968 



PROCEEDINGS 

 OF THE MEETING HELD ON THE 2nd MARCH 1921. 



The annual meeting of members took place on Wednesday, the 2nd March 

 1921, the Rev. E. Blatter, S.J., presiding. 



The election of the following 52 new members since the last meeting was 

 announced :— Mr. K. M. Taleyarkhan, Bar.-at-Law, Bombay ; Mr. C. D. Desh- 

 mukh I C.S., Anu-aoti ; Mr. C. T. Irwin, Kurseong ; Mr. A. Kemm, I.C.S., Kur- 

 seong'- Major R. B. Phayre, M.C., Quetta ; Mr. J. T. Mulroney, Bengal ; Dr. J. 

 E Sandilands, M.C., M.D., Bombay ; Mr. B. N. CuU, Calcutta ; Rev. J. Drury, 

 Panchgani; Mr. R. Rea, Madura; The Lady Superior, St. Joseph's Convent, 

 Panchgani ; Mr. R. Thoma.'^, Baghdad ; the Director of Agriculture, Baghdad ; 

 Miss Helen Millard, Europe ; Lt.-Col. S. Hunt, I.M.S., Bombay ; Mr. N. D. 

 Macnaghten, Egypt ; Mr. H. C. Abraham, Kuala Lumpur ; Mr. E. Zurmuhle, 

 Bombay ; Mr. E. K. Glazebrook, Rangoon ; Capt. G. E. Harwood, Dera Ismail 

 Khan • Mr. A. G. Brown, Mai, P. O. ; Capt. R. O. Chamier, Punjab ; Prof. 

 V. N. Likhite, B.A., B.Sc, Poona City ; Mr. H. Copley, Na^pur, C. P. ; Mr. 

 Carlton P. Brook, Singapore; Mr. L. A. Bishop, Bhadrachelam ; Mr. J. B. 

 Robinson, Sagrampur ; Major R. L. Benson, D.S.O., Bombay ; Sir. T. Marlow, 

 Tharrawaddy, Burma ; lb. B. A. Hashimy, Partabgarh ; Mr. J. Addyman, M.L.C., 

 Dadar. Bombay ; Mr. G. Lindley Hinde, N. Kamrup ; Lt. J. Coode, Agra ; Mr. 

 A. J. Aldous, Bombay ; IVIr. F. T. Young, Bombay ; Lt. J. E. Stirhng,. Meerut, 

 U.P. • Mr. P. F. Fowke, Ceylon ; the Director of Industries, Bombay ; Mr. George 

 Niederer, Bombay ; Mr. Ernest A. Bringentofi, Europe ; Capt. E. B. Dale, R. A., 

 Mesopotamia ; Mr. Wm. T. Nightingale, Assam ; General Mohun Shumshere 

 Jung Bahadm, G.C.B., G.C.S.I., G.C.V.O., Nepal ; Major G. A. Webb, Thurbo, 

 Mirik, P.O. ; the Mess Secretary, 2-35th Sikhs, Ambala ; Mr. M. Maxwell, Savan, 

 B and N.-W. Ry. ; Mr. C. Raitt, S. Coorg ; Col. V. E. Gwyer, Karachi ; Mr. A. E. 

 Hefford, Bombay ; Mr. H. J. C. MiUett, I.F.S., Dharkar ; Mr. R. W. Morde, 

 Jalpaiguri ; Mr. B. C. Elhson, Bombay. 



The following gentlemen were elected as Office Bearers for the present year : — 

 President — H. E. the Right Hon'ble Sir George Lloyd, D.S.O., G.C.I.E. Vice- 

 Presidents — Mr. J. D. Inverarity, B.A., LL.B., the Hon'ble Sir Norman Macleod, 

 Kt H H. the Maharao of Cutch, G.C.S.I., G.C.I.E. Managing Committee — 

 Mi-!'t. Bainbrigge Fletcher, F.E.S., Mi-. T. R. Bell, CLE., I.F.S. (Retd.), Rev. 

 E. Blatter, S.J., Mr. B. C. Ellison, Colonel G. H. Evans, CLE., F.L.S., Lieutenant- 

 Colonel W. H. Evans, R. E., Major F. C Eraser, I.M.S., Mr. A. E. Hefford, Lt.-Col. 

 J. E. B. Hotson, I.C.S., Prof. V. N. Hate, Mr. C M. IngHs, F.Z.S., M.B.O.U., 

 Mr. F. Ludlow, I.E.S., M.B.O.U., Mr. F. M. Mackwood, Mr. P. J. Mead, CLE., 

 I.C.S., Mr. H. P. W. Macnaghten, M.L.C., Mr. P. M. D. Sanderson, and ISb. John 

 Wa-lla-ce. 



Honorary Secretary, Mr. R. A. Spence, M.L.A., F.Z.S. ; Honorary Treasurer, 

 Mr. H. F. Lodge, M. C; Curator, Mr. B. C ElHson; Asst. Curator, Mr. S. H. 

 Prater. 



Accounts for 1920. 



In presenting the accounts for the year ending 31st December 1920, the 

 Honorary' Treasurer stated that he would like to draw attention to the following 

 facts which these accounts disclosed and which proved only too clearly that 

 the proposed raising of the armual subscription and entrance fees was an abso- 

 lute necessity if the Society were to continue to work to its present standard. 

 On the 1st of January 1919, the Society's cash balances and investments amount- 

 ed to Rs. 72,968-12-11 whereas on the 31st December 1920, its investments 

 and balances amounted to Rs. 70,419-11-9 only, including a sum of £1,876-14-0 

 which has been remitted to London at something over 2s. 4d. exchange against 

 the payments that will have to be made for the various new pubhcations that 



