published in vol. viii. of the Archeological Journal. Many of the rarer specimens in Mr. Brumell's collection of Roman coins are engraved and described in Mr. Akerman's catalogue, published in 1834.

Mr. Moule, whose decease took place only on the 14th instant, was the author of the works entitled "Bibliotheca Heraldica," and "The Heraldry of Fishes," as well as of other works connected with heraldry, antiquities, and topography, in which subjects he was well versed.

One associate, Mons. Edward Laplane, of St. Omer, assistant Secretary of the Society of Antiquaries of the Morinie, has been elected during the session; and two candidates for ordinary membership are now standing for ballot.

The numerical state of the Society is shewn in the following statement:

The Treasurer's annual Statement of the Accounts of the Society is annexed, shewing a balance of £75 14s. Id. in hand, after discharging all demands up to Midsummer. It will be remarked, that the payments for the Numismatic Chronicle include the number which was due at the last audit, in addition to the four numbers properly belonging to the year just expired.

Dr.

Statement of the Receipts and Disbursements of the Numismatic Society, from June 18, 1850, to June 19, 1851.

1850-51.

THE NUMISMATIC SOCIETY IN ACCOUNT WITH JOHN B. BERGNE, TREASURER.

To cash paid Messrs. Wertheimer and Co. for 150

Copies of the Numismatic Chronicle, Nos. 48, 49, 50, 51, and 52...

.....

To ditto paid ditto for printing.

To ditto paid Mr. Fairholt for drawing and engrav-
ing on wood four coins of Edward III. IV. and V.
to illustrate a paper by Mr. Sainthill, in the
Numismatic Chronicle, Vol. XIII. p. 20.

........

To ditto paid Mr. Wilkinson for one year's rent of
the Society's Rooms, to Midsummer 1851
To ditto paid ditto for lighting the rooms with Gas
To ditto paid ditto for firing, and for Coffee at
Meetings

To ditto paid for attendance at Meetings..
To ditto paid for the "Revue Numismatique" for
1851

£ S. d.

1850-51.

.....

4 18

6

To ditto paid for postage, carriage, and messengers
To ditto paid for stationery

To ditto paid the Collector for poundage

To Balance at Bankers..

129 15 2

75 14 1

By balance from last year.

By Annual Contributions

By payments for the Numismatic Chronicle...
By dividends on £175 13s. 11d. 3 per cent. Consols
due July 5, 1850, and Jan. 5, 1851, less Income
Tax

E

£205 9 3

£205 9 3

The papers read before the Society during its session are enumerated in the following list. Many of them have been published in full in the Numismatic Chronicle; and of the rest, abstracts will be found in the proceedings of the Society.

1. On a hoard of English silver coins found near Bampton in Oxfordshire. By Mr. Hawkins, the President.

2. On a foreign Sterling coined in imitation of the English pennies of Henry III. By Mons. Chalon, President of the Numismatic Society of Belgium.

3. An account of a Chinese work on the coins of that empire, which is in the Library of the Society. By Mr. Williams.

4. On the attribution to Edward III. and Edward V. of certain coins formerly assigned to Edward I. and to Edward IV. By Mr. Sainthill.

5. On the attribution of certain coins of the time of Stephen to the Empress Maude. By Mr. Evans.

6. On the successful opposition raised by Dean Swift to the introduction into Ireland of the copper money coined under Wood's patent. By Mr. Fairholt.

7. On some examples of ancient British coins proposed to be assigned to certain Reguli in Britain. By Mr. Birch.

8. On three recently discovered British Coins. By Mr. Roach Smith.

9. On a discovery of Syrian tetradrachms in 1848 near the site of the ancient city of Tarsus in Cilicia. By Mr. Maximilian Borrell. 10. On three remarkable English coins. By Mr. Webster.

11. On a gold penannular ring found at Wormleighton in Warwickshire. By Mr. Binley Dickinson.

12. On a remarkable Swiss medal struck at Lucerne. By Mr. Moule.

13. On a gold coin struck at Rhodes by James de Milly, Grand Master of the order of St. John of Jerusalem, from 1454 to 1461:14. On a silver medallion of the Emperor Charles V. :-15. On a medallion of Antonia Maria Biscioni, Canon of St. Lorenzo, and keeper of the Laurentian Library at Florence:-16. On an inedited

Italian bronze medallion of the fifteenth century, struck in commemoration of Giovanni Gualberto, a Florentine nobleman, founder of the Abbey of Valombrosa in 1020. By Mr Pfister.

17. On the iron money of El Obeyed, the capital of Cordofan. By Mr. A. T. Holroyd.

18. On a numismatic sermon preached in 1694 by Dr. Fleetwood, author of the "Chronicon Preciosum." By Mr. Bergne.

The following presents have been received by the Society from its members and friends :

The Royal Academy of Stockholm, Mr. Tornberg's work on Cufic Coins found in Sweden.

The Society of Antiquaries of

M. Rauch,

Ditto,

Dr. Grotefend,

M. Reichel,

Ditto.

Transactions of the Numismatic Society of
Berlin.

A Tract on certain inedited Greek and
Roman Coins.

Tracts on the Nimroud Obelisk, and on the
builders of the Palaces of Khorsabad and
Kuyunjik.

Part 3 of the Catalogue of his Collection of
Coins.

M. Lelewel,

Dr. Rigollot,

M. Hermand,

M. Werlhof,
M. Albrecht,

M. Cappe,

Dr. Köhne,

M. Marmin,

Mr. C. Roach Smith,

Mr. Williams,

Ditto

Ditto

Ditto

Ditto Mr. Moule,

His work on the Geography of the Middle
Ages.

Ilis Tract on the Coins of the Counts of St.
Pol.

His Tract in reply to certain observations
by M. Duchalais.

His Handbook of Greek Numismatology.
His Numismatic History of the House of
Hohenlohe from the 13th to the 19th
Century.

His Work on the Coins of the German
Emperors and Kings of the Middle Ages.
His Work on the Western Coins of the 10th,
11th, and 12th Centuries, found in Russia.
His Tract on the Coins of Matthew Count
of Boulogne, from 1159 to 1173.
Continuation of his work, entitled Collec-
tanea Antiqua.'

Harduin's work on the Chronology of the
Constantine age, as decided from coins.
John Selden's work on coins, and Bibliotheca
Nummaria.

A work by Edward Brerewood on the weight
and value of ancient coins.

Wilde's Selecta Numismata Antiqua.

The Cabinet of the Library of St. Geneviève. A work printed at Lyons in 1569 on the ancient Religion of the Romans, and on their military discipline.

Mr. Walter Hawkins, Oiselius' Thesaurus Selectorum Numismatum

Mr. Haggard,

Mr. Wild,

Antiquorum.

A large collection of foreign sale catalogues

of collections of coins and medals. His tract containing a proposal for a scien

tific exploration of Egypt and Ethiopia.