80 Huxley memorial. [JcNB, 



The Chairman made the following announcement -with regard to 

 the Huxley memorial. 



At an influential public meeting held in London on the 27th 

 November last, His Grace the Duke of Devonshire in the Chair, it was 

 proposed by Lord Kelvin, and seconded by Right Hon'ble A. J. Bal- 

 four : — 



That it is desirable to estahlisJi a mem.orial to the late 

 Bight Hon'ble Thomas Henry Huxley. 

 It was then resolved, that the memorial do take the form of a 

 statue, to be placed in the Museum of Natural History, and a medal 

 in connection with the Royal College of Science, and that the surplus 

 be devoted to the furtherance of biological science in some manner to 

 be hereafter determined. And a Committee was then appointed to 

 carry these resolutions into effect. 



At a meeting of the Council of the Asiatic Society of Bengal, held 

 in Calcutta on the 27th February last, it was decided to appoint a 

 Local Committee, composed of the following members, to co-operate with 

 the London Committee in promoting the objects of the above-quoted 

 resolution : — 



Alexander Peeler, 5, Russell Street, Calcutta. 

 G. King, Royal Botanic Garden, Calcutta. 

 D. D. Cunningham, 9, Loudon Street, Calcutta. 

 Mahendralal Sirkar, 51, Sakareetollah Lane, Calcutta. 

 T. H. Holland, Geological Survey of India, Calcutta. 

 A. Alcock, Indian Museum, Calcutta. 

 The Committee has to report that the following subscriptions 

 have been received : — 

 H. E. The Viceroy ... 

 Dr. J. R. Adie 



Calcutta Microscopical Society ... 



Dr. D. D. Cunningham 

 Sir A. W. Croft ... 

 F. Finn, Esq. 

 J. S. Gamble, Esq. ... 



Babn Pratapa Candra Ghosa ... 



Surg.-Maj.-Genl. R. Harvey 



T. H. Holland, Esq. 



Dr. G.King 



C. S. Middlemiss, Esq. 



W. Mackintosh, Esq. 



Dr. James Murray ... ,., 



Alex. Pedler, Esq. ... 



Pandit Haraprasad ^iistri ... ... 



W. J. Simmons, Esq. 



