FROCEEDINGS. 



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PROCEEDINGS 

 OF THE MEETING HELD ON 4th MARCH 1915. 



An ' At Home ' and Meeting of members and their friends of the Bombay 

 Natural History Society took place in the Society's Rooms on the 4th 

 March 1915. 



The election of the following 39 new members since the last Meeting was 

 announced : — Mr. Bernard Triggs, Rutlam ; Mr. W. T. Saxton, Ahmedabad ; 

 Mr. H. M. Drummond-Hay, Ceylon; Lt. C. M. Ingoldby, R.A.M.C, 

 Jnllunder; Mr. G. E. Shaw, Mungpoo ; Mr. C. D. Mclver, Satara ; Mr 

 S. C. Mustafi, Cooch Behar; Mr. E. A. Sitzler, Shwegyin ; Mr. B. Breslauer 

 Bombay ; Mess Secretary, 2nd Q.V.O. Sappers and Miners, Bangalore ; Mr. 

 L. F. Hirst,- Colombo; Mr. F. C. Lowis, Myitkyina ; Mr. F. Goodyear, 

 Bombay ; Revd. A. G. Rondano, S. J., Mangalore ; The Honorary Secretary, 

 Frere Hall (Municipal) Library, Karachi ; Mr. T. Gilbert, Dharwar; Mr. 

 J. Makeig-Jones, Champaran ; Mr. H. Unge-Froren, Lohardaga ; Mr. 

 H. Montgomery, I.e. S., Shikarpur ; Mr. Chas. R. Major, Kawkareik ; Mr. 

 H. T. Mayo, B.A., Karachi; Mr. C. A. Phillip, Calcutta ; Lt. E. A. Glennie, 

 R.E., Manora, Karachi ; Mr. Alfred Hay, Bangalore ; Mr. R. Marrs, Bombay ; 

 Mr. Nand Kumar Tewari, B.Sc, Lucknow ; Mr. P. J. H. Stent, I.C.S., 

 Saugor, C.P. ; Mr. M. H. F. Swete, Papun, Burma; Mr. Norman Wilks, 

 Bombay ; Mr. R. V. Argyle, Dharwar ; The Mess President, 46th Punjabis, 

 Nowshera; Mr. R. R. O'Hara, Henzada; Mr. M. W. Clifford, I.F.S., Dehra 

 Dun ; Mr. M. Mahommed Abubakr Khan, Dadon, Aligarh ; Mr. G. C. 

 Gooding, Calcutta; Mr. G. C. Shannon, I.C.S., Bijaj)ur ; the District Medical 

 Officer, Burma Railway, Insein, Burma ; Mr. J. Hezlett, I.C.S. ; Mr. 

 K. R. AUing, 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.LE. ; 

 Vice Presidents — Mr. J. D. Inverarity, B.A., LL. B. ; Revd, F. Dreckmann, 

 S.J. ; and the Hon'ble Mr. Justice N. 0. Macleod ; Managing Committee : — 

 Revd. J. Assmuth, S.J. ; Mr. T. Bainbrigge Fletcher, F.B.S. ; Mr. T. R. BeU, 

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

 C.I.E., F.L.S. ; Major W. H. Evans, R.E. ; Prof. G. A. Gammie ; Mr. 

 F. Hannyngton, I.C.S. ; Mr. G. S. Hardy, I.C.S.; Mr. N. B. Kinnear ; Lt.-Col. 

 K. R. Kirtikar, LM.S. (Retd.) ; Major W. G. Liston, CLE., LM.S. ; Mr. F. 

 M. Macwood ; Mr. J. McNeill, I.C.S. ; Dr. A. Powell ; Mr. E. L. Sale, I.C.S. ; 

 Mr. R. A. Spence ; Lt.-Col. F. Wall, I.M.S., C.M.Z.S. ; Mr. John Wallace, 

 C.E. 



Honorary Secretary : — Mr. W. S. Millard ; Honorary Treasurer: — Mr. L. 

 H. Savile. 



The Honorary Secretary acknowledged the following contributions to the 

 Museum since the last meeting : — 



