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Lieutenant- Greneral R. Strachey, R.E., F.R.S., C.S.I., is distinguished 

 in many branches of Science, cbiefly in Physical Geography, Geology, 

 Botany and Meteorology. He was engaged in the scientific survey 

 of Kumaon and Garhwal in 1848, where he made valuable geological and 

 botanical researches and collections, and wrote an account of its 

 Physical Geography. He is the Chairman of the Meteorological Council, 

 in which capacity he investigated the atmospheric phenomena resulting 

 from the great earthquake at Krakatoa, some years ago. He was delegate 

 of Great Britain at the International Prime Meridian Confei-ence at 

 Washington in 1884, at which Greenwich was chosen as the Prime 

 Meridian. 



He is distinguished as a Geographist, and was President of the 

 Royal Geographical Society in 1887-89, when he delivered a course of 

 lectures on Geography at Cambridge University, which have been since 

 published, and he wrote the article on "Asia" in the new edition of 

 the Encyclopoedia Britannica. 



He has received an honorary degree at Dublin and Oxford 

 Universities. 



He has written papers on a large variety of scientific subjects, 

 and has been Vice-President of the Royal Society more than once. 



Mr. C. H. Tawney, C.I.E., M.A., at present Librarian of the India 

 Office, has distinguished himself by his researches in Sanskrit and 

 Prakrit Literature. He has translated the TIttara-rdma-carita (J 871), 

 Two Centuries of Bhartrhari (in English verse, 1877), and the Mdlavihd 

 gnimitra (2nd Edition, 1891). He has also contributed several papers 

 to the Journal of this Society and to the Indian Antiquary. His 

 translation of the Kathd-sarit-sagara, ^c, of Soma-deva, prepared for 

 the Bihliotheca Indica, is a classical work which has rendered important 

 services to students of ancient Indian civilization, and of the science 

 of Folk-tales. The Society owes a special debt to Mr. Tawney for this 

 most valuable work. Since his retirement to Europe and acceptance 

 of his present post, he has added another laurel to those already 

 earned, by translating the important work entitled the Kathd-kosa or 

 Treasury of Stories, for the Oriental Translation Fund. 



The Chairman announced that Mr. Frank Finn had been appointed 

 a member of the Council and Anthropological Secretary of the Society. 



The Chairman also announced that Dr. A. Alcock had been ap- 

 pointed to officiate as General Secretary in the place of Mr. C. R. 

 Wilson, in addition to his own duties as Natural History Secretary. 



