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PROCEEDINGS 

 OF THE MEETING HELD ON 17th FEBRUARY 1916. 



An ''At Home" and Meeting of Members and their friends of the 

 Bombay Natural History Society took place on the 17th February, Mr. E. 

 Comber, F.Z.S., presiding. 



The election of the following 20 members since the last meeting waa 

 announced :— Mr. R. D. Macleod, I.O.S., Aligarh ; Dr. N. S. Williams, M.D., 

 B. Sc, Abu Road; Mr. T. V. Ramakrishna Aiyer, Coimbatore ; Mrs. E. M. 

 Harker, Nasik : Mr. S. B. Hudlikar, M.A., Indore ; Mr. L. K. Elmhirst, Ah- 

 mednagar ; Mr. W. S. Hoseason, Bombay; Mr. M. Ramen Pillai, Trevandrum ; 

 Mr. V. H. MacCaw, Calcutta ; Miss B. Colvin, Rajputana ; Lt. C. J. Daniels, 

 Peshawar: Major G. Oldfield, Taunggy ; Mr. H. F. Doran, Abu Road; 

 Shrimant Sampatrao Gaikwad, Baroda ; Miss Molesworth, Pakokku, Burma ; 

 Mr. E. D. Cockburn, Lahore ; Mr. J. R. Taylor, Topchanchi xia Gomoh ; 

 The Hon'ble Raja Jawahir Singh, Sarangarh, C. P.; The Mess Secretary, 

 2nd Battalion, 123rd Outram's Rifles, Baroda, and the Rev. Father A. 

 Steichen, S. J., Bombay. 



Election of the Committee, 



The following gentlemen were elected as office bearers for the present 

 year : — 



President — H. E. The Right Hon'ble Lord Willingdon, G.C.I.E. 



Vice Presidents — Mr. J. D. Inverarity, Hon'ble Mr. Justice N. 0. 

 Macleod and H. H. The Rao Saheb of Cutch, G.C.I.E. 



Managing Committee. — Mr. T. Bainbridge Fletcher, F.E.S. ; Mr. T. R. 

 Bell, I.F.S. ; Mr. C. L. Burns.; Mr. E. Comber. F.Z.S. ; Lt.-Col. G. H. Evans, 

 CLE. ; Major W. H. Evans, R. E. ; Prof. G. A. Gammie ; Mr. F. Han- 

 nyngfon, LC.S. ; Mr. G. S. Hardy, LC.S. ; Mr. N. B. Kinnear : Lt.-Col. K. 

 R. Kirtikar, I.M.S. (Retd.) ; Major W. G. Listen, CLE., I. M.S. ; Mr. F. 

 M. Mackwood ; Mr. R. A. Spence ; Lt.-Col. F. 

 C.M.Z.S. ; Mr. John Wallace, CE. ; Mr. A. H. A. 

 E. Blatter, S.J.; Lt.-Colonel W. E. Jennings, 

 V. N. Hate. 



Honorary Secretary — Mr. W. S. Millard; Honorary 

 Mr. L. Robertson, LC.S. 



The Honorary Secretary acknowledged the following contributions since 

 the last meeting : — 



Wall, I. M.S., C.M.G., 

 Simcox, LC.S. ; Revd. 

 I. M.S., and Professor 



Treasurer — 



Contribution. 



Locality. 



7 Skulls of Himalayan Ibex, Capra 



sibirica. 

 1 Bison head, Bibos yaurus 



1 Barking Deer, Muntiacus mala- 



baricus. 

 1 Goral, Ncemorhedus (/oral 



1 Desert Fox, Vulpes leiicopus 



Donor. 



Chamba 



Burma 



Karwar 



Nowshera 



Kundwall near 

 Lila Station, 

 Salt Range. 



H. H. The Raja of 



Chamba. 

 Mr.A.H. A. Simcox, 



I.CS. 

 Mr. G. Monteath, 



LC.S. 

 Mr. J. D. Grafton 



Wignall. 

 Dr. M. Stuart. 



