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Coins Committee. 



J. A. Bourdillon, Esq. Babu Panchannna Mukerji. 



W. B. Colville, Esq. C. J. Rodgers, Esq. 



Dr. A. Fiihrer. Dr. J. Scully. 



L. W. King, l^Jsq. V. A. Smith, Esq. 



E. Thurston, Esq. 



History and Archaeological Committee. 



The Hon'ble Mr. Justice Amir The Most Revd. Archbishop P. 



Ali. Goethals. 



Babu Gaurdas Basak. The Revd. H. B. Hyde. 



Dr. A. Fiihrer. Pandit Mohanlal Yishnulal Pandia. 



Babu Pratapa Candra Ghosa. Dr. M. A. Stein. 



C. R. Wilson, Esq. 



Natural History Committee, 



Dr. A. R. S. Anderson. A. Pedler, Esq. 



J. F. Duthie, Esq. Dr. D. Prain. 



T. H. Holland, Esq. Dr. J. Scully. 



C. S. Middlemiss, Esq. R. E. S. Thomas, Esq. 



Dr. Fritz Noetling. E. Thurston, Esq. 



R. D. Oldham, Esq. Dr. G. Watt. 



Physical Science Committee. 



Dr. A. R. S. Anderson. Dr. A^utosa Mukerji. 



Dr. J. C. Bose. Dr. Fritz Noetling. 



P. N. Bose, Esq. R. D. Oldham, Esq. 



J. Eliot, Esq. A. Pedler, Esq. 



J. H. Gilliland, Esq. Dr. D. Prain. 



T. H. Holland, Esq. Dr. P. C. Roy. 



The Revd. E. Lafont. Dr. Mahendralal Sarkar. 



C. S. Middlemiss, Esq. Dr. J. Scully. 



Mr. Frank Finn, Deputy Superintendent of the Indian Museum, 

 exhibited some living specimens of the Indian Goosander {Merganser 

 comatus)t and read the following note on its walking powers. 



The specimen of the Indian Goosander (Merganser comatus Salva- 

 dori) which I have the honour of exhibiting to-night has been very kind- 

 ly lent to me for the purpose by Mr. W. Rutledge of Entally, who 

 tells me that this is the only specimen of the bird he has ever received 



