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'The Transactions of the Bombay Geographical Society. From January 1863 to December 1864. (Edited by the Secretary.) Volume XVII.' [112] (141/524)
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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proceedings of the
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Mungalclass Nuthoobhoy, Esq., Members, and D. J. Kennedy, Esq.,
F.R.G.S., Secretary.
The Minutes of the last Meeting were read and confirmed.
Members proposed. —-Alfred Brasher, Esq., and James Scorgie, Esq
F.C.S.
Donations. —The undermentioned donations were laid before the
Society, for which their best thanks were directed to be conveyed to the
donors:—
1 —Classified Catalogue of the Books of the Library of the Bombay
Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society. By the Society.
2 —Report of the Bombay Chamber of Commerce for the year
1862-63. By the Bombay Chamber of Commerce.
Letters read. —The following letters were read : —
1. —From J. Burgess, Esq., proposing J. Scorgie, Esq., F.C.S,,
as a Member of the Society.
2. —From Commander G. T. Robinson, expressing his regret at his
inability to attend the meeting of the Committee, and re
questing to record his vote for Mr. Brasher.
The Secretary then read the first paper announced for the evening,
it was by A. W. Stiffe, late Lieutenant H. M.’s Indian Navy, Assoc.
Inst. C E., containing an account of a Cyclone experienced
by the Government of India Steam Ship “ Amberwitch” near the
Mauritius, January 1864.
The Secretary, after some general remarks on this Paper, submitted
to the Society Lieutenant Stiffe’s second Paper “ Report on the Line of
Telegraph from Ras Jashk to Basrah.”
The Meeting then closed with a vote of thanks to Lieutenant Stiffe,
and adjourned to Thursday, April 21st, 1864.
SESSION 1863-64.
Seventh Meeting, April 21st, 1864.
The Ordinary Monthly Meeting of the Bombay Geographical Society
was held in their Rooms, Town Hall, on Thursday, the 21st instant,
at half-past 4 p. m.
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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.
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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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- ST 393, vol 17
- Title
- '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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