'Transactions of the Bombay Geographical Society, from January 1847 to May 1849. Edited by the Secretary. Volume VIII.' [‎32] (47/496)

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and the rules referring to the library, as well as a catalogue of the books, charts,
and maps, published along with it.—Mr Pigott stated that it would be desirable
to make the maps, drawings, and manuscript papers, of the Society, accessible to
the members within a limited period of their being given in.- It was explained
that the papers of the Society, unless when in the hands of the printer, were at all
times accessible, within the rooms, to all the ^nembers of the Society, and that
they might be consulted by any stranger on an order from the Secretary.
It was moved by Mr Pigott, seconded by Dr Buist, and agreed to unani
mously, that hereafter each member should be entitled to give an order to a
friend, or to bring one along with him to the ordinary meetings of the Society ;
and that this, together with the regulation in reference to the library, should
become one of their rules for the future.
The Secretary reported, on behalf of the Committee on the Scheme of Tidal
and Meteorological Observations, that they had met immediately after their ap
pointment, and directed the Secretary to draw up a letter of thanks to the
Government, and a letter renewing their intercourse with Her Majesty’s Lords
of the Admiralty. Pressure of business had prevented the Committee's instruc
tions from being attended to, but they would now be carried into effect without
loss of time.
In reference to the letter of Mr Lumsden on the subject of the Statistical
information desired by the Hon’ble the Court of Directors The London-based directors of the East India Company who dealt with the daily conduct of the Company's affairs. , the Secretary was de
sired to write to Government, stating that the Society had, on receiving the first
communication on the subject, specially directed the attention of their members to
the enquiries desired by the Court to be replied to, but that no answer had hither
to been sent in ; that though the Society were deeply impressed with the un
importance of the information the Court desired to be collected, they had at no
time been sanguine of obtaining it by the methods recommended for the purpose.
It was moved by Mr Pigott, and agreed to unanimously—That the Right
Hon’ble the Governor be requested to become the Patron of the Society in the
room of the late Governor Sir George Clerk. *
Prom the appearance of the Society’s tables it might have been supposed that
a par y of Geologists rather than of Geographers were about to discuss the ma-
Zt 7 S CrUSt ° f f 6 earth ’ rather tha “ the graphical features of its
' F ° r ;° nci f n f ss sake we shal1 a little from the strict order of the
table r g l f 6 T^’ ' Vith “ account of specimens on the
table : the largest suit was that presented by Lieut. Christopher as part of the
fruits of his voyage up the Indus. 1 1 0
auanUtfeslo lW, hiS ^ ^ ^ ^ Variety ° f 4,10 m:neral sent in lar g e
rrit" "rir::: rr ago i by ! Runjeet The ^c-cns were 0 f
C ^ surfaces perfectly smooS and lu o s,’
ts pStv L ZlrT ItS T eSS eVen tMs ~ >>ore evidence of
lE^ofs” t magneS ,' a 311 lime ’ VVhicl1 f °™ the “-t objectionable
contaminations of sea salt, being what chiefly occasion its deliquescence. All the