224 Mons. A. Suchetet — Asks for names of Naturalists. [Not. 



The following gentlemen, duly proposed and seconded were ballot- 

 ted for and elected Ordinary Members : 



Hon'ble Raja Rameshwara Singh, Bahadur. 



Dr. Edmund James Simpson. 



Pandit Jwala Prashad, M. A. 



J. R. Adie, Esq., M. B. 



W. A. Lee, Esq. 



Dr. J. H. Tull Walsh, I. M. S. 



Capt. D. C. Pbillott. 



W. B. Colville, Esq. 



The following gentleman has intimated his wish to withdraw from 

 the Society : 



Kumar Mlkriskna Deb, Bahadur. 



The Secretary reported the death of the following Member : 

 E. J. Jones, Esq. 

 also that the election of Major A. W. Jamieson had been cancelled at 

 the request of that Officer, who reported his inability to take up Mem- 

 bership at present as he was contemplating an early return to Europe ; 

 and that the election of the following gentleman had been cancelled 

 under Rule 9, as he had not paid his admission fee and first quarter's 

 subscription. 



Babii Surendranath Ray, B. L., proposed by Babu Asutosh Mukko- 

 padhyay. 



The Secretary announced that J. D. Immo, Esq., had compound- 

 ed his subscription as a Resident Member by the payment in a single 

 sum of Rs. 420. 



The Chairman announced that Mr. Beames had been elected a 

 Member of the Council in consequence of the vacancy caused by the 

 death of Dr. Waldie. 



The Chairman read the following letter from Mons. A. Suchetet, 

 asking to be furnished with the names of Naturalists belonging to the 

 Society, and others, to whom he could address enquiries concerning 

 hybridity regarding birds, reptiles, insects &c. 



"L'annee derniere j'ai eu l'honneur de vous adresser plusieurs de- 

 mandes concernant Vhybridite dans le regne animal, vous avez ete 

 assez bon pour m'envoyer des indications qui m'ont ete tres utiles. 

 Mon intention est, cette annee, d'ecrire a un grand nombre de naturalistes 

 pour savoir s' ils possedent dans leurs collections quelques pieces hybrides 

 ou s' ils ont observe eux memes soit a l'etat libre, soit dans la captivite, 



