'Transactions of the Bombay Geographical Society, from January 1847 to May 1849. Edited by the Secretary. Volume VIII.' [‎55] (71/496)

The Committee, consisting of the Deputy Superintendent of the Indian Na\ry,
4he Deputy Quartermaster-General, the Officer in charge of the Observatory, and
the Secretary to the Society, were accordingly approved as a Committee on publi
cation.
The Secretary stated that at the same time he had at once given orders for the
supply of schedules to Mr. Mayes—the charge for these strictly speaking devolved
on the account for publication of observations, to which account if considered ex
pedient it might be carried.
The paper by Commander Jones was ordered to be printed without delay. The
meeting was adjourned to the 3rd Thursday of December next.
The Ordinary Monthly Meeting of the Society took place in their rooms, Town
Hall, on Thursday afternoon the 21st December, 1848—the Hoi/ble J. P. Wil«
loughby, Esq., Vice President, in the chair. The following members were pre
sent:—Dr. J. Glen, Physician-General; Captain H. B. Lynch, I. N. ; Dr. M.
T. Kayes; Captain S. V. W. Hart; Commanders G. Jenkins, G. B. Kemp-
thorne, and C. AY. Montriou, I. N. j C. J. Erskine, Esq. j and Dr. G. Buisfc>
Secretary.
The minutes of last meeting having been read and approved of, tho following
propositions were laid before the meeting
1st. —Proposed, that a note bo added to the existing regulations, to the effect that
notice be given, either at a previous meeting or to the Secretary, of any Motion
or Subject of Discussion intended to be brought before the Meeting, at least one
week beforehand ; and that all matters of business, &c-, wished to be brought be
fore the Society, be notified to the Members by Printed Circular.
2d.— That such arrangements be made as either to enable the Society to hang up
its Charts and Roller Maps within their Rooms or in the Lobby, with a view of
facilitating references to them.
3d. That the Society accept the ofter of Government to furnish them with Instru
ments foi the 1 idal and MeteorologicalObservations at Kurrachee and Yiziadroog:
and that they recommend the two Tide-Gauges lately offered the Society to be
purchased for two other of the Observatories in contemplation, under the reser
vation mentioned by Government.
4fH "That Government be requested to recall Mr. Mayes from Aden, and to
employ him during tae year 1849 in the establishment of other Observatories, it
being unlikely that the Admiralty Instruments will be received before June, or
that the Observatories at which it is proposed to employ them will be in opera
tion before January 1850. Mr. Mayes can at this date return to Aden, so as
to allow simultaneous Observations to be conducted at all the Stations.
5th. That the Society cause to be printed a short Manual of Instructions for Ob
servers—such as may assist young geographers in their earlier researches.
These propositions were agreed to unanimously, with the exception of the fourth.
The Secretary stated that the object of proposing this was, that as one part of