Vi 



Now^ except at Alclabra v.iiere sonic of tlicsc Tortoises 

 are still found livings ouly tlicir remains are to be found 

 iu tlie otlier places. 



It was botli vnth a scieatine and liunianitarian vie^r 

 that several eminent Naturalists iu Loudon addressed a 

 Petition to Sir Arthur Gordon,, the late Governor^ and to 

 the President of our Society praying that measures might 

 be taken to stay the destruction o1 these animals. 



After Sir Arthur Gordon't^^ departure^ the Petition Avas 

 laid by your Secretary before His Excellency^ our Patron^ 

 who kindly informed hi.u tluit he had given instructions 

 to the Chief Commissi jiiir at Aldabra for the pre- 

 servation of those Avhich still remain in that Island. 



Amongst the fragments of bones sent by the Hon. Ed. 

 Newton and the Secretary; some from RodrJgues and 

 others from Mauritius (principally at Elacq) four were 

 found entirely nev/ to science, and named by Dr A. Giin- 

 thcr^ as follows : — 



1. Testudo biserrata, 3. Testudo Lcptonemis . 



.2. T. inepta, L T. Boutonii. 



A letter adressed by the Governor to the Secretary calls 

 his attention upon an article of the " Anthropological 

 institute " on the Andaman Islands — here are some 

 extracts of His Excellency's letter : 



" Those Islands being near the coast of Elrma, Avcrc 

 " under me for some years, and I had frequent opp:)rtu- 

 ^^ nitiesof seing the people. They are dwari' negroes oi' 

 " Nigritos " and the curious fact regarding thcin is tl at 



