'The Transactions of the Bombay Geographical Society. From January 1865 to December 1867. (Edited by the Honorary Secretary.) Volume XVIII.' [‎3] (30/268)

BOMBAY GEOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY,
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will have the goodness to apply that sum towards the purchase of
Maps, Charts, &c., which the Society stand in need of.
I remain, &c*,
Premchund Roychunb ;”
when it was unanimously resolved to accept Mr. Premchund
Roychund’s handsome donation, and to tender to that gentleman
the Society’s best thanks for the same. It was also carried by accla
mation that he be nominated a Life Member of the Society.
By the kindness of Lieut. Morland, whose interestiug paper they
were intended to illustrate, the Society’s tables were covered with rare
specimens of ilbyssiman art and industry, consisting of swords, shields,
spears, hides, shells, ivory cups, specimens of textile fabrics, &c. &c.
The business of the evening having been brought to a conclusion.
Lieutenant Morland, at the invitation of the Vice-President, read his
Paper, “ Gleanings as to the present state of Abyssinia, and a short
account of a visit to the Hot Springs of Ailaat.”
It is needless to add, that at the conclusion of his very interesting
and valuable paper, Lieut. Morland sat down amidst the plaudits of
the assembled members, and it was felt that the well-merited address
from the Vice-President, conveying the thanks of the Society to that
gentleman, was but the adequate expression of their deep interest in the
various details of his communication; particularly in the narration of
the late events connected with the imprisonment of our Consul by King
Theodorus.
After a conversation of some length in which many of the Members
took a part, the meeting was adjourned to Thursday, February
16th, 1865.
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SESSION 1864-65.
Sixth Meeting. —February KFJi, 1865.
The ordinary Monthly Meeting of the Bombay Geographical Society
was held in their New Rooms, on the basement story of the Town Hall,
on Thursday the 16th February, at half past 4 f.m.