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9. From the Madras Literary Society, — Madras Journal of Litera- 

 ture and Science, Vol. V (1st Ser.). 



10. From F. A. de Roepstorff, Esq., — A collection of Andamanese 

 Butterflies. 



The following gentlemen duly proposed and seconded at the last meet- 

 ing were ballotted for and elected Ordinary Members : 



1. H. E. Sir Donald M. Stewart, Bart., G. C. B., G. C. S. I. 



2. J. B. Chalmers, Esq , C. E. 



3. H. H. Nawab Alijah Amir-ul-Mulk Syud Mahomed Siddeek Hus- 

 san Khan, Bahadur. 



4. Kabiraj Shyamaldass. 



5. Moulvie Golam Sarwar. 



The following gentlemen are candidates for ballot at the next meet- 

 ing : 



1. Professor E'. Senart, proposed by Dr. A. F. R. Hoernle, seconded 

 by Nawab Abdul Lutif Khan, Bahadur. 



2. Maharajah Kumar Harendra Kishore Singh, Bahadur, Bettiah, pro- 

 posed by Nawab Abdul Latif Khan, Bahadur, seconded by Rajah Satyanand 

 Ghoshal, Bahadur. 



The following gentleman has intimated his desire to withdraw from 

 the Society : 



Babu Jnanendra Chunder Ghosha. 



The Seceetaet reported that Mr. W. T. Blanford had compounded 

 for all his future subscriptions. 



The Chaieman announced that the Council recommended that the 

 following gentlemen should be elected Associate Members, and that they 

 would be balloted for at the next meeting of the Society : 



F. A. de Roepstorff, Esq., Assistant Superintendent, Port Blair, in 

 recognition of his long continued and successful labours as a collector, 

 by which the knowledge of the interesting fauna of the Andaman and 

 Nicobar Islands has been so much extended, as well as of his contributions 

 to the Ethnology of the Islands. 



Herbert Giles, Esq., of H. M. Consular Service in China, on account 

 of his services to Chinese scholarship, especially in translating Fa Hian, 

 and one of the Buddha Gaya Chinese inscriptions. 



The Council reported that they had elected the Hon'ble H. J. Rey- 

 nolds as President in the place of Sir Ashley Eden who had resigned ; Mr, 



