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'The Transactions of the Bombay Geographical Society. From January 1863 to December 1864. (Edited by the Secretary.) Volume XVII.' [44] (73/524)
The record is made up of 1 volume (451 pages). It was created in 1863-1864. It was written in English. The original is part of the British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity. .
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Resolution.—C opy of this Despatch should he forwarded to all
Collectors and Political Officers under the Bombay Government, and
they should he requested to give such assistance as may be in their
power to carry out the wishes of the Trustees of the British Museum.
Copy of these papers should also he placed on the Editor’s Table,
and be sent to the Bombay Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society, and
the Geographical Society.
Ordered, that copies of the above be forwarded to all the Collectors
and Political Officers, to the Bombay Branch of the Royal Asiatic
Society, and to the Bombay Geographical Society.
A. D. Robertson,
Secretary to Government.
10.—From Lieutenant Colonel W. F. Marriott, Secretary to Govern
ment, transmitting the following copies of papers containing geographi
cal information respecting the coast of Mekran :—
Extract from a letter from Lieutenant A. TF. Chitty, 1. N,, dated \th
February 1863, reporting the result of his examination of the
bank of
soundings
Measurements of the depth of a body of water.
between Guadur and Cape Jask.
The hank of
soundings
Measurements of the depth of a body of water.
varies from 5 to 20 miles in distance from
the shore, and terminates abruptly, except in the height formed hy
Ras Mandanny and Ras Zequi, where the depth increases gradually
from 15 and 20 fathoms 4 miles off shore to 200 fathoms at a distance
of 18 miles.
Tne land-marks, some of which are conspicuous, will he found a
sufficient guide to determine the longitudinal position of a vessel run-
aiOiig the coast, but as some of the capes are of small elevation,
and change very much in appearance on different bearings, making it
difficult to distinguish them from other points of land, when viewed at
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The Transactions of the Bombay Geographical Society. From January 1863 to December 1864. (Edited by the Secretary.) Volume XVII.
Publication details: Bombay: Printed at the Education Society's Press, Byculla, 1865.
With maps, etc.
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- 1 volume (451 pages)
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This volume contains a table of contents giving headings and page references, and two indexes. There is an index to Volumes I-XVII (1836-1864) in a separate volume (ST 393, index).
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- 'The Transactions of the Bombay Geographical Society. From January 1863 to December 1864. (Edited by the Secretary.) Volume XVII.'
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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, i-r:ii-v, 1, 1a:1b, 2:16, 1:132, 1:18, 18a:18b, 19:206, 206a:206b, 207:256, 256a:256b, 257:340, iii-r:iv-v, back-i
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- Bombay Geographical Society
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- ST 393, vol 17
- Title
- 'The Transactions of the Bombay Geographical Society. From January 1863 to December 1864. (Edited by the Secretary.) Volume XVII.'
- Pages
- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, i-r:ii-v, 1, 1a:1b, 2:16, 1:132, 1:18, 18a:18b, 19:206, 206a:206b, 207:256, 256a:256b, 257:340, iii-r:iv-v, back-i
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- Bombay Geographical Society
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