PROCEEDINGS. 1041 



CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE LIBRARY. 



Revised Edition of Sir R. Strachey's " Catalogue of the Plants of Kumaon " 

 — From the Bombay Government. 



Notes on the Pollination of Flowers in India. (From the Journal and 

 Proceedings, Asiatic Society of Bengal) Burkill. From the Author. 



Agricultural Ledger No. 8 of 1905 and Nos. 3, 4, 5 and 6 of 1906. 



Indian Forester, Nos. 11 and 12 of Vol. XXXII and No. 1 of Vol. XXXIII. 



Annals of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Peradeniya. 



Season and Crop Report of the Bombay Presidency for the year 1905-1906. 



Records of the Geological Survey of India, Vol. XXXIV, Part 3, 1906. 



Contributions from the United States National Herbarium, Vol. XI. 



Spolia Zeylanica, Vol. IV, Parts XIV and XV. 



ELECTION OF TBE COMMITTEE. 



The following gentlemen were elected as office bearers for the present 

 year :— 



President : — H. E. the Right Honourable Lord Lamington, G. C. M. G., 

 G.C.I.E. 



Vice-Presidents. — Mr. J. D. Inverarity, B.A., LL.B. ; Rev. F. Dreckmann, 

 S. J. ; and Mr. E. H. Aitken,B.A. 



Managing Committee. — Vet.-Major G. H. Evans ; Mr. E, C. Stuart Baker ; 

 Prof. G. A. Gammie ; Mr. E. Ernest Green, F.E.S. ; Lieut.-Col. K. R. 

 Kirtikar, I.M.S.(retd.);Major F. Wall, I.M.S., C.M.Z.S.; Mr. H. P. Macnaghten, 

 B.A. ; Mr. G. A. Ryan, I.F.S. ; Lt.-Col. W. B. Bannerman, I. M.S. ; Mr. 

 E. Comber, F.Z.S. ; Lieut.-Col. E. G. Nurse, F.E.S. ; Mr. T. R. D. Bell, I.F.S. ; 

 Lieut.-Col. A. Newnham, F.Z.S. ; Mr. L. C. H. Young, B.A., F.E.S,, F.Z.S. ; 

 Mr. J. McNeill, I.C.S. ; Mr. John Wallace, C.E. ; Mr. F. Gleadow, I.F.S. ; 

 Capt. W. G. Liston, I.M.S. ; Major G. Lamb, I.M.S., and Rev. E. Blatter, S.J. 



Honorary Treasurer. — Mr. N. C. Macleod (ex-officio). 



Honorary Secretary. — Mr. W. S. Millard (ex-officio) 

 ACCOUNTS FOR 1906. 



The Honorary Treasurer, Mr. N. C. Macleod, presented the statement of 

 accounts for the year 1906 which showed a fairly satisfactory result, but in 

 view of the urgent necessity of increasing the cost of the establishment and 

 the expenses attendant on maintaining the journal at its present level, it could 

 not be said that the funds at the disposal of the Society were beyond its 

 needs. The accounts were accepted subject to the usual audit, and a vote of 

 thanks passed to the Honorary Treasurer for his labour. 



THE LATE MR. H. M. BIRDWOOD. 

 The Rev. E. Blatter, S. J., said : " The death of Mr. H. M. Birdwood, C.S.I., 

 which was announced last week, removes one of the oldest and most honoured 

 names from our roll. He was one of the Vice-Presidents of our Society 

 from 1886 to 1896 when he retired and returned to England and at the 

 same time he filled the chair of the President of the Botanical section. 

 In the midst of his multifarious duties he found time to engage largely in 



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