'The Transactions of the Bombay Geographical Society. From January 1865 to December 1867. (Edited by the Honorary Secretary.) Volume XVIII.' [‎41] (68/268)

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BOMBAY GEOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY. x!i
British Museum ; Secretary, Geological Society of London, acknow
ledging with thanks Volume 17 of the Society’s Transactions. 2. From
Dr. Oldham, Superintendent Geological Survey of India; S. L.
Abbot, Esq., Corresponding Secretary, Boston Society of Natural
History; Joseph Henry, Esq., Secretary, Smithsonian Institution,
Washington ; Colonel W. Kendall, Acting Secretary to Government,
P. W. Department, forwarding donations for the acceptance of the
Society. 3. From the Colonial Secretary, Tasmania, informing the
Society that instructions were issued, at the request of Mr. W. E. Frere,
for a copy of Sprent’s Map of Tasmania being forwarded to the
Society, and stating that the Colonial Government would be glad to
receive a copy of any late Map of the Bombay Terrritory. 4. From
the Rev. Alexander Forbes, resigning the membership of the Society,
in consequence of his intended departure to England. 5. From
C. Gonne, Esq., Secretary to Government, Political Department,
forwarding a communication received from the Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency.
at Aden, for the information of the Society.
The Rev. Mr. Fletcher then observed, that at the Meeting of the
General Committee, held on the 10th instant, it was found desirable
to have some by-law, about the election of President, added to the
Rules ol the Society, as there was every probability that an election of
this nature at the General Meeting of the Society might some day
prove inconsiderate and unsatisfactory. He therefore moved that —
cc In the event of a vacancy in the office of President, the Committee
shall proceed at their Meeting next ensuing after the vacancy to
select the name of one gentleman for the office, who shall be proposed
at the General Meeting thereafter first held for election.”
ibis resolution was seconded by the Secretary, and unanimously
carried.
fhe Rev. Mr. Fletcher then said :—-I have the honour to propose
the Honorable Claude J. Erskine as a fit and proper person to fill the
office of President of this Society, vacant by the resignation of Cap
tain Thomas Black. Mr. Erskine is too well known to need any
tulogj from me. As an accomplished scholar and a man of large
scientific knowledge, he will be acceptable, I believe, to all as our
resident, and as a member of Her Majesty’s Government of Bombay From c. 1668-1858, the East India Company’s administration in the city of Bombay [Mumbai] and western India. From 1858-1947, a subdivision of the British Raj. It was responsible for British relations with the Gulf and Red Sea regions. ,
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