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two new species being noticed, namely Corbula middhmissii and 

 Nautilus hazaraensis. 



Dr. G. E. Pilgrim exhibited a fossil jaw, possessing ancestral 



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Physics and Chemistry. 



Mr. J. Evershed's interesting paper on Sunspots and Prom- 

 inences, read at the Science Congress at Madras, is being pub- 

 lished in the Journal. 



Medical Section. 



Owing to the absence of so many of the members at the 

 front, the work of the Medical Section has been almost negli- 

 gible. On 10th March Col. Sutherland read a paper entitled 

 " Some Cases of Rape " ; on April 14th Sir Leonard Rogers read 

 a paper on the treatment of Kala Azar ; on December 8th Sir 

 Leonard Rogers read a paper entitled "The Further Reduction 

 of the Mortality of Cholera to 11 per cent by the Addition of 

 Atropine Hypodermically to the Hypertonic Treatment : with 

 an addendum summarizing the main points in the present 

 system of treatment." Rai Harinath Ghose Bahadur, M.D. 

 exhibited a case and read a paper on ' ' The Speedy Recovery of 

 a case of Kala Azar by Intravenous Injection of Sodium Anti- 

 mony Tartrate with Sodium Cimamate and Berbarine Hydro- 

 chloride." J 



As was to be expected, the attendance at the meetings was 

 very poor. The only exception was the meeting held on Decem- 

 ber 8th, which was attended by a large number of visitors from 

 the Calcutta Medical Club and the Howrah Medical Club. 



International Catalogue of Scientific Literature. 



During the year 316 copies of the International Catalogue, 

 completing the 10th annual issue and including parts of the 

 11th, 12th and 13th annual issues, were received, of which 302 

 copies were distributed. The Zoological Society of London 

 has guaranteed the issue of the 1 4th annual issue of the volume 

 of Zoology, and has asked for subscriptions at reduced rates 

 from subscribers. Ten subscriptions have been despatched 

 under these terms and one received at the end of the year has 

 still to be remitted. 



Catalogue slips numbering 18<»7 have been despatched 

 during the year. 



The expenses of the Regional Bureau for the year 1915 

 amounted to Rs. 786-1-9. 



The Bureau of Information. 



Since the publication of the Government notification 

 issued on the 24th September, giving wider publicity to the 



