new edition of the A'in i Akbari. The text 

 of this important statistical account of the Empire of Akbar has 

 been prepared after a careful collation of ten different MSS. some 

 of which are very old and remarkably accurate. The way in which it 

 is being carried through the press, reflects much credit on the editor. 

 The Council confidently expect that the work will be in every way 

 worthy of the special patronage which has been extended to it by 

 Government. 



Maulavis Kabir-ul-Din Ahmad and Abdul Bahim have been 

 busily engaged with their edition of Abdul Hamid's history of the 

 reign of the Emperor Shah Jehan, and have issued over 1,200 pages in 

 the course of the year under report. Among the MSS. in use for 

 collating the text of this work is a volume of rare accuracy and 

 authenticity. It belonged at one time to the Imperial Library and 

 bears an autograph of Shah Jehan himself. For the reign of his 

 successor Aurangzeb, Maulavi Khadani Hossein and Abdal Hae have 

 issued two fasciculi of the Alamgirnameh of Muhammad Khazim. 

 Both these works, it is expected, will be completed within the current 

 year. 



The progress of the Sanskrit series has been very much retarded 



