222 JOURNAL, BOMB A Y NA TURAL HISTORY SOCIETY, Vol. XVII J 



In this connection Sir Henry stated that there would be no call on the 

 members of the local Society for subscriptions, as their contributions 

 in the way of specimens would be sufficient, and suggested, as a simple 

 expedient for meeting the cost of classification and publication of 

 collections, that such of the members who could afford to do so mi^ht 

 also join the Bombay Natural History Society, the cost of which per 

 member would be an entrance fee of Rs. 10 and an annual subscrption 

 of Rs. 15, in return for which each member would receive three or 

 four times in the year a copy of their beautifully illustrated and well 

 got-up journal. The benefit of this, Sir Henry said, would be mutual, for 

 while the Bombay Natural History Society would welcome any ontributions 

 We may send them and benefit by our collections and subscriptions, we would 

 also benefit by the assistance they would give us in identifying and classifying 

 specimens and in publishing the results of our researches. The Baluchistan 

 Natural History Society would thus become, so to speak, a branch of the 

 Bcmbay Natural History Society. 



Sir Henry then asked for the names of those who would be willing to 

 join both Societies and actively assist the same, adding that he had only 

 alluded to Zoology and Botany, but that Geological, Archaeological and other 

 collections locally made would also be gratefully received. 



All present agreed to become members of the Baluchistan Natural History 

 Society, and several of them expressed their desire to a'so join the Bombay 

 Society. Sir Henry then proposed that a President and Honoian Secretary 

 be elected for the local Society, the formation of a Committee heing left to 

 another meeting. This was agreed to, and Sir Henry himself wns unani- 

 mously elected the President and Mr. Cumming, the Honorary Secretary. 



This done, it was agreed to hold the next meeting in the same place on 

 Friday, the 28th June, at 3-30 p. m. 



The meeting then i~roke up. 



The atten lance at the second meeting on 28th June was very encouraging. 



After a visit to the museum rooms, where a fairly large number of newly 

 contributed Z< ological and Botanical specimens, mostly donat< d by memliers, 

 were foun t laid out, all present adjourned for business to the Library room. 

 On all being seated, Sir Henry McMahon addressed the m« eting as follows : — 



'• I am delighted to see so many here to day. The number who responded 

 to my invitation to our first meeting and the number here to-day encourage me 

 to think that Natural History research in Baluchistan is going to make a really 

 good start. 



For the benefit of those here to-day who were not present at our first meet- 

 ing — and I am glad to see many of those — I may state that ai that meeting we 

 constituted ourselves the Baluchistan Natural History Society for the purpose 

 of Zoological and Botanical Research in Baluchistan. Our object, ambitious 

 though it may seem, is to study the fauna and flora of this large province, to 

 ascertain and classify all the animal and vegetable life we have in this country. 



