2 Honorary Memhers proposed. [Jan., 



10. From the Authors, — State Education in theN. W. Provinces and 

 Oudh, by Orbilius Indicus ; (2) Rede zum Geburtsfeste des hochstseligen 

 Grossherzogs Karl Friedrich Ton Baden und zur akademischen Preisver- 

 theilung am 22. November, 1882, by Dr. Adolph Hausrath. 



11. From the Societe de G^ographie de Lyon, — Congres National 

 des Societes Fran9aises de Geographie, 4i^ Session, Lyon, 1881. Compte 

 Rendu des Seances. 



12. From the Department o£ Agriculture and Commerce, N. W. 

 Provinces and Oudh, — Field and Garden Crops of the North- Western 

 Provinces and Oudh, with illustrations, by J. F. Duthie and J. B. Fuller. 



13. From the Tumlook Public Library, — A collection of coins. 



The Council reported that, in consequence of the deaths of Mr. Charles 

 Darwin and Dr. John Muir, there were now three vacancies in the list of 

 Honorary Members, one vacancy having been left unfilled at the last 

 election. The Council therefore recommended the three following gentle- 

 men for election as Honorary Members at the next meeting : — 



W. T. Blanford, F. R. S , who, besides his official scientific labours in 

 the geology of India, has from the beginning of his career in this country 

 (in 1855) distinguished himself by his zoological studies, especially of 

 the Mammals, Birds, Reptiles and Mollusks. His numerous contributions 

 to Natural History have been published in the Journal of the Society and 

 other scientific periodicals, and in his works entitled " Zoology and Geo- 

 logy of Abyssinia" and " Geology and Zoology of Eastern Persia." 



A. R. Wallace, F. R. S., in recognition of his great services to Natural 

 Science, both in the field and in literary labours. His travels in the Malay 

 Archipelago come especially under the cognisance of this Society, and the 

 results of these travels, in rich collections and careful observations, have 

 added immensely to our knowledge of the variations in animal life under 

 tropical and insular conditions. His numerous pamphlets and books, and 

 especially his great work on the geographical distribution of animals, place 

 him in the first rank of scientific men of the day. 



Dr. William D wight Whitney, Professor of Sanskrit and Comparative 

 Philology in Yale College, New Haven, Connecticut, in recognition of his 

 successful linguistic researches extending over a period of thirty-fhree years. 

 He undertook an edition of the Atharva Veda in 1851, and published it 

 ■jointly with Professor Roth in 1856. He has since edited and translated 

 the SaunaMyd Chaturddliydijihd of the Atharva Veda and the Taittiriya 

 Prdtis'dkliya of the Black Yajur Veda. His " Oriental and Linguistic 

 Essays" in two volumes and his lectures on " Language and the Study 

 of Lanf^ua"-e" are highly estimated as valuable contributions to the study 

 of Philology. 



