734 JOURNAL, BOMBAY NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY, Vol. XV . 



THE ACCOUNTS FOR 1903. 



Mr. N. C. Macleod, the Honorary Treasurer, placed before the meeting a 

 statement of accounts for the year ending 31st December 1903, showing : — 

 Balance brought forward Rs. 1,562-5-2, income during 1903, Rs. 15,379,-8-4 = 

 Rs. 16,941-13-0— expenditure during 1903 = Rs. 13,828-0-7 ; balance carried 

 forward Rs. 3,113-12-11. One hundred and fifty new members were elected 

 during^the year, and the sale of back numbers of the journal realized Rs. 1,935. 

 The accounts were approved of, subject to the usual audit, and a vote of thanks 

 was passed to Mr. N. C. Macleod, the Honorary Treasurer. 



ELECTION OF OFFICE-BEARERS FOR 1904. 



The following members were elected for the present year : — President — H. E. 

 Lord Lamington. Vice-Presidents — Mr. J. D. Inverarity, Rev. F. Dreckmann, 

 S.J., and Mr. E. H. Aitken. Managing Committee — Vety .-Major G. H. Evans, 

 Mr. E. C. Stuart Baker, F.Z.S., Mr. E. H. Aitken, Rev. F. Dreckmann, S.J . 

 Mr. E. Ernest Green, F.E.S., Lieutenant-Colonel K. R. Kirtiker, I.M.S., 

 Mr. J. D. Inverarity, B.A.,LL.B., Lieutenant-Colonel H. D Olivier, R.E., F.Z.S.. 

 Mr. A. Abercrombie, Mr. E. L. Barton, Mr. E. Comber, F.Z.S., Mr. T. R. D. 

 Bell, I.F.S., Major A. Newnham, F.Z.S., Major C. G. Nurse, F.E.S., Mr.L.C. D. 

 Young, and Mr. G. C. Dudgeon. Mr. N. C. Macleod, Honorary Treasurer 

 (ex-officio), and Mr. H. M. Phipson and Mr. W. S. Millard, Honorary Secretaries 

 (ex-officio). 



PAPERS READ. 



The following papers were then read and discussed : — 1. Distribution of 

 Butterflies in the Indian Area, by L. C. H. Young. B.A. 2. Further Notes on 

 some of the Plants introduced into the Victoria Gardens, Bombay, during the 

 past eight years, by C. D. Mahaluxmivala. 



PROCEEDINGS 



OF THE MEETING HELD ON THURSDAY, THE 31st MARCH 1904. 

 A meeting of the members of the Bombay Natural History Society took place 

 at the Society's Rooms on Thursday, the 31st March 1904, Rev. F. Dreckmann, 

 S. J., presiding. 



NEW MEMBERS. 



The election of the following new members since the last meeting was duly 

 announced :• — 



Mr. W. Maxwell (Assam) ; Dr. K. Lloyd Patterson (Assam) ; Mr. J, Crerar, 

 I.C.S. (Larkana, Sind) ; Mr. R. H. Lushington (Vizianagram) ; Captain C. H, 

 Turner (Mandalay) ; Captain C. F. G. Lang (Madras) ; Lieut. A. G. M. Cole 

 (Bombay) ; Major G. F. Mockler (Umballa); Captain A. W. Hasted (Kasauli); 

 Lieut. A. J. V. Betts, I.M.S. (Hyderabad, Sind); Mr. Morton Eden (Assam); The 

 Curator, Victoria Museum (Karachi); Lieut. M. Young (Mhow), and Dr. F. A, 

 Meyer (Bombay). 



