142 Proceedings of tlie Zoological Garden Committees. [July, 



197). Dr. Wise has now had an opportunity in England to consult several 

 rare works written in the 17th century, containing confirmatory references 

 to the Barah Bhiiyahs and their position. The works are — R. P. Petri Jar- 

 rici Thesaurus rerum Indicarum, Col. Agrippinae, 1615 ; La Monde ou 

 Description generale de ses quatres parties, by Pierre D'Avity, Seigneur' de 

 Montmartin, Paris, 1613, fol. ; Itinerario de las Missiones que hizo el Padri 

 F. Sebastien Manrique, Rome, 1619 ; and Dell' India Orientale, descrittione 

 geografica et historica, del P. Abbate D. Clemente Tosi, Rome, 1669. 

 This paper will also be published in No. II, Part I of the Journal. 



The reading of the following papers was postponed — 

 Observations on some Indian and Burmese species of Trionyx, with 

 descriptions of two new species. — By W. Theobald. 



Supposed Greek Sculpture at Mathura. — By P. S. Growse, C. S. 



Abstract of the Proceedings of tlie Committees appointed by tlie Councils of 

 the Asiatic and Agri- Horticultural Societies for the consideration and 

 furtherance of Mr. Schioendler's proposition for the establishment of 

 a Zoological Garden in Calcutta. 



In 1867 Dr. Fayrer drew the attention of the Society to the want of a 

 Zoological Garden in Calcutta. 



In 1873 Mr. Schwendler again brought the subject before a Special 

 Meeting of the Council and Natural History Committee, held on the 15th 

 March. 



Mr. Schwendler's proposals were : — 



1. That the capital for starting should be raised by donations. 



2. That the annual expenses should be defrayed by — 



I. An Annual Grant from Government. 



II. From the Municipality of Calcutta, and 



III. Entrance fees. 



IV. Funds raised by establishing a Zoological Garden Society. 



V. Profits on an Import and Export trade in animals. 



3. That the most suitable site would be the unoccupied ground round 

 the Kidderpore School, on the north side of Tolly's Nullah, between the 

 Alipore and Kidderpore Bridges. 



The meeting recorded their opinion of the advantage that would 

 result from the establishment of a Zoological Garden in Calcutta and ap- 

 pointed a Sub-Committee, to consider and report on the feasibility of 

 Mr. Schwendler's or any other scheme which might promise a successful 

 result. The members of the Sub-Committee were : 



