'Transactions of the Bombay Geographical Society, from January 1847 to May 1849. Edited by the Secretary. Volume VIII.' [‎21] (36/496)

warrant for writing ; but as Mr Moyes’ statements were questioned, his letters did
not appear authority enough for the paragraph complained of—After some further
discussion, the following resolution was ordered to be recorded, and to be embodied
in the Society’s reply to Col. Melvill:—
“ Proposed by Capt. Lynch, seconded by Mr Pigott, and resolved—That this
Society do express their regret that they should have made unwittingly any official
statement to Government, in their communication of the 19th February 1847,
in condemnation of the officer in charge of the Observatory, without duo
examination.”
The Society next proceeded to the discussion of the subject to which tho
correspondence alluded, and after some conversation the following resolution was
unanimously adopted:—
“Resolved—That the following gentlemen be requested to act as a Committee
for the purpose of reporting on the best mode of carrying out the plan now experi
mentally approved by Government, and the probable expense which will thereby
devolve on the Society.”
One of the Tide-Gauges intended for observation was exhibited to the Meet
ing : its construction seemed so simple that it would be difficult for any one to
misapprehend its use. 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.—Letter, No. 3116, dated 13th Nov. 1847, for
warding a Report (from R. N. C. Hamilton, Esq., Resident at Indore,) of a trip
down the Nerbudda from Mundlaisir to Baroche, made by Lieut. H.L. Evans,
of the 17 th Regiment Bombay N. I., and Deputy Bheel Agent ; with sketches
of the Sansadarra, and of a proposed road along the North Bank of the Nerbudda
to Dauree, by Lieut. R. N. Keatinge, assistant to the Superintendent of Ni-
mar ; together with a printed note on the Navigation of the River Nerbudda,
by Mr A. Shakespear, Assistant Secretary to Government, Northwest Provinces.
By Government.—Remarks on the Course of the Hurricane which occurred
on the Malabar Coast in April 1847, and on the probable position of the Steam
Frigate Cleopatra at the time ; with a sketch. By Captain T. G. Carless, I. N a
With a letter from Mr Chief Secretary Malet, dated 20 th November, No. 1452
of 1847, Marine Department.
By Government.—Report by the Commander Indus Flotilla, of an Experi
mental Voyage up the Indus and Sutlej, made by the Meanee, steam-tender to
the Pendant Ship Mootnee, with the Havee Iron Flat in tow, having 16,000
maunds of merchandize on board with diary. By Lieut. W. Christopher, I. N.,
1 st Assistant Indus Flotilla. With a letter from Lieut. Col. P.M. Melvill, Secre
tary to Government, Marine Department, dated 26th January, No. 104 of 1848.
Books. —By Government—Two copies (one in English and one in Guze«
rathee) of a Prize Essay on Infanticide in Kutch, lately prepared by Bhawo
Dahjee, a teacher in the Elphinstone Institution at this 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. . With a letter,
No. 285, dated the 16th January, 1848, from Mr Chief Secretary Malet, Politi
cal Department.