'The Transactions of the Bombay Geographical Society. From January 1863 to December 1864. (Edited by the Secretary.) Volume XVII.' [‎84] (113/524)

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PROCEEDINGS OF THE
cessful opening of a work deservedly monumental of English Engineering,
and of its talented originator and constructor.
Cornelius Daly, of the Bombay Civil Service, was horn at Cork in
1835, and was educated at Queen’s College, of that city. He arrived
at Bombay in 1856, where, on his return from Scinde, he died on the
3rd of February last.
The abolition of the Indian Navy, and consequent retirement from
India of most of its Officers, deprives the Society of several of its de
servedly popular and valuable Members, of whom may he mentioned
Captain Griffith Jenkins, C.B., F.R.G.S., whose membership dates
hack from 1 838, and to whose unwearied exertions in the behalf of the
Society, our Proceedings bear ample testimony. Captain Constable,
F R.G.S. ; Commander A. D. Taylor, F-R-G.S. ; Commander Whish,
and Lieutenant Stilfe, all accomplished Hydrographers, have contri
buted valuable Papers to our Transactions, and who have by their
hydrographical labours on the coasts of India, successfully upheld the
scientific character so justly attributed to the late Indian Navy.
Dr. Collier, Deputy Inspector General of Hospitals, joined the
Society in 1837* By his retirement therefore, the Society has to regret
the departure of their Senior Member. When Surgeon of the 2nd
Bombay Light Cavalry, Dr. Collier contributed a Paper “ on the
Nature of the Soils of the Bombay 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. .”
The 16th Volume of the Society’s Transaction was placed in the
hands of Members during last month ; and steps are being taken whereby
the forthcoming Volume will he very much expedited.
The Annual Statement of Receipts and Disbursements on account of
the Society, from 1st May 1862 to 30th April 1863, submitted to the
Society, showed the following balance to their credit :—
In the Treasurer’s hands .. Rs. 1,243 11 4
In the Secretary’s hands „ 95 10 5
Total Rs..
1,339
5
9
Add—
Amount under recovery
465
0
0
Grand Total. . .. Rs.
1,804
5
9