'The Transactions of the Bombay Geographical Society. From January 1865 to December 1867. (Edited by the Honorary Secretary.) Volume XVIII.' [‎48] (75/268)

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PROCEEDINGS OF THE
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
.ientific 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
t 0 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. Kennedy, 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 mem
bers, 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.
Kennedy s departure to Europe by the next ensuing steamer
wid 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,