{ March, 1905.] Proceedings. 
Order.—That the recommendation of the Committee relating 
to the following matters be accepted :— 
(1) Publication of a quartoseries (2) Publication of a new 
series (8vo) containing the Journal and Proceedings combined. 
(3) Paper and Type to be used. (4) Insertion of advertisements 
relating to books and scientific mstruments. (5) Appointing 
Messrs. Thacker, Spink & Co. to secure advertisements. (6) Pub- 
lication of such resolutions of the Council, as the Council may 
- determine, in the Proceedings. Circulate proposal about the ap- 
pointment of a Publication Committee and their powers. 
Read the following extract from a programme from the 
Royal Academy of Sciences of Turin, announcing a prize :— 
The Royal Academy of Sciences of Turin announce a prize, 
open to sayants and inventors of all nations, to be given to that 
person who during the four years 1903-06 shall, in the opinion of the 
Academy, have made the most striking or useful discovery, or have 
produced the most celebrated work in physical and experimental 
science, natural history, pure and appled mathematics, chemistry, 
physiology, and pathology, including geology, history, geography 
and statistics. The value of the prize is 9,600 francs. 
Anyone wishing to compete may apply, but the prize will be 
awarded to the most worthy, though he may not have applied. 
The following papers were read :— 
1. Occurrence of the yenus Apus in Baluchistan —By KE. 
VREDENBURG, Geological Survey of India. 
2. Tibet under the Tartar Emperors of China.—By Rat Sarat 
Cuanpra Das Banapur, C.1.E. 
This paper has been published in Journal Part I for 1904. 
3. Pavana-dutam or Atr-messenger, by Dhoyika, a Court poet of 
Laksmanasena, King of Bengal, with an Appendix on the Sena 
Kings.— By Monmowan CuakravaRTI, M.A., M.R.A.S. 
4, Harwigs of the Indian Museum. By M. Burr. Communi- 
cated by the Anthropological Secretary. 
This paper has been published in “ Journal and Proceedings,” 
WS Volil, No. 1. 
5. The Hydra of the Calcutta Tanks.—By Neuson ANNAN- 
pALe, B.A. 
6. The composition of the oil from Bir Bahote or the “ Rains 
Insect” (Trombidium grandissimum).—By HK. G. Huu, B.A. 
7. Contributions to Oriental Herpetology II. Notes on the 
Lizards in the Indian Museum with descriptions of New Forms and 
Lists of species recorded from British India and Ceylon and of spe- 
cimens collected in Sinkip Island (Hast Sumatra) by the late Pro- 
fessor Wood-Mason’s Collector (Part I).—By Nutson ANNANDALE, 
B.A. 
8. Customs in the Trans-border Territories of the North-West 
Frontier Province.—By H. A. Ross, J.C.8. 
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