1112 JOURNAL, BOMBAY NATURAL HIST. SOCIETY, Vcl. XXVIll 
Mr. J. G. Ridland. 
Mr. P. M. D. Sanderson. 
Major C. H. Stocklej% D.S.O. 
Dr. D. A. Turkhud. 
Mr. H. Whistler, F.Z.S., M.B.O.U. 
and the President, Vice Presidents, Treasurer and Honorary Secretary 
ex-officio. 
Membership and Subscription. 
At the annual General Meeting held in March 1921 it was decided that owing 
to the heavy increase in printing charges and the increased cost of administration 
the entrance fee should be raised from Rs. 10 to Rs. 20, the annual subscription 
from Rs. 15 to 25 and the Life Membership from Rs. 200 to Rs. 350. Opportu- 
nity was given to old members to comixjund at the old rate up to September 
1921 and the result was a large increase in the number of Life Members, the 
mmiber now on the rolls being 160. The increase in annual subscription 
resulted in a small diminution in membership but the total number now on the 
rolls is 1,491. 
Prince of Wales' Museum. 
The woi'k of arranging the Society’s show collections in the Natural History 
section of the Prince of Wales’ Museum has made steady progress and the assist- 
ant curator, IMr. S. H. Prater, has gone on deputation to England for training in 
taxidermy and also to study at first hand the working of the principal Natural 
History Museums in the British Isles. 
Towards the cost of working the Natural History section of the Prince of 
Wales’ Museum, the Bombay Government has made an initial grant of Rs. 40,000 
but it is estimated that the minimum cost of carrying out the scheme prepared 
by the curators will be over a lakh of Rupees and imless the scheme is to be 
abandoned a great effort must be made to obtain strong financial support from 
those who wish to see Bombay provided with a Natural History Museum worthy 
of the city. 
Society's Apollo Street Collection. 
During the period under review the Society received considerable additions to 
its mammal collections through the Mammal Survey, the w'ork of wdiich it was 
enabled to continue as a result of the Government of India granting in 1921 
Rs. 22,500 per annum for two yeai-s for the work of the survey. The specimens 
sent in are being worked out by the authorities at the British Museum and it is 
hoped in due couree to publish the scientific results in the Society’s journal. 
Specimens have been received throughout the year from members in all parts 
of India and Burma and have been identified either by the scientific staff 
of the Society or by the authorities at the British and Indian IMuseums. 
A keen interest in the work of the Society is maintained by its members in 
all parts of India and Burma and despite the increase in subscription the active 
membership in the period under review compares favourably with the past. 
Publications. 
The Society is at present publishing amongst others the following series of 
articles in its Journal 
1. Game Biixls of India, Burma and Ceylon, by E. C. Stuart Baker. 
2. Birds of the Indian Empire, by E. C. Stuart Baker. 
3. Scientific Results from the Mammal Survey. 
4. The Game Animals of Kashmir and the Adjacent Hill Districts, by 
Col. A. E. Ward. 
