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One Vice-President and three members of the Council shall be 

 changed annually. 



The office of President shall not be held by the same person for 

 more than two years in succession, but after the lapse of one year, 

 the same person shall be re-eligible. 



Ordered that these amendments be also referred to the Council 

 for report at the next meeting. 



The Council reported for confirmation that they had raised the 

 wages of the younger Swaries, taxidermist, from Bs. 20 to Bs. 30, and 

 of Nicholas from Es. 6 to Bs. 10. 



Approved. 



They also reported that they had appointed Col. B. Strachey a 

 member of their body in the room of Col. Yule, who had left India. 



The following gentlemen duly proposed at the last meeting were 

 balloted for and elected ordinary members : 



C, U. Aitchison, Esq., c. s. 



P. A. E. Dalrymple, Esq., c. s. 



Lieut.-Col. H. W. Norman, c. B. 



Babu Bajkissen Roy, Zemindar of Berhampore. 



J. A. P. Collis, Esq., M. D. 



E. G. Glazier, Esq., c. s. 



Major H. Eaban, Bengal Army. 



The following gentlemen were named for ballot as ordinary mem- 

 bers at the next meeting. 



Babu Dhunpati Singh Dooghur, Baloochur, Moorshedabad, — pro- 

 posed by Babu Gour Doss Bj^sack, seconded by Mr. Atkinson. 



S. B. Partridge, Esq,, M. d., Officiating Principal of the Medical 

 College, — proposed by Dr. Payrer, seconded by Mr. Atkinson. 



A letter from Mr. H. Stainforth, desiring to withdraw from the 

 Society was recorded. 



Communications were received. 



1. From Major S. E. Tickell, a description of a turtle Sphargis 

 Coriacea. 



2. From Babu Goopeenath Sein, Abstracts of Meteorological 

 Observations, taken at the Surveyor General's Office in the month of 

 October last. 



3. From Major J. L. Sherwill, Eevenue Surveyor, a letter to the 

 President on the subject of the Manbhoom coal fields. 



