-149 Note nor with any more recent account of the field of fire than about to be given, read than that about to be given.

Page-154 Note for Peer Muggru, read Peer Muggur.

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-167 In the quotation at the end of the article the volume of the Bengal Asiatic Society has not been cited-it is vol. VI.

Page-170 Fourteen lines from the top for from opposite the Back-bay beach and Love- Grove, read from opposite the Back-bay beach and the wood stacks.

Page-178 Eleven and twelɣe lines from top for 1 Blue clay with Mangrove roots as before 2 Yellowish brown clay with concrete in the ordinary forms, read 1 concrete, 2 Blueclay with Mangrove roots as before, 3 Yellowish brown clay with Kunkur in the ordinary forms.

Page-181 Ten lizes from top for it appears a hard compact rock, read it appears as a hard compact rock.

Page-181 Eight lines from bottom for altogether indebted, read altogether isolated.

-182 Ten lines from top for the roots are cemented into, read the roots are converted.

-202 Section referred to at the end of para 48 will be found among the lithographs at the

end where the page referred to is given.

Page-206 Ten lines from bottom for having annealed and softened, read being annealed and softened.

Page-212 In the sentence at the bottom of the page, the words "lying uncultivated' have been left out just after "fine promising ground."

Page-214 Last line for colouring of the drawings have been, read has been.
Page-291 Two lines from bottom, for shale limestone read shell limestone.

ESTABLISHED IN 1832.

Honorary Patron.

The Most Noble the Marquis of DALHOUSIE, Governor General of India.

Committee on Physical Research.

Lieut. Colonel J. Holland, Chairman.

Lieut. Taylor I. N.

John Ritchie Esq., and

The Secretaries.

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Members.

Members,

Geo. Buist, Esquire, L. L. D., and Professor Patton, Joint-Secretaries.

Messrs. Remington and Co. Treasurers.

Sundarrow Raghunath,

Clerk.

PROCEEDINGS

OF THE

BOMBAY GEOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY.

Ar the ordinary monthly meeting of the Bombay Geographical Society, held in their Rooms, Town Hall, on the 19th September 1850,-present-The Hon'ble J. P. Willoughby, Esq., President, in the Chair; Major J. Holland; Norman Oliver, Esq.; John Ritchie, Esq.; Major P. T. French; Captain H. J. Barr; T. J. A. Scott, Esq.; Venaikrow Jugonnathjee, Esq.; Dhunjeebhoy Framjee, Esq.; John Smith, Esq.; and Dr George Buist, L. L. D., and Professor J. Patton, Honorary Joint Secretaries,-the minutes of the last meeting were read and approved of.

Dr Buist stated that being afraid he might not have it in his power to be present at the Meeting, he had taken the liberty of placing a copy of some observations he wished to have made in his colleague's (Mr Patton's) hands, in hope that he would read them. He was, however, particularly anxious to explain Dr Ford's Atmometer, and had managed for this purpose to be present ;he would now, with the permission of the Society, state orally an outline of what he had written, as the time of the Society might thereby be saved.

The following letter has been received from Captain Becher, on the subject of the remittance for the Ross Testimonial.

Sir, I am directed by Admiral Sir Francis Beaufort, to acknowledge the receipt of your letter to him of the 25th of May last, conveying the cordial thanks of the Geographical Society of Bombay to him, also to Admiral Sir Charles Malcolm and myself, for the interest taken by us in carrying out the Ross Testimonial; and assure you that we are much flattered by our very humble services being so highly appreciated.

At the same time I am to inform you, that the expence to be thus incurred will fall very far within the sum of £200, a bill of exchange for which was enclosed in your letter. I am also to request you will have the goodness to inform Sir Francis Beaufort to what Banker in Lond on the residue of that sum shall be paid when the small expense is liquidated of purchasing the maps and preparing them and the charts as proposed.

I am at the same time to assure you, that every possible care will be taken in preparing this collection, not only with reference to the selection of the maps and charts, but also VOL. X.

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to their ready reference and due preservation; and that you will be duly informed when they are ready for conveyance to their destination.

I am, Sir, your most obedient servant,
A. E. BECHER, Commander, R. N.

Hydrographic Office, Admiralty, 24th July, 1850.

A letter from Commander Jenkins was produced, stating that it would be impossible for him to be present at the meeting, in consequence of a Court Martial on board the Hastings requesting that the motion on the notice list in reference to the Ross Testimonial should be deferred, and complaining that the substance of a part of Captain Becher's letter must have been divulged, as it had appeared in one of the daily papors, with some remarks on it by the Editor. He, Commander Jenkins, was a member of the Committee on the Ross Testimonial, and had not so much as seen the letter up to the present date.

It was explained, that Commander Jenkins on the first point was under a misapprehension there was no motion, or notice of a motion, on the notice list, on the subject of the Ross Testimonial; on the second, that the letters, when sent for publication in circular, were equally at the disposal of all the members; so soon as the circular was issued, they were in substance published.

Dr. Buist said—we shall probably hear by next mail from Captain Becher as to the amount of balance in his hands. I have not written in reply to his letter until the Society's views on the matter be expressed it would probably be best to place the balance in the hands of the London partners of our treasurers Messrs Remington and Co., to be drawn on, if required here, should exchange remittances from home improve. The money was remitted at par, and if necessary might be applied to the payment of the Society's accounts at home, a like amount being transferred from its ordinary funds here to that of the Ross Testimonial. There is a balance of Rs. 600 still unapplied in the hands of the Society : this, together with the other balance, will probably amount to say Rs. 1000, a sum sufficient to meet the preparation for publication of the Wind and Current Charts prepared by Mr. Macfarlane, which the subscribers to these are ready to place at our disposal as a contribu. tion to the Ross Testimonial, provided we are willing to undertake for their publicationotherwise they are intended to be sent home.-The Secretary was directed to write to Captain Becher acknowledging his letter, and stating that he would be instructed how to dispose of the balance of the funds in his hands so soon as the amount became known. The suggestions of the Secretary were desired to lie over for consideration, as it did not appear requisite that any step should on the present occasion be taken in the matter.

The following is from Mr. Adie, our instrument maker :

DEAR SIR,-We are favoured with yours of the 1st and 11th May, and have completed your order; we hoped to have been able to have informed you by this mail by what ship they are sent. The barometer No. 10, for which you wish another scale cut, cannot well be done without our having its present scale for size and length: if by any opportunity you could send it, we would then give another. We have not as yet heard anything of the barometer you mention as having been sent by Mr Dillon. The sympiesometer came by railway, from whence we know not, put up in a piece of pasteboard, with a charge of 10s. 2d., and as good luck would have it, all safe, and in perfect order, save want of a little regulation. We had your copy of the Times with a comparision of the Aneroid barometer and mercury: the agreement is certainly very close, but we should fear that you will not find it always so, and they will not do at all if taken to any considerable