'Transactions of the Bombay Geographical Society, from January 1847 to May 1849. Edited by the Secretary. Volume VIII.' [‎12] (27/496)

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The Ordinary Quarterly meeting of this Society took place in their rooms, Town
Hall, on Thursday the 4th November 1847, at 3 o’clock p. m. Present—Captain
H. B. Lynch, I. N., member in the chair.—Commander D. Jenkins, I. N.; Dr
J. Glen; Captain H. J.Barr; and George Buist, Esq., LL.D., Secretary.
The minutes of last meeting were read and approved of. The Secretary read
the letters written by direction of the Society to the Secretary to Government,
Marine Department, enclosing copy of letter of February 1847, formerly directed
to be written on the same subject—to neither of these had any answer been re
ceived. The Secretary was directed to address Government, taking the opportu
nity of doing so offered by the letter of Mr Moyes, and the Report in the Athenaeum,
to draw up a plan for rendering effective the Aden observations, and make tender
of this to Government should they decline other aid; and to renew the offer
which if accepted of would restore the original scheme to its integrity. The
letter was directed to be submitted to the Committee, in consideration of the limit
ed attendance at the present meeting. A lengthened conve rsation occurred on
the subject of the Physical researches generally in contemplation by the Society,
and in which the phenomena attendant on the Hurricane of April were specially
adverted to,—the Society having been fortunate enough to secure a large mass of
valuable papers on the subject. The following donations were presented, for which
the Secretary was directed to return the best thanks of the Society to the donors.
Papers.— -By Government.—A Translation, by Captain G. G. Malet, (late
Resident at Khyrpoor,) of a work by an Historian called Moosoome, containing a
History of Scindefrom the year 676 to 1623, was forwarded by Mr. Chief Secret
tary Malet on the 20 th September last, for the inspection of the Society, and it
was intimated by that gentleman, that a copy of the paper would be presented to
the Society if it were willing to publish it.
By Government.—Two Reports of Journeys made into the interior of the soui
east coast of Arabia, viz. 1 st, An account of a journey from Soor to Jahlan, a
thence to Ras Roves, on the 6 th November 1845, by Messrs. Ward, Silvester’ a
James, of the Honorable Company’s Surveying Birg Palinurus ; and 2 nd,
account of an Overland journey from Leshkairee to Meskat and the Green Hoc
tarns of Osman, on the 22 nd November 1855, by Mr, Cole, of the East India Cc
S. B. Pahnurus; with a letter from A. Malet, Esq., Chief Secretary to Gover
ment, Marine Department, dated 23rd September, No, 1330 of 1847.
, Author Draxvmgs shewing the time of high and low water at Ad (
sTrielt W J Tn f '™ 611 the 13th ° fJul y and 9th of September last,
Serjeant W. Moyes; w.thaletter dated Camp Aden, the 16th September, 1842
®° 0K rfl ^ Auftor — Address t0 ^e Ethnological Society of Londc
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E ' G0ld3M , id ’ ES<1 ’ Private S 0 cret ary, dated Dapoore
17th August, 1847, conveying the best thanks of the Honorable the Govern