PRESENTED BY Broughton (Dr. F.), on the Transition of Trap into Carter (H. J., Esq.), on the Ultimate Structure of ... on Specific Character, Fœcundation, and Abnormal Growth, in Edogonium. DeCrespigny (Dr. E. N. C.), Notice by, of 84 Species of Testaceous Mollusca from Rutnagherry+ Dhunjeebhoy Framjee, on the Origin and Authenti ..... city of the Iranian Family of Languages § Extract from a Report by Lieutenant Wilkins, Executive Engineer, Aden, containing a Statement of all the different Attempts and their Results, which have been made since our occupation of Aden, to increase the Supply of Water therell from a Note by Captain R. F. Burton, at Zanzibar, dated 28th April 1857, to the Secretary ¶ Frere (W. E., Esq. C.S., President), Report by, on Report by, on a bag of Coins obtained at Report by, on a Gold Coin discovered in 1854, in the Inam Field of Khunderow bin Mulharrow, Patell of Sickoree, and submitted for examination by the Government‡‡ ... Inman (H., Esq.), Letter, with Geological Specimens and Diagrams of the different Deposits passed through proceeding from the right bank of the Indus to the newly-discovered Coal-Deposits in Lyneah Valley, Sind§§ * This Journal, Vol. V. p. 639. .... + Id. id. p. 574. Dr. Don. The Author. The Secretary. § See "Proceedings," p. xli. (In process of being published §§ Recorded. The Author. Govt. of Bombay. The Secretary. The Author. Unpublished. by the Author). ** Id. xxxvii. Jacob (Colonel LeGrand), Genealogical and Histo- Romer (J.), Letter by, on the Pahlavi of the Zend PRESENTED BY The Author. FROM THE 30TH NOV. 1857 TO THE 29TH NOV. 1858. Carter (H. J., Esq.), Note by, on the Red-Colouring Matter of the Sea round the Shores of the Island of Bombay§... Report by, on the Geological Specimens from the Persian Gulf, collected by, and presented to the Society by Lieut. C. G. Constable, I.N.|| Dhunjeebhoy Framjee, Esq., on the Origin and Authenticity of the Iranian Family of Languages. Part II. ¶. .... Frere (W. E., Esq., C.S.), Report by, on the 1395 Report by, on Coins received from Lieute- Report by, on 40 Gold Coins, received from D. Davidson, Esq., Collector of Poona‡‡ · · · Hislop (Rev. S.), on Fossils from the Nagpoor State, &c.§§. The Author. FROM THE 29TH NOV. 1858 TO THE 28TH NOV. 1859. Bhawoo Daji, Esq., Translation by, of a Copper Plate Grant from Goa.. This No. p. 112. + Id. p. 143. See "Proceedings," p. xxxviii. Ann. Nat. Hist. v. i. p. 258. || Bengal Asiat. Jour., New Ser., No. 97, p. 41. ** Id. p. li. (In process of publication by the Author). ++ Id. p. liii. + Id. p. lii. §§ Id. p. lx. Id. p. lxvi. PRESENTED BY Bhaú Daji, Esq., Discovery by, of Historic Names * and a Date in the Kanheri Cave-Inscriptions. The Author. Buist (Dr. G.), Geological Observations by, on the of Nowrozjee Hill† ... Carter (H: J., Esq.), Identity in Structure and Composition of the Seed-like Body of Spongilla, with the Winter-Egg of the Bryozoat Frere (Hon. W. E.), Report by, on 236 Silver Coins, the property of H. H. the Rao of Kutch, forwarded by General leGrand Jacob to the Society, for examination, with the request that the Society would select some for themselves and return the rest to His Highness§ Luxumun, Keru, description by, of a dial-instrument for finding out corresponding dates of the Hindu and Christian Eras, from the beginning of the Shalivahan Era to the end of the 30th Century... ...... B. Daji, Esq. FROM THE 28TH NOV. 1859 TO THE 26TH NOV. 1860. Bhaú Daji, Esq., On the Sanscrit Poet, Kali .... dasa T Carter (H. J.,F.R.S.), Observations on the Natural History of the Lac-Insect (Coccus Lacca)* **. concluding Remarks by, on Geological Specimens from the Persian Gulf, &c., collected by C. G. Constable, I.N.