PliOCEEDINGS. 1105 



A separate account has been opened during this year to deal with the 

 finances of the Mammal Fund which has been started for the purpose of 

 making a mammal survey of India. The amount subscribed to thia 

 fund up to 31st December 1911 was Rs. 23,530-1, the expenditure to the 

 same date being Rs. 7,786-15, showing the balance in hand of Rs. 15,743-2, 

 Two collectors are now working on the collection of mammals for this 

 survey, and provided funds are forthcoming, they will continue until 

 a survey of the whole of India and Burma has been completed. The 

 expenses of the two collectors amount to about Rs. 750 per mensem. 



ELECTION OF THE COMMITTEE. 



The following gentlemen were elected as office bearers for the present 

 year: — President: H. E. the Right Hon'ble Sir George Sydenham Clarke,. 

 G.C.M.G., G.C.I.E., F.R.S.; Vice-Presidents : Mr. J. D. Inverarity, 

 B.A., LL.B., Rev. Fr. Dreckmann, S.J., and the Hon. Mr. Justice N. C. 

 Macleod ; Kony. Secy. : Mr. W. S. Millard ; Honorary Treasurer : Mr. L. H. 

 Savile ; Honorary Librarian : Mr. P. M.D. Sanderson ; Managing Committee :. 

 Mr. E. C. Stuart Baker, F.Z.S., Mr. T. R. Bell, I.F.S., Mr. 0. L. Burns, 

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

 Capt. W. H. Evans, R.E., Prof. G. A. Gammie, Mr. E. Ernest Green,. 

 F.E.S., Mr. N. B. Kinnear, Lt.-Col. K. R. Kirtikar, I.M.S. (Retd.)., Mr. H. 

 Maxwell Lefroy, M.A., F.E.S., F.Z.S., Major W. G. Liston, I.M.S. , Mr. J. 

 McNeill, I.O.S., Dr. A. Powell, Mr. G. M. Ryan, I.F.S., Major F. Wall, 

 I.M.S., C.M.Z.S., Mr. John Wallace, C.E. and Mr. T. Bainbridge Fletcher. 



The members and their friends spent the evening in the Museum 

 examining the Society's collections. Among the exhibits were 165 skins 

 of mammals which had just been received from Mr. G. C. Shortridge (the 

 Society's Collector), from the South Dharwar District. These specimens 

 were being forwarded to the British Museum for identification and return. 



Exhibits. 



Mrs. W. H. Deakin exhibited a collection of marine shells made by 

 her in Back Bay, Bombay, and also some beautiful paintings of flowers. 

 Mr. C. D. Mahaluxmiv ala, Superintendent, Victoria Gardens, exhibited 

 3 orchids in flower — Dendrobium parishii, ochreatum and gratississimum. 



OF THE MEETING HELD ON 9th APRIL 1912. 



An " At Home " of the members of the Bombay Natural History Society 

 took place on Tuesday evening, 9th April 1912, Rev. F. Dreckmann. S. J.,, 

 presiding. 

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