BALUCUISTAN NAT. IJ IS. SUC PROCEEDINGS. KHU 



Road letter, diitctl tlu" Kitli July l'JOO,from Captain A. 1), G. Ramsay lu l\w 

 Ilon'ble the Agent to the Govcrnoi'-Gcncral, suggesting that Beekeeping he 

 tried as an experiment in Ijaluchisstan : also a note l»y tlic Honorary Secretnrv 

 to the effect that, although no honey beca had so far been found in Quetta, he 

 did not SCO why they should not thrive if imported. Ho added that honey was 

 procurable in parts of Chagai District, !Mr. Porter rcuiarked tiiat honey was 

 also tt) i)e found in Tlindubagli and the Khojak, and that Mr. tf. R. (J. l)ol)I)s. 

 the OtVg. Revenue Commissioner, was in correspondence with him, with a view 

 to experimenting with Bee-keeping in Quetta. The members wore of opinion 

 that they knew of no reason wliy the experiment should not prove a success. 



2C}th August ]'J09. 



The Honorary Secretary then passed round for inspection : — 



(1) A collection of vertebrate fossils, mostly from the Bugti country, 

 which had been kindly identified for the Museum by (he Director, Geological 

 Survey of India, Calcutta. 



(2) A collection of local butterflies and bugs kindly named by Colonel C. 

 Swinhoe and Mr. Waterhouse of the British Museum. 



(o) A wagtail returned by the Honorary Secretary, Bombay Natural 

 History Society, which had been identified by Dr. Hartert of Tring as " a 

 female of j\fotaciUa citreola or citreolades.'^ 



(4) A copy of '• Saunder's Manual of British Birds, " purchased by the 

 Museum. 



(5). A sample ( t> inch cube ) of Baluchistan marble from the Kaliar 

 Nallah, near Quetta, presented by Mr. C. H. Dracott, with an analytical report 

 thereon by Mr. James Cleghorn, Consulting Engineer. 



Read letter No. Herb, 275-1-7, dated 17th June 1909, from the Superintend- 

 ent, Royal Botanic Gardens. Calcutta, identifying a curious horned fruit found 

 at Ahmadkhanzai near Quetta, last March, as Martynia prohoscuha. 



The meeting was then thrown open to the members, and Lieutenant Bignell 

 reported that he had come across several Cicada during the 1st week of August 

 on the top of Tsut hill, a little over 10,000 feet. 



There being no further business, Major Goodwin thanked Mr. Dracott for 

 his gift of a sample of Baluchistan marble and for the analytical report he had 

 obtained on it. He then asked the members to do what they could to bring in 

 specimens of the various bugs of the country, many of which were new to 

 science, and reminded them that the birds were once again pas-sing through- 

 the country on migration and affording collectors a fresh opportunity of add- 

 ing to their knowledge of the avifauna of Baluchistan. 



30</i September 1 900. 

 Read list of donations made to the Museum fluring the month, tlio exhibits 

 (hemsclves being passed round for tlio inspection of members except in the 

 case of three very interesting live snakes, a 9 feet Python, a Cobra ( in cage) 



