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Society's Journal since his death. Another paper on the pigmy Ele- 

 phant of Malta, read before the British Association at Cambridge, 

 excited great interest. His later studies were devoted to that subject 

 which is now so prominently occupying the thoughts of men of 

 science, the antiquity of man ; and his last written communication was in 

 connexion with this, being a report to the Government which he drew up 

 with Prof. Busk on some recently discovered cave deposits in Gibraltar. 

 Dr. Falconer was, at the time of his death, a Vice-President of the 

 Royal Society, and Foreign Secretary of the Geological Society. A reso- 

 lution expressive of its deep regret on the announcement of the loss 

 which this event occasioned, was recorded in this Society's proceedings 

 for April last, and a subscription has been raised among its members 

 for a bust, which it is hoped will be in its place in the meeting-room 

 before the next anniversary meeting. 



Mr. Edward Blyth, who, as an Associate of the Society and Curator 

 of the society's museum, during a period of 21 years, brought together 

 and described the greater part of the Zoological collections in the 

 museum, and whose numerous writings in the Society's Journal form 

 an important part of the literature of Indian Zoology, has been elected 

 to the vacancy on the roll of honorary members, caused by the death 

 of Dr. Falconer. 



The Rev. C. H. Dall has been elected during the past year as an 

 associate member of the Society. 



Among the ordinary members, the Council have to regret the loss 

 by death of Mr. E. 0. Riley, whose paper on the Lake of the clear 

 water in Burmah was published in the XXXIII. Vol. of the Society's 

 Journal: also Brig.-Genl. Showers, the Hon'bleE. P. Levinge. Lieut. 

 J. H. Urquhart, R. E., Lieut.-Col. P. Stewart, R. E., Babu Moodoo- 

 sudun Doss, R. T. Martin, Esq., W. Forbes G-oss, Esq., Raja Chunder 

 Sekur Roy, and Moulavi Waheeudeen Nubee Khan Bahadur. 



Museum. 

 In no department has greater progress been made during the past 

 year than in the Society's museum. In the month of June, Dr. J. 

 Anderson was appointed Curator of the Imperial Museum, and per- 

 mitted by Government to assume charge of the Society's collections. 

 Dr. Anderson immediately undertook the re-arrangement and resto- 



