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He also mentioned that various sera have now been prepared for some of 

 the poisons, among -it these the Cobra and Russells Viper (daboia) in India. He 

 •emphasised the specificity of these sera, and pointed out how these observations 

 affect the serum treatment of snakebite. 



His Excellency the Governor proposed a vote of thanks to Captain Lam I) 

 and the other authors of the papers, and congratulated the Society on its 

 prosperity. The meeting terminated with a vote of thanks to His Excellency 

 Lord Lamington for presiding. 



PROCEEDINGS 

 OF THE MEETING HELD ON TEE 25th OF JANUARY 1906. 



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

 place at the Society's rooms on the 25th January 190(3, Rev. F. Dreckmann, 

 S.J., presiding : — 



NEW MEMBERS. 

 The election of the following 52 new members, since last meeting, was duly 

 announced :— Life Member— Mr. H. F. E. Bell, I.C.S. (Mundla, C. P.). Mem- 

 bers—Mr. A. W. W. Mackie, I.C.S. (Belgaum) ; Mr. A. Williams, I.C.S. 

 (Quetta) ; Lieut. H. S. May, R.E. (Bannn, N.-W. Frontier); Capt. J. H. Gloster, 

 I.M.S. (Amritsar) ; Capt. G. Irvine Davys, I.M.S. (Amritsar) ; Mr. G. Wiles, 

 I.C.S. (Godhra) ; Mr. H. D. Kendall, I.C.S. (Rajkote) ; Prof. P. F. Fyson 

 (Madras); Mr. J. L. Reeve (Cawnpore) ; Capt. A. G. McKendrick, I.M.S. 

 (Kasauli) ; Mr. W. A. Wilkinson (Madras) ; Lieut. H. W. Kettelwell (Fyzabad); 

 Mr. W. L. Weldon (Bombay) ; Mr. H. R. Blanford, I.F.S. (Pyinmana, U. 

 Burma) .; Mr. T. W. Forster, I.F.S. (Pyinmana, U. Burma) ; Rev. A. G. G. 

 •Cowie (Cawnpore) ; Major H. A. L. Tagart, D.S.O. (Meerut, U. P.) ; Lieut. 

 D. H. Vanrenen (Lyallpur, Punjab) ; Lieut. G. R. S. Logan Home (Deesa) ; 

 Major C. H. James, I.M.S. (Patiala, Punjab) ; The Principal, Rajkumar College 

 (Rajkote); Capt. F. P. Connor, I.M.S., F.R.C.S. (Manipur, Assam) ; Mr. M. 

 C. C. Bonig (Port Blair) ; Mr. D. M. Porteous (Poona) ; The Director, Pasteur 

 Institute of India (Kasauli, Punjab) ; Mr. R. A. Alexander (Papan, Burma) ; 

 Mr. D. L. Keddie (Papan, Burma) ; Mr. J. R. Drummond, B.A., F.L.S. 

 (London) ; Lieut. J. E. Home (Rawal Pindi) ; Mr. C. J. Balding (Calcutta) ; 

 Mr. E. V. Ellis (Toungoo, L. Burma); Mr. J. Pile (Secunderabad) ; Major O. A. 

 Smith (Multan) ; t apt. C. Mel. Ritchie, R.H.A. (Rawal Pindi) : Mr. H. F. 

 Dawson (Madnapalli) ; Dr. C. C. Caleb (Lahore) ; The Director, Central 

 Research Institute (Kasauli); Dr. Gopal Ramchandra Tambe, M.A., B.Sc, 

 L.M. & S. (Indore, C. I.) ; Mr. J. S. E. Walker (Chumparun, Bengal) ; Mr. C. E. 

 R. Graham, I.C.S. (Mandia, C. P.) ; Mr. F. W. Collings (Pakokku. U. Burma); 

 Mrs. B. M. Moberly (Hyderabad, Deccan) ; Lieut. IS. L. Pallant, R.A.M.C. 

 (Jubbulpore, C. P.) ; Capt. J. W. Skipwith, R.E. (Kirkee) ; Mr. R. H. Camp- 

 bell, I.C.S. (Waltair, Vizagapatam Dist.) ; Lieut.-Col. H. Hendley, M.D., I.M.S. 

 (Amritsar) ; The President, Committee of Management, Lahore Zoo (Lahore); 



