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Brown and F. H. Gravely deals partly with the archaeology 

 and folklore of the limestone caves of Burma and the Malay 

 Peninsula. 



Many of the philological and historical papers communi- 

 cated to or published by the Society during the year have adirect 

 bearing on anthropological matters. Amongst others the fol- 

 lowing are especially noteworthy : Mahamahopadhyaya Hara- 

 prasad Sastri's account of the ancient civilization of Bengal ; 

 Dr. Satis Chandra Vidyabhusana's memoir on Srid-pa-ho, a 

 Chinese tortoise chart of divination ; and Dr. Jivanji Jamshedji 

 Modi's paper on India in the A vesta of the Parsees. 



A set of anthropometrical instruments belonging to the 

 Society has been lent to Capt. Kennedy, I.M.S., Medical 

 Officer to the expedition at present working through the Dafla 

 country, and it is anticipated that valuable results will be 

 obtained by their use. 



The co-operation of members of the Society interested in 

 the study of man is earnestly invited, otherwise it is impossible 

 for this branch of the Society's work to advance in line with 

 the development of the science in other countries. In many 

 parts of the Indian Empire there are races and remnants of 

 races suffering rapid absorption by more virile communities, and 

 the opportunity for their study cannot last much longer. 

 Unless anthropological researches on these tribes are under- 

 taken at once, the valuable information they can afford, and 

 the light which they may be able to throw on many unsettled 



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Medical Section. 



Meetings of the Medical Section of the Society have been 

 held regularly throughout the year and have been fairly well 

 attended. Six new members were elected during the year. 

 Many interesting papers were read and much original work 

 brought before the Society. Lieut. -Col. Sutherland read two 

 valuable papers on Anaphylaxis and on the Serodiagnosis of 

 Syphilis. Lieut -Col. Rogers, CLE., opened a most important 

 and interesting discussion on the Emetine and other treat- 

 ments of Amoebic Dysentery and Hepatitis (including Liver 

 abscess). The discussion was prolonged for several meetings 

 and much valuable experience and information put on record. 

 Other papers were read at various meetings by Dr. Hari Nath 

 Ghosh, Rai Bahadur, Dr. U. N. Brahmachari and Babu S. N. 

 Mitter. 



Bibliotheea Indica. 



Of the 17 fasciculi of texts of different dimensions pub- 

 lished in the Bibliotheea Indica series during the year under 

 review, 8 belong to Brahmanic Sanskrit, 1 to Buddhist Sans- 



