(9-13) i-cxii I.-Gleanings as to the Present state of Abyssinia, and a II.-Report on an Overland Journey from Bagdad to Constantinople, through Turkish Arabia and Asia Minor.-By Lieut. Col. F. J. GOLDSMID. Con- III. Remarks on the Pearl Oyster Beds in the Persian Gulf. By Lieut. Col. LEWIS PELLY, Her Bri- IV.-Memorandum of Notes on Mekran; together with a Report on a Visit to Kej, and Route through Mekran from Gwadur to Kurrachee. By Lieut. V.-Mr. Rassam's Mission to the Emperor Theodorus of Abyssinia. Account of Events from 28th January to 22nd March 1866. Contributed by Government. VI-Report by Lieut. Col. W. L. MEREWETHER, C.B., Resident at Aden, describing the various places VII.-Memorandum on the Geological Action on the South Coast of Kattyawar, and in the Runn of Kutch. By WILLIAM SOWERBY, Esq., C.E., F.G.S. Con- tributed by the Author LIST OF MAPS, &c. PAGE 96 PAGE RULES AND REGULATIONS. 1st. This Society, established for the purpose of encouraging and instituting Geographical researches in Western Asia, and the countries contiguous, is denominated the " Bombay Geographical Society." 2nd. The Society shall consist of Honorary and Ordinary Members. 3rd.-Every candidate for admission, whether as an Ordinary or Honorary Member, must be proposed and seconded at one Meeting of the Society, and balloted for at the next. 4th.-No person shall be considered duly elected, unless he unite in his favour the votes of three-fourths of the Members present. 5th.-An annual Subscription, amounting to Rs. 15, to be paid by all Members in advance, on the 1st of April of each year. 6th-Members may compromise, by a single payment of Rs. 100 instead of a payment of Rs. 15 annually. 7th. Of the Office-Bearers and Committee.-The Office-Bearers shall consist of a President, a Secretary, and Treasurer,-permanent; three Vice-Presidents, and a General Commitee of Management (consisting of 20 Members), to be chosen annually. Sth. That the Committee of Management and other Office-Bearers of the Society eligible annually, shall be chosen by general vote of the Ordinary Members, to whom voting lists shall be forwarded three months previous to the Anniversary Meeting, at which the returns shall be scrutinised and announced. 9th. Two Sub-Committees, consisting of six Members each, shall be annually selected from among the Resident Members of the General Committee, at the first meeting after the annual election of the latter. The Sub-Commmittee having the superintendence of all the internal management, account, &c., of the Society, shall be denominated the "Sub-Committee of Accounts:" the other shall conduct the correspondence of the Society, and suggest plans for attaining its scientific objects to be called "The Sub-Committee of Correspondence." 10th-The Secretary shall be a Member of the Committee of Management ex-officio. 11th. Each Sub-Committee can meet independently of the other for the purpose of discharging the business especially entrusted to it; and the meeting shall be summoned by a circular from the Secretary. 12th. The Sub-Committee of Accounts shall lay before the Annual General Meeting, to be held in May or April of each year, the state of the Society's Funds. The Sub-Committee of Correspondence shall lay before the same Meeting a list of the Scientific Contributions made to the Society during the year. 13th. Each Sub-Committee shall elect, from among its Members, a President to preside at its meetings. 14th. The President shall preside at the General Meetings of the Society, to conduct the proceedings, and give effect to the Resolutions. 15th. The Vice-Presidents shall preside at the General Meetings in the absence of the President, and in rotation at Meetings of the General Committee of Management. 16th. The Secretary shall attend the Meetings of the Society and those of the Committee, to record their proceedings and conduct the correspondencee. He shall also superintend the persons employed by the Society, and under the control of the Committee for managing the accounts, shall superintend the expenditure of the establishment. 17th.-The Treasurer will receive, through the Secretary, all monies due to the Society, and make payments out of the funds of the Society, according to the directions of the Secretary. 18th. The Society shall meet on the third Thursday of every month, at 4-30 P.M. 19th. Notice shall 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 all matters of business, &c., intended to be brought before the Society, shall be notified to the Members by printed circulars. 20th.-Each Member may introduce a friend to all ordinary Meetings of the Society. 21st. The Society shall present copies of its transactions to the principal Public Libraries in India, Europe, and America; and exchange |