'The Transactions of the Bombay Geographical Society. From January 1865 to December 1867. (Edited by the Honorary Secretary.) Volume XVIII.' [‎81] (108/268)

BOMBAY GEOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY.
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Five instalments of Books on account of the Cursetjee Furdoonjee
Paruck donation have come to hand, and the final shipment of a few
more books is shortly expected here. A separate case, similar to the one
now standing in the Society’s Rooms enclosing the Ross Testimonial,
shall be ordered for the accommodation of this collection.
Rupees Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf. 1,980 have been subscribed on account of the Frere Portrait
Fund. Of these Rs, 1,665 have been recovered, and the balance is under
recovery. Early opportunity will be taken to give effect to the wishes
of the Subscribers.
Of Mr. Premchund Roychund’s donation of Rs. 5,000 the Committee
have just sanctioned a portion to be applied for the general purposes
of the Society. A complete series of Maps of the Trigonometrical
Survey of India is also being obtained and mounted at the Education
Society’s Press, which will form a valuable acquisition to the
Library.
The necessity of a fourth case, like the three already standing here,
is much felt, as the Society’s collection of books has very much
increased.
A revised Catalogue of the Books received up to date has been com
piled, and the manuscript is, this day, presented to the Society. It is
Alphabetically arranged. Each book has been entered under two separate
headings—one, the author’s name ; and the other, the chief word in the
Title. The Catalogue printed in 1862 contained only one entry—the
author’s name—and was therefore defective for reference, as the author’s
name necessarily required to be known before the work could be found.
I he Catalogue will be printed at the Byeulla Press, and will then be sent
to London to be bound with the Catalogue of Maps, Charts, &c. which
is being printed at Home. The principal credit for this Catalogue is
due to the Clerk, Mr. Balvant Krishnarao Palekar, in whose hands the
whole arrangement has rested—and as far as can be seen, great care
seems to have been taken by him in the compilation. I have great
pleasure in bearing testimony to the marked ability he has evinced
in the discharge of his duties.
I he eighteenth Volume of the Transactions of the Society is in the
Press, and it is hoped that copies thereof will be placed in the hands of
Members before the opening of the next Session.
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