)' VOL. XXXVI, PT. 1. SEPTEMBER 1946 . •. '" THE JOURNAL " "f OY' 'THJ: SIAM SOCIETY. (JSS) ~BANGKOK , 248i CONTENTS l IN MEMORIAM ~ THE. RAM'A JATAKA ii.H. P?"i-nce Dhani Nivat 1 SOME INVESTIGATIONS ON ~HE lWOLUTION OF THE PRE-BANGKOK COINAGE U, GuehlM· 23 I NOTES A.ND QUERIES_ M~n Intlnence oh Thai Inatitntions Edk S eidenjaden , 39 Notes on the Bnlletin of the Institnt Indochinois Ponr L'Etude de L'Homme; Volumes .I-IV, 19~8-1941 Erilc Seidenfaden 43 REVIEW Nguyen van Hnyen: Le cttlte . des immortels en Annam , Erilc Seidetifaden 67 PUBUCATIONS OF INTEREST IN OTHER ;rOURNALS' 7l TEXT OB' ADDRESS PRESENTED TO HIS. HIGHNESS PRINCE DHA~U NIV A'l' 73 . ANNUAL REPORT: 1944 75 STATEMEN'.P OF 1\.0COUN'fS, 1944 80 ANNUAl. REPORT, · 1945 83 S'l'A'fEMENT OF ACOQTJ:NTS, 1945 86 OHITUARY .· H. H. ..P l'ince Bidyalah'kiwana· $9 ,. G.B.\ .1 \'!'o . F-ar;Ia. nq\ , .M.P. . 90 •. Phya. Bhtikcli Noi·~~l'eilt4 90 VOI.~. XXXVI, P1'. 1. SEPTEMBEH 19<.16. •' ~;:. :' THE JOURNAL or THE SIAM SOCIETY . . ' The Editorial Committee wishes to express its regret and to . make an apology to members for the long delay in the publication . . of this volume, due to printing difficulties• '. BANGKOK 2489 .. IN MEMORIAM We record wHh g1·eat regret the passing away of our late Patron, His Majesty King Ananda Mahi<.lol, which caused a nation-wide sorrow and consternation. In the words of a dis· tingnishecl foreigner, in fact, His death wa::; an affair of interna tional concern. His exalted posWon and the promiRe He gave of a real chief of state who could be depended upon to devote His life and loyalt.y to the important role He was to fill in the democratic cleve.lopment. of Siam were factors which mado onr grief all Lhe more deeply ft•lt. In the short time He was in this country dnring the present visit His Majesty was already showing an intt•rest in the activitie!:! of our Society, and, besides attending a lecture meeting on the 24th March 1946 at the home of the Society, was planning a series of vi~>its of study to the horne when more important affair:; claimed His atten tion, We 1wg to offer our most humble and respectful ex pressions of condolence and sympathy to His Maje~ty King Bhumipol, to Her Royal Highness the dowager Pl'incess of Song khla uncl to the Royal Family in this their sad be1•eavr:ment. Members of the Council 1ay a wreath before the Urn of His late Majesty King Ananda Mahidol in the name of th"' Siam Society.