20S Proceedings of the Asiatic Society, [No. 2, 
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 Rs. 20 to Rs. 30, and 
of Nicholas from Rs. 6 to Rs. 10. 
Approved. 
They also reported that they had appointed Col. R. 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. 
F. A. E. Dalrymple, Esq., c. s. 
Lieut.-Col. H. W. Norman, c. b. 
Babu Rajkissen Roy, Zemindar of Berhampore. 
J. A. P. Collis, Esq., M. 3>. 
E. G. Glazier, Esq., c. s. 
Major H. Raban, 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 Goar Doss Bysack, seconded by Mr. Atkinson. 
S. B. Partridge, Esq,, h. b., Officiating Principal of the Medical 
College,—proposed by Dr. Fayrer, 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. R. 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, Revenue Surveyor, a letter to the 
President on the subject of the Manbhoom coal fields. 
