372 JOURNAL, BOMBAY NATURAL HIS'J , SOCIETY, Vol. XXVII. 



Grant from 

 Govern- 

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Treasurer's 



Subscription The entrance fee is Rs. 10 and the annual subscription is.Rs. 15 for which 

 and Entr- members receive the Society's Journals, post free, and the assistance of the 

 ance Fee. Society on questions dealing with Natural History, and the identification of 

 specimens and advice in the making of private collections. Suggestions of 

 remedial measures in connection with House and Garden pests and supervision 

 and advice in connection with the setting up and mounting of game trophies 

 are among the advantages enjoyed by its members. 



MUSEUM AND LIBRARY. 



Collections. The Society's Museum contains 4,330 specimens of Mammals, 6,000 Birds, 

 3,200 Birds' Eggs, 3,700 Reptiles and Fishes, and 27,000 other Invertebrates in 

 addition to Botanical specimens. The average monthly additions total 

 about 80. The majority of the specimens are classified and arranged. The 

 Society possesses a valuable reference Library containing over 1,000 Volumes 

 mainly devoted however to the Natural Plistory of the Oriental Region. The 

 Museum is open to members and their friends from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. on week 

 days and 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Sundays and holidays. 



FINANCE. 



The Society is almost entirely supported by the annual subscriptions of 

 its members. It receives in addition an annual grant of Rs. 5,000, from the 

 Government of Bombay. The Museum unfortunately suffers greatly from the 

 Society's limited income. 



The Honorary Treasurer's report for the year ending December 1919 is 

 Report for appended : — 



year 1919. " ]VIr. H. F. Lodge, the Honorary Treasurer, in presenting the accounts for 

 the year ended 31st December 1919, said that a copy of the audited balance 

 sheet was on the table for inspection of members and this would as usual be 

 published in the Society's Journal. The following however were the main 

 features of the accomits for the past year. On the 1st January 1919 the Society 

 opened with a credit balance of Rs. 14,727-5-8 and during the year this figure 

 decreased to Rs. 14,297-11-8, the cash balance shown on the 31st December 

 1919. The receipts during the year under review amomited to Rs. 33,767-4-8 

 which shows a decrease of Rs. 2,203, when compared with the corresponding 

 figures of the previous year. The expenditure during the year 1919 amomited 

 to Rs. 34,196-14-8 and this figure shows an increase of Rs. 9,719-10-11 over 

 the corresponding figures for 1918. 



The increase in expenditure was easily understood as the Society in common 

 with every other institution had lately had to pay considerably more for every 

 thing required to carry on its work. In spite of this the Society had not in- 

 creased the annual subscription which remains at Rs. 15 and it was hoped 

 to avoid having to do so. Indications for 1920 pointed to the fact that ex- 

 penditure generally would be still further increased and to comiteract the 

 rise in prices every effort ought to be made to increase the revenue of the 

 Society and this can best be done by the enrolment of new members. It is 

 therefore hoped that members would do their best to interest their friends who 

 were not already members in the work of the Society with a view to their 

 being enrolled as members. 



As regards the Mammal Fmid the balance at the commencement of the year 

 was Rs. 8,684-7-2 and the closing balance Rs. 12,389-2-5." 



EXPLORATION AND RESEARCH. 



Mammal The most important work taken up in this connection has been the Mammal 



Survey. Survey of India, Burma and Ceylon. The Survey was instituted in the year 



