v — Proceedings of the Asiatic Society of Bengal. [Nov., 1913. 
on the Council from 1879 tothe time of his death, and was made 
Vice-President in 1884 and 1885. He was a most regular atten- 
dant at the monthly meetings, and was always ready to further 
the work of the Society in auditing accounts and giving his 
services on various committees. He published several papers in 
the Journal and Proceedings, most of which were connected 
with the important subject of the water-supply of Calcutta. Be- 
tween 1866 and 1867 he made an extensive series of observations 
on the water of the Hooghly, the results of which went to 
show that the water of the river was the purest that could be 
obtained—a conclusion that was at first controverted, but the 
correctness of which has since been confirmed. In 1873 Waldie 
contributed a paper ‘‘On the muddy water of the Hooghly 
during the rainy season with reference to its purification and 
to the Calcutta water-supply,’’ in which the causes of the 
difficulties attending filtration were examined and explained. 
Dr. Waldie throughout his long period of residence in Calcutta 
never went to Europe nor visited the hills, and his health 
never oe to suffer. He died here on the 23rd June 1889, 
aged 76 yea 
This bean the 100th anniversary of the birth of David 
Waldie, a memorial tablet is being erected in Linlithgow the 
place of his birth. Since he was also a citizen of Calcutta and a 
prominent member of the Society, the Council have been 
pleased to arrange for the erection of a tablet to his memory in 
the Society’s building. 
The General Secretary reported that Capt. W. Mac 
R.E., Major J. W. F. Rait, I.M.S., and Sir Ei tebdale Barle, 
K.C.I. E., had expressed a wish iB withdraw from the 
Society. 
The following gentlemen were balloted for as Ordinary 
Members :— 
Mr. Cyril 8. Fox, Geological Survey of India, proposed by 
Dr. W. A. K. Christie, seconded by Mr. G. H. Tipper; Mr. 
The pee papers were read :— 
‘3 Molluscan Faunal List of the Lake of Tiberias with 
epee of new species.—By H. B. Preston. Communi- 
cated by N. ANNANDALE. 
The Planarians of the Lake of Tiberias.—By R. H. 
Warmer. Communicated by N. ANNANDALE. 
