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Minor contributions were received from Messrs. B. Aitken ; F. H. Abraham ; 

 P. C. Briscoe ; B. C. Carter ; A. T. Evans ; W. P. Field ; Miss Goldney ; 

 Mr. F. Hannyngton, I.C.S. ; Dr. E. Hunt; Messrs. H. R. Hume; F. G. 

 Hutchinson ; A. E. Lowrie ; E. Lund ; Mrs. Millard ; Dr. H. H. Marshall ; 

 Messrs. P. L. Piris ; J. M. Rebello ; B. D. Richards ; C J. Silvester ; Dr. D. A. 

 Turkhud and Mr. A.Wright. 



ELECTION OF THE COMMITTEE. 



The following gentlemen were elected as office bearers for the present 

 year : — President : H. E. Sir George Clarke, F.R.S., G.C.I.E. Vice-Presidents : 

 Mr. J. D. Inverarity, B.A., LL.B. ; Rev. F. Dreckmann, S.J. ; and Mr. N. C. 

 Macleod. Managing Committee : Mr. E. C. Stuart Baker ; Lt.-Col. W. B. Ban- 

 nerman, I.M.S. ; Mr. T. R. D. Bell, I.F.S. ; Mr. H. Bulkley ; Mr. C. L. Burns ; 

 Mr. E. Comber, F.Z.S. ; Lt.-Col. G. H.Evans ; Prof. G. A. Gammie ; Mr. E. 

 Ernest Green ; Lt.-Col. K. R. Kirtikar, I.M.S. (Retd.) : Mr. H. Maxwell 

 Lefroy ; Mr. J. McNeill, I.C.S. ; Mr. G. M. Ryan ; Major F. Wall, I.M.S., 

 C.M.Z.S. ; Mr. John Wallace, C. E. ; and Mr. N. B. Kinnear. Honorary 

 Librarian : Mr. B. D. Richards. Honorary Treasurer: Mr. L. H. Savile (ex- 

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



THE ACCOUNTS FOR 1909. 



The Honorary Treasurer, Mr. L. H. Savile, presented the statement of 

 accounts for 1909, which, he remarked, showed a satisfactory result. The sub- 

 scriptions for the year were Rs. 16,831-8-4, showing an increase of Rs. 2,374-8-7 

 over the previous year. The entrance fees were Rs. 2,770 compared with 

 Rs. 1,480 for 1908 and 294 new members had been elected during 1909 against 

 KiO in 1908. 



The accounts were duly passed subject to the usual audit. 



Mr. C. D. Mahaluxmivala exhibited a specimen of a bamboo (Bambusa 

 arundinaced) which was now flowering in the Victoria Gardens, Bombay. One 

 clump flowered last year and it was considered abnormal, but the same clump 





