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'Transactions of the Bombay Geographical Society, from January 1847 to May 1849. Edited by the Secretary. Volume VIII.' [‎52] (68/496)

The record is made up of 1 volume (466 pages). It was created in 1847-1849. 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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MEETINGS
OF THE
BOMBAY GEOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY.
The Ordinary Monthly Meeting of this Society took place at their Rooms in the>
Town Hall, on Thursday the 12th October, 1848—Present: Dr. J. Glen, Member,
in the Chair ; Commander G. Jenkins, I. N. ; Captain H. B. Lynch, I. N.; Cap
tain H. J. Barr; Captain S. V. W. Hart; Captain P. T. French ; Munmohun-
dass Davidass, Esq.; and Geo. Buist, Esq., LL.D., Secretary.
The Minutes of last meeting were read and confirmed.
Captain H. Gribble having been proposed as a member of the Society by Com
mander G. Jenkins, I. N., and seconded by Dr. Geo. Buist, Secretary, was de
clared duly elected.
The following donations were laid on the table, for which the best thanks of tho
Society were directed to be given to the donors —
Papers.—B y the Author, through Captain S. B. Haines, I. N., Political
Agent at Aden.—Meteorological Observations as taken on Shum Shum, from 1st
to 19th of August, and on Seerah Island, at Aden, &c., for the month of August
1848. By Sergeant W. Mayes.
Books.—B y Government.—The Journal of the Indian Archipelago and Eastern
Asia, for July 1848, Vol. 2nd, No. 7. With a letter from J. G. Lumsden, Esq ,
Secretary to Government, General Department, dated 28th September, No. 3442 of
1843.
Map. —From Messrs. Bennett and Co.—Map of India, compiled from all ill©
latest and most authentic materials—purchased by the Society for Rs. 20.
Letters.- —From R. Clarke, Esq., Honorary Secretary to the Royal Asiatic
Society of London, dated the 17th June 1848, acknowledging the receipt of the
Transactions of the Bombay Geographical Society from February to December
1848, which were laid by him before a general meeting of that Society, whose
best thanks for the same were directed to be conveyed; also requesting that the
Royal Asiatic Society might be furnished with any previous or subsequent num
bers of the Transactions that may have been published, and also any notices of the
state and progress of the Bombay Geographical Society which would be interest
ing. Mr Clarke at the same time kindly offers to the Society a set of the Joar*
iHals of the Royal Asiatic Society*

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Transactions of the Bombay Geographical Society, from January 1847 to May 1849. Edited by the Secretary. Volume VIII.

Publication details: Bombay: Printed at The Times' Press, by James Chesson, 1849.

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1 volume (466 pages)
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This volume contains a table of contents giving headings and page references. There is an index to Volumes I-XVII (1836-1864) in a separate volume (ST 393, index).

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Dimensions: 220 x 140mm

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