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Enquiries were iioav being made on the subject, and he hoped 

 soon to be able to inform the Society of the result of further 

 discoveries, and also that the chain of tumuli, the record of the 

 movements of tribes between Central India and Northern Europe, 

 was complete. 



A lengthened discussion ensued in which Mr. E. C. B a y 1 e y, 

 Mr. H. E. 13 1 an f o r d, the chairman and several other members 

 took part. 



Dr. A. M. Verchere drew the attention to a sketch which was 

 published with his paper in the Journal of the Society for 1867, 

 (Pt. II., p. 114). His suggestion then was that the small holes, 

 or cups, in large boulders between Jubbee and Nikkee on the Indus, 

 have been either made by a race of men, or that they had a glacial 

 origin. He then thought rather to incline to the latter than to the 

 first hypothesis, but it is just as well possible that those excava- 

 tions have been executed by men. There are at present no settle- 

 ments of any kind in the close neighbourhood. 



The following gentlemen duly proposed and seconded at the last 

 Meeting were ballotted for and elected ordinary members : — 



Baden Powell, Esq., C. S. | J. H. Newman, Esq., M. D. 

 Surgeon Fred. W m. Alex. De F a b e c k, 

 The following have intimated their desire to withdraw from the 

 Society : — 

 E. G. M a n, Esq. 

 Lieut, Col. G. B. M a 1 1 e s o n. 

 The Hon. F. Glover. 



W. L. Granville, Esq. 

 P. C a r n e g y, Esq. 

 A. H. Giles, Esq. 



The Council reported that they have ordered on a recommenda- 

 tion of the Finance Committee — that debts to the amount of 448 Es. 

 due to the Society, and 33 Rs. 10 ans. due to the Oriental Fund, by 

 members and gentlemen deceased, be written off. 



The receipt of the following communications was announced : — 



1 . Notes on some new species of birds from the North Eastern 

 {frontier of India, — by Dr. T. C. Jerdon. 



2. Notes on Indian Herpetology, — by Dr. T. C. Jerdon. 



