tion with them was their staunch friend, and one of their warmest supporters.

It is also a mournful task to have to advert to the great loss we have sustained by the demise of R. Haines, Esq., M.B., who died on the 26th April last. His period of membership dates from 1849. Beneath the most unassuming manners he possessed a fund of scientific attainments, which were always at the call of the Society.

The Honorable H. L. Anderson joined the Society in 1855, and, in addition to personal co-operation, took every opportunity which his official position as Chief Secretary to the local Government gave him, of advancing to the best of his power the interests of our body.

Edwin Heycock, Esq., was admitted a Member in the year 1859. During the period of his membership he always displayed a readiness to forward the objects of the Society. The paper read by him before the Society regarding "The Mosaic Account of the Passage of the Israelites out of Egypt supported by the Geographical Configuration of the country surrounding the Gulf of Suez," will be found in the 16th Volume of the Society's Transactions.

D. J. Kennelly, Esq., Corresponding F.R.G.S., joined the Society in 1856, and since January 1859 filled the office of their Honorary Secretary, in succession to the late Dr. Buist. Owing, however, to his final retirement from India on the 20th February last, he was compelled to resign the Secretaryship. Mr. Kennelly's disinterested services in behalf of the Society during a period of seven years, and his unremitting exertions in strengthening their financial position by securing extraordinary donations from the more opulent of the members, were acknowledged by them in the following Resolution, which was proposed by the Rev. W. K. Fletcher, M.A., seconded by Dr. R. S. Sinclair, and unanimously carried:

"That the Society having heard with much regret that Mr. Kennelly's departure to Europe by the next ensuing steamer will deprive them of his most valuable labours as Secretary, tender him their grateful thanks for the diligence and ability with which he has conducted the Society's business since his appointment to the office in January 1859, and offer for his acceptance a complete set of the Society's Transactions, hand

somely bound and inscribed, and unanimously elect him an

Honorary Member of the Society."

Copies of the reprint of Volume VI. of the Society's Transactions, published at the expense of Sorabjee Pestonjee Framjee, Esq., were transmitted by the Society's agent in London three months back, and are shortly expected to arrive here. The original grant of Rs. 1,000 for the above purpose has been exceeded, and Mr. Sorabjee has, with his usual munificence, consented to bear the excess.

The General Index to the 17 Volumes of the Transactions, together with the Catalogue of the Charts, &c., will shortly be through the press, under the supervision of Mr. Kennelly, who has kindly undertaken to attend to their completion. The Society need not be reminded that to enable them to carry out the publication of the same, they are indebted to the liberality of Bhugwandass Purshotumdass, Esq., who placed the sum of Rs. 3,500 at their disposal last year.

Four instalments of books on account of the Cursetjee Furdoonjee Paruck grant have come to hand, and another and last shipment is shortly expected. Rs. 100 out of Mr. Cursetjee's donation have been reserved for a bookcase for the accommodation of this collection.

Mr. Premchund Roychund's donation of Rs. 5,000 for the purchase of Maps, Charts, &c., still remains unexpended. Early opportunity will, however, be taken to give effect to the wishes of the munificent donor.

Among the many donations received during the last Session, that of Maps of the Australian Colonies, by the several Governments, at the instance of W. E. Frere, Esq., during his tour in that quarter, requires a prominent mention.

Copies of Volume XVII. of the Society's Transactions were placed in the hands of the members in October last, and opportunity will be taken for preparing the 18th Volume.

At the conclusion of the Report the annual Statement of Receipts and Disbursements on account of the Society from 1st May 1865 to 30th April 1866, submitted to the Society, showed a balance of Rs. 9,983-1-6 to their credit. In this sum are comprised the cash balances of the several donations in trust with the Society.

The best thanks of the Society were then voted to the Honorable the President, to the Honorary Secretary, and to the office-bearers of the past year, and the Meeting adjourned.

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SESSION 1866-67.

FIRST MEETING.-November 15th, 1866.

The ordinary Monthly Meeting of the Bombay Geographical Society was held in their Rooms, Town Hall, on Thursday the 15th November 1866, at 5 P.M.

Present.-James Burgess, Esq. M.R.A.S., Senior Member, in the chair; J. Firth, Esq.; J. Mackinlay, Esq.; K. R. Kama, Esq.; Edward Chapple, Esq.; Dhirujram Dulputram, Esq., Members; and Lieut. Henry Morland, F.R.A.S., F.R.G.S., Honorary Secretary.

The Minutes of the last meeting were read and confirmed.

Donations.-The following Donations were laid before the Society, for which their best thanks were requested to be conveyed to the donors:

1. Papers relating to Revised Rates of Assessment for 13 different Talookas of the Tanna Collectorate. Presented by Govern

ment.

