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Minor contributions had been received from Messrs. E. Pearson, N. B. 



Kinnear, A. Wright, 0. H. Dracott, J. F. Keddie, F. H. S. Stone, C. F.. 



Hall, J. H. Smith, Col. A. Newnham, P. M. D. Sanderson, and W. Michael. 

 The following additions have been made to the library : — 

 "Familiar Indian Flowers" (coloured plates) by Lena Lowis (presented 



by Miss Phipson). "Contributions to Indian Ornithology," No. T, 



Cashmere, Ladak, Yarkand, by Hume (presented by Lt.-Col. A. Newnham). 



"Notes on Jerdon's Mammals of India," Anon, (presented by Lt.-Col. 



A. Newnham). 



NEW MEMBERS REQUIRED. 



The Secretary mentioned that at the present moment the Society 

 only had about lf50 members in Bombay out of a total of 1,500 members. 

 He thought this number was considerably less than formerly and hoped 

 that local members as well as up-country ones would try and induce others 

 to join the Society. The annual subscription of Rs. lo was smaller than 

 any other Society he knew when one compared the value of the Journal 

 which members received, the Society's various collections of specimens in 

 the Museum, and the library which contained many valuable books of 

 reference. The subscription had not been increased for 25 years, although 

 the Journal was now four times as large. 



MAMMAL SURVEY. 



Up to now 767 specimens had been collected by Mr. Crump in Khandesh, 

 Cutch, the Berars and the Central Provinces and 503 specimens collected 

 by Mr. Shortridge (in 2 months) in the Dharwar District. All of these 

 had been forwarded to the British Museum for working out and the first 

 report on them would appear in the next Journal. Some Rs. 23,000 had 

 been collected, but about Rs. 7,000 had already been spent as the initial 

 expenses were necessarily heavy and the Committee hoped that members 

 would continue to support this fund, which was doing such good work. 

 Already one new genus had been found and two new species, the descrip- 

 tions of which would appear in the Journal. 



The following papers were then read: — 1. "Some Notes on Guests of 

 Termites," by the Rev. J. Assmuth, S.J. 2. "A Note on Triclwmnthes 

 divica,'" by Lt. -Colonel K. R. Kirtikar, I. M.S. (Retd.) 



