'Bombay Geographical Society. Index to the First Seventeen Volumes of the Society's Transactions. With Catalogue of the Library, and Catalogue of Charts, Maps, Sketches, and Views.' [‎98] (125/372)

GENERAL INDEX.
Meetings
-continued.
rary; list of papers laid be
fore the meeting, i. 17-19.
1836, April. —Annual report of the
proceedings of the Society
for 1835-36, i. 92-112.
1836, May. —Report by the Council
of the Society as to its posi
tion at this period, i. 265-274.
1836, June. —A letter is received from
the Royal Geographical So
ciety of Paris desiring to cor
respond with the Society, and
to exchange papers, which
was agreed to, i. 6,109.
1837, May. —Report of the proceed
ings of the Society for 1836-
37, i. 274-279.
1837, Aug. —Letters from Lord Auck
land, thanking the Society
for sending him copies of
their second and third re
ports, and expressing his de
sire to become a member, i.
280; letter from T. G. Taylor
astronomer