2. Water Supply of Poona and Kirkee, with Plans and Estimates by Lieut. Col. Fife, R.E. By Ditto.

3.

A Paper on Irrigation in the Southern Maratha Country, with a Map. By Ditto.

4. A Paper on Irrigation in the Deccan and Southern Maratha Country. By Colonel Playfair, R.E. By Ditto.

5. Irrigation Projects for the Bombay Presidency. Land in the Paihra and Godavery Valleys near Newassa, in the Ahmednuggur Collectorate. By Ditto.

6. Letters relating to Assessment of Lohara and Wurrungaum Pergunnas, and nine villages in Challisgaum Talooka. By Ditto.

7. Proceedings of the Royal Society, Vol. XIV., Nos. 71 to 77. By the Society.

8. Memoirs of the Literary and Philosophical Society of Manchester. 3rd Series. Vol. II. By the Society.

9. Proceedings of the above Society, Vols. III. and IV. By the Society.

10. Bulletin of the Geographical Society of Paris for July and September 1866. By the Society.

11. Memoirs of the Geological Survey of India. By the Bengal Government.

12. Annual Report of the Geological Survey of India, and of the Museum of Geology, Calcutta. By Ditto.

13. Catalogue of Meteorites in the Museum of the Geological Survey of India, Calcutta. By Ditto.

14. Catalogue of the Organic Remains belonging to the Cephalopoda in the Museum of the Geological Survey of India, Calcutta. By Ditto.

15. Proceedings and Transactions of the Meteorological Society of Mauritius. Vol. VI. By the Society.

16. Report of the Superintendent of the Government Observatory at Colaba. By the Superintendent of the Observatory.

17. Report on the Calcutta Cyclone of the 5th October 1864. By the Meteorological Committee of Calcutta.

18. Transactions of the Imperial Geographical Society of Vienna. 8 volumes. By the Society.

Letters read. The following letters were then read :—

1. From Commander G. T. Robinson, and Dr. A. H. Leith, requesting the Secretary to convey to the Society their best thanks for their election as Vice-Presidents of the Society for the year 1866-67. 2. From Captain Sherard Osborn, C.B., and Lieut. W. T. Crockett, withdrawing from the Society. 3. From Henry F. Blanford, Esq., Honorary Secretary Meteorological Society, Calcutta, forwarding a report on the Calcutta Cyclone of 1864, and proposing for the consideration of the Society an exchange of their publications with those of the Meteorological Committee. 4. From S. Fotterley, Esq., Secretary, Imperial Geographical Society of Vienna, transmitting the whole of the Society's publications (Miltheilungen) for the acceptance of the Society, and requesting in exchange a complete set of the Transactions. 5. From Lieut. T. F. Dowden, R.E., Under Secretary, Public Works Department, forwarding Selections, Series Nos. 4 and 5. 6. From Dr. Thomas Oldham, Superintendent Geological Survey of India, forwarding donations. 7. From Dr. G. C. M. Birdwood, Uni

versity Registrar, Bombay, requesting the use of the Society's rooms for four days for the University Examinations. 8. From A. V. Nursing Row, Esq., Daba Gardens, Vizagapatam, forwarding a paper containing the results of his meteorological observations, and stating that he should be happy to send them in future to the Society should they approve of them. 9. From J. King, Esq., Acting Under Secretary to Government, General Department, forwarding copies of extracts relative to an Earthquake which took place in Dadoo Talooka of the Kurrachee Collectorate.

The Honorary Secretary then proposed that Captain Sherard Osborn, C.B., R.N., F.R.G.S., be elected an Honorary Member of the Society, for his most acceptable services in furthering the objects of the science of Geography, and his valuable contributions to the Library of the Society during his sojourn here.

This Resolution having been seconded by Mr. Mackinlay, was unanimously carried, and Captain Osborn was declared an Honorary Member of the Society.

It was then unanimously resolved that the offer of the Meteorological Committee of Calcutta, and the Imperial Geographical Society of Vienna, for the exchange of their publications with those of this Society, be accepted.

The Honorary Secretary then read a communication-" Rassam's Mission to the Emperor Theodorus of Abyssinia: accounts of events from 28th January to 22nd March 1866"-received from Government.

At the conclusion of this paper the best thanks of the Society were voted to His Excellency the Governor in Council for this very interesting communication. The other papers announced for the evening were postponed to next month, and the Meeting separated at a very late hour.

SESSION 1866-67.

SECOND MEETING.-December 20th, 1866.

The ordinary Monthly Meeting of the Bombay Geographical Society was held in their Rooms, Town Hall, on Thursday the 20th December 1866, at half-past 4 P.M.