'The Transactions of the Bombay Geographical Society. From January 1863 to December 1864. (Edited by the Secretary.) Volume XVII.' [‎20] (49/524)

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PROCEEDINGS OF THE
Donations.—The following donations were laid before the Society,
for which their best thanks were directed to be given to the donors
1 .—Proceedings of the Royal Society, Nos. 47, 48, and 49—By
the Royal Society.
2 # Galvano’s Discoveries of the World.—By the Hakluyt Society.
3. __A Catalogue of Atlases, Maps, and Globes—By Edward Stan
ford, Esq.
4. Report on the Cotton Gin Factory An East India Company trading post. in the Dharwar Collectorate,
for the half year ending May 31st, 1862.—By Government.
5. —Catalogue of the Library of the Bombay Branch of the Royal
Asiatic Society, corrected up to the 31st December 1862.—-By
the Society.
6—Catalogue of the Economic Products of the Presidency The name given to each of the three divisions of the territory of the East India Company, and later the British Raj, on the Indian subcontinent. of Bom
bay, by Assistant Surgeon George Birdwood, M.D—By tlie
Author.
Letter read .—From the Honorable H. L. Anderson, Chief Secre
tary to Government, Political Department, forwarding the follow
ing copy of a letter from the Acting Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. at Bushire
From Lieutenant Colonel Lewis Pelly,
Acting Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. , Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. ,
To the Secretary to Government,
Political Department, Bombay.
re port, for the information of Government, that an
earthquake occurred at Shiraz on the 21st December 1862. It com
menced two hours after sunrise, and lasted at intervals till noon of
the next day 22nd, causing much damage. During the disturbance
the people fled without the walls of the town.
a nave me nonour to be, &c.
Lew^is Pelly, Lieutenant Colonel,
. Acting Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. , Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. .
Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. , Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , Bushire, nth January 1863.
cillprl nn i S * 1 ° °1t ef ' )us * ness before the meeting, Mr. Burgess was
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