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E. J. Jones, Esq., Geological Survey, proposed by Dr. W. King, 

 seconded by R. D. Oldham, Esq. 



The Council proposed that Mr. F. Moore, F. Z. S., A. L. S. be 



elected an associate member of the Society on account of his contribu- 

 tions to Indian Entomology. 



The Secretary reported that the following gentlemen have inti- 

 mated their desire to withdraw from the Society : 

 The Hon'ble H. T. Prinsep. 

 Syud Amir Hussein, Khan Bahadur. 



The Council reported that an invitation had been received from the 

 President of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, 

 for representatives of the Society to attend the annual meeting of the 

 Association to be held at Philadelphia, commencing 3rd September, 

 1884. 



The Council have resolved to ask the Government of India to per- 

 mit Major J. Waterhouse to be deputed to represent the Society, but 

 Major Waterhouse has reported that he is unable to obtain the necessary 

 leave. 



The Vice-President announced the death of Dr. H. W. M'Cann, 

 General Secretary to the Society, and said the Council desire to place on 

 record their sense of the loss the Society has sustained by his untimely 

 death, and their deep regret at the sad event that has deprived it of an 

 energetic and valuable officer and a most esteemed colleague. 



Mr. Tawnet gave the following account of Dr. M'Cann's career : 

 It is no doubt well-known to all here that the General Secretary's 

 work, though necessarily of an unostentatious character, takes up a good 

 deal of time, and makes considerable demands upon the energies of the 

 holder of the office, who is usually a person sufficiently occupied with 

 other business. Such was eminently the case with Dr. M'Cann, who, in 

 addition to his Professorial duties, discharged during the last two 

 years of his life those of Secretary to the Committee of the Economic 

 Museum. I believe that I am only uttering the opinion of all the Mem- 

 bers of the Society who have seen anything of Dr. M'Cann's work here, 

 when I say that he displayed in it the same alacrity and business capa- 

 city, as characterized his labours in other fields. It is only necessary, 

 (to give one instance out of many,) to examine the Index which he com- 

 piled for our Centenary Number, to understand the self-denying indus- 

 try with which he devoted himself to the business of the Society. 



