'The Transactions of the Bombay Geographical Society. From January 1863 to December 1864. (Edited by the Secretary.) Volume XVII.' [‎103] (132/524)

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5, On the Lighting up the Entrance to Bombay Harbour, by
Captain W. C. Barker, I.N., with an outline Chart of the
Bombay Harbour. By the Author.
5. Whirlwinds and Dust-storms of India, by Surgeon P. F. H.
Baddeley, Bengal Army. By Lieutenant Morris, R. N. It.
7 .—Papers relative to the Improvement of the Forest Revenue of
the Punch Mahals. By Government,
g.—Report on the subject of the Rain Fall in the Dekhan, and
the Climatic Disturbance apparent during 1861 and 1862. By
the Director of Public Instruction.
9. Papers relating to the project of connecting Barsee with the
Barsee Railway station by Tramways. By ditto.
10. Deaths in Bombay during 1862. By the Principal Inspector
General Medical Department.
Letters rc^^.—The following letters were read
1. —From the Principal Librarian Britislx Museum ; Secretary,
Geological Society of London; Librarian St. David’s College,
Wales ; Librarian Washington Observatory, acknowledging with
thanks copies of Vol. XVI. of the Society’s Transactions.
2. —From Captain J. M. Gilliss, Secretary Washington Observa
tory, acknowledging with thanks Vols. XV. and XVI. of the
Society’s Transactions, together with a copy of the Catalogue of
the Library, and expressing a wish to obtain the earlier volumes
of the Transactions either by purchase or in exchange for du
plicate publications, of which this Society has no copy in its
Library.
3. —From E. I. Howard, Esq., Director of Public Instruction, for
warding donations for the acceptance of this Society.
4. —From W. H. Havelock, Esq., Officiating Secretary to Govern
ment, Political Department, forwarding, by direction of the Ho
norable the Governor in Council, printed copies of two Reports,'
by 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.
in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. and W. H. Warner, Esq., Commanding
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. Schooner £< Georgiana.”
5. —From J. A. Broun, Esq., F.R.S., Superintendent Trevandrum
Observatory, forwarding two Papers to the Society prepared by
him.
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