1879.] 
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Acquisition of Coins. 
The Secretary reported that the following coins had been acquired 
under the Treasure Trove Act. 
From the Huzur Deputy Collector of Shikarpur,—One Bakhri Rupee 
found buried in a Muhammadan cemetery near Eatladera. 
From the Bombay Branch Royal Asiatic Society,—(1) A silver coin 
from the Collector of Surat; and (2) A Gadhia Coin from the Collector of 
Nassick. 
The Secretary read the following letter from C. Girdlestone, Esq., 
forwarding a plan of the encampment lately used at the installation of the 
Dalai Lama together with an extract from the Report of the Vakeel at 
Lhasa to the Durbar on the subject. 
“ In case the members of the Asiatic Society like to see it I send 
under separate cover the plan of the encampment lately used at the 
installation of the present Dalai Lama. I agree with the late Mr. Heeley 
(Article on Tibet, Calcutta Review, No. CXVII, pp. 174, 175) in considering 
the present incarnation as the thirteenth and not the fourteenth as Pundit 
Nain Singh’s account would imply. ( Report of G. T. Survey for 1866-07, 
p. xxiv).” 
“ I also send an extract from the report of the Nepalese Vakeel at Lhasa 
to the Durbar on the subject of the installation, and have added a note or 
two,” 
Programme of bringing the Potla Lama into Lhasa. 
“On the 10th* of Sawun Sudi all officers of the Bhote (Tibetan) Go¬ 
vernment and the Banras (monks) of the several Gumbas (monasteries) 
down to the rank of Chitunrf should pitch their tents and remain in wait¬ 
ing. 
From the 10th,{ until the 12th Sawun Sudi, every one must remain 
in his tent. 
On the 12th§ of Sawun Sudi the Lama is brought into the tent and 
put on the gaddi, when according to precedence the Ambahs and others 
present IChatas|| and a natch is held. 
On the 13th^f of Sawun Sudi, the Lama is conveyed from the tent to 
* 28th July, 1879. 
f The exact nature of this rank is not known at Katmandu. 
+ From 28th July to 8th August, 1879. 
§ 30th July, 1879. 
|| A silk article of dress like a sash. 
If 31st July, 1879. 