†† West (E.W.Esq.), Copy of the Kanheri Inscriptions viz. 64, in 8vo. with Descriptions in English of their respective Localities, Size, &c. and a Plan of the Caves‡‡ * See Appendix, p. lxvi. Ann, Nat. Hist. v. 3, p. 331. .... The Author. The Author. "Idem, p. lxxvii. § See Appendix, p. lxxviii. This No. pp. 19 & 207.-The Society possessing nothing but the "Titles" of Mr. Bhaû Daji's other communications for this year, they are not inserted.-Ed. Bengal Asiat. Jour., N. S., No. 105, p. 359. * Ann. Nat. Hist. v. vii. p. 1. + This No. p. 1. Wilson, (Rev. J., D.D.), Memoir by, of the IIonor able Mountstuart Elphinstone* PRESENTED BY The Author. FROM THE 26TH NOV. 1860 TO THE 25TH NOV. 1861.f Bellasis (A. F., C.S.) on Old Tombs in the Ceme ..... teries of Surat ‡ ... Description by, of a portion of Granitic ...... further Observations, by, on the Structure of Foraminifera and their larger Fossilized Forms in Sind,¶... ...... on contributions to the Geology of Western India ** Notes by, on the Geology of Salsette and other islands around Bombaytt.. Ditto on the Section of Trap in the Western Ghats exposed by the Cutting for the Bhore Ghat Incline Railway‡‡ Glasgow (Rev. J., D.D.), on the Rotation, Figure, and Surface of the Moon§§ ..... Newton (H., Esq., C.S.), Note by, on a Coin con- Result of Excavations by in the Kanheri The Author, PROCEEDINGS, OFFICIAL, LITERARY, AND SCIENTIFIC. FROM THE 24TH NOV. 1856 TO THE 30TH NOV. 1857. Read a letter from Professor Sinclair, stating that, when he undertook to make a Catalogue of the Library, he anticipated being shortly relieved of some extra duties that he was then performing; but this not having taken place, he found that it was impossible for him to fulfil his intention, without making too great demands, probably, on his constitution.-11th December 1856. With respect to the 63 Coins above mentioned, which were presented by Captain Thomas,* Dr. Leith stated that they had been found in a brass lota, not like that used in the neighbourhood at the present day, but like that used in Guzerat. The dates of those which Dr. Leith had deciphered were from A. H. 838 to 884, and the names mostly of the Koolburga princes; there were also the names of Egyptian Khalifs on them. The following is a list of those deciphered : Two copper coins of Aboo-ul-Moozuffur Ahmed Shah Sooltan. 5, Muhumud Shah bin Muhumud Shah, 838,843. 5, Muhmood Shah bin Muhumud Shah Aboo, 863. 1, Muhmood Shah bin Muhumud Shah Sooltan. 9, Aboo-ul-Mughazee Muhumud Shah Sooltan. 11, Muhumud Shah bin Hoomayoon Shah Sooltan-ul-Motazein Shumsuldunya-ul-din, 884. 2, Hoomayoon Shah bin Muhumud Shah. 3, Muhumud Shah bin Hoomayoon Shah Sooltan. 24, Muhumud Shah bin Muhumud Shah Mahomed Shah.-12th February 1857. A letter from J. Muir, Esq., enclosing a printed Prospectus of a Prize offered by him for a Treatise on the Vedanta System, in German or French, and forwarded for publicity in any way the Society might think fit, having been read, it was resolved-"That the letter and the Prospectus should be circulated for the consideration of the Committee of Management."+-12th March 1857. Extract from a Note by Captain R. F. Burton, at Zanzibar, dated 28th April 1857, to the address of the Secretary of the Society : "We left Zanzibar on the 3rd January last, and went to Pemba and Mambas; stayed there a few days; sailed down the coast, and then See Presents for the Museum, p. xxiv. This was finally published in the daily-newspapers of Bombay. Ed. |