170 Proceedings of the Asiatic Society. [No. 2, 
Nos. 3 and 12. Nasrat Shall Bin Hossein. (No. 12 very much 
defaced.) 
No. 6. A grosh or piastre of 40 parahs, of Abdul Hamid Bin 
Ahmed of Turkey. The weight is 293 grains, which is short of the 
highest limit of the grosh by 17 grains ; A. H. 1198. Locale of 
mintage, Kustuntunia or Constantinople. 
Nos. 8, 9, and 10. Rupee of Mohammad Shah of Delhi, A. H. 1152. 
No. 13. Shah Alum’s gold 2-anna piece. 
No. 14. A silver penny of George III., dated 1800. 
Nos. 15 and 16, Silver one and two-anna pieces of Shah Alum. 
No. 17. A paisa of Mohammad Shah. (From Captain H. Forbes, 
Bhagulpore). 
No. 18. A siki or 4-anna piece of Girvan Juddha Vikrama of 
Nepal, Samvat, 1721, (never get figured). 
No. 19. A Nepal silver one-anna piece (date and name unknown). 
Nos. 20 to 24. 3 four-, 1 two-, and 1 one-anna pieces of Shah 
Alum. 
No. 25. Arcot two-anna piece of Shah Alum. 
No. 26. Ten cent piece. 
Nos. 27 to 33. Modern Indian four, two, and 3 one-anna silver 
pieces ; names undecipherable. 
2. From M. Garcin de Tassy, a copy of a pamphlet containing 
his lecture on the Hindustani language and literature, delivered at 
the Ecole des Langues Orientates Vivantes, on the opening of the 
Session of 1861. 
3. From the Government of Bengal, a copy of the Report on the 
Land Revenue Administration of the Lower Provinces for 1859-60. 
4. From Doctor E. Roer, a manuscript text and commentary of 
the Taittiriya Sanhita in the Tailinga character. This is the very 
valuable MS. which has formed the basis of the edition, which is in 
progress of publication in the Society’s Bibl. Indica. 
Read a letter from Mr. F. Fisk Williams, announcing his with- 
drawal from the Society. 
The following gentlemen duly proposed at the last meeting, were 
balloted for, and elected ordinary members. 
Rev. T. II. Burn and Major P. S. Lumsden. 
The following gentlemen were named for ballot at the next 
meeting : — 
