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can be expected to devote to it, it will be necessary to engage spe- 

 cially, some person qualified for the duty. With regard to the provision 

 of additional accommodation, the Council consider that when the 

 Library shall have been classified, temporary arrangements may be made 

 for the preservation of the Books, pending the removal of the Library 

 to the more ample space to be provided for it in the new Imperial 

 Museum. 



Coin Fund. 



The numismatic collection has received several valuable accessions 

 during the period under review, the most important being a trove 

 of silver coins of the early Pathans lately found in Cooch Behar. It 

 includes a few novelties, and several dated coins, which serve to fix 

 the reigns of some of the Pathan Sovereigns of Bengal, and to correct 

 written history. Four gold Guptas, some Bactrians, and a set of 

 Narayanis have been purchased, and presentations have been received 

 from Capt. F. W. Stubbs and J. Beames, Esq. 



Museum. 



Many valuable additions have been made to the Museum during the 

 past year, more especially to the collections of Vertebrata. Among the 

 most noteworthy presentations in the Natural History Department are 

 a fine specimen of a tiger from the Barrackpore Menagerie, a large 

 Crocodile from Messrs. Stunner and Fan (which has been prepared as a 

 skeleton, the specimen previously existing in the skeleton collection 

 having been young and imperfect,) a series of the birds of Bhotan from 

 the Hon'ble A. Eden, and a fine skull of a fossil Labyrinthodont from 

 the lower Damoodah rocks of Central India, presented by the Gro- 

 vernment of India. To Baboo Eajenclra Mullick the Society is 

 indebted for a large number of birds and Mammalia, and numerous 

 presentations have also been received from Col. Tytler, Lieut. Beavan, 

 Mr. Carlyle and other gentlemen. The majority of these have been 

 prepared for the Museum. 



The Society have also obtained, through the kindness of their late 

 Curator, Mr. Blyth,. partly by purchase and partly by exchange, a series 

 of very beautifully executed casts of Gorilla skulls, and a series of 

 horns ; also a preserved specimen of a young Chimpanzee. 



Some additions have also been made to the collection of meteorites 

 by exchange with Professor Shepard. 



