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Mr. Oldham moved that this report be adopted.—Agreed to. 
The Council also reported that they had appointed Babi Poorno 
Chunder Bysack to officiate as curator of the zoological collections 
on probation on a salary of Rs. 100 per mensem.— Adopted. 
The following gentlemen proposed at the last meeting were ballot- 
ed for and duly elected ordinary members :— 
F. Fedden, Esq., Geological Survey ; Hon’ble J. P. Norman, Hon’ble 
H. S. Maine, M. 8S. Howell, Hsq., R. A. Sterndale, Esq., and J. 
Squire, Hsq. 
Dr. T. Goldstiicker, Professor of Sanscrit, London University, 
proposed by the Council at the last meeting was balloted for and 
elected a Corresponding Member. 
The following gentlemen were named for ballot ag ordinary mem- 
bers at the next meeting :-— 
E. T. Trevor, Esq., C. S. proposed by Mr. Grote, seconded by 
Mr. Atkinson. 
The Hon’ble Rajah Deo Narain Singh, proposed by Captain W. N. 
Lees, seconded by Mr. Grote. 
Communications were received— 
1. From Bab Gopinath Sein, abstracts of the results of the 
Hourly Meteorological Observations taken at the Surveyor General’s 
Office in October last. 
2. From Mr. W. T. Blanford, a paper entitled “ Contributions to 
Indian Malacology, No. IV., Descriptions of new Land Shells from 
Ava and other parts of Burmah.” 
3. From Mr. W. Theobald, Jr., a paper entitled “ Notes on the 
distribution of Indian Terrestrial Gasteropoda, considered with refer- 
ence to its bearing on the origin of species.” 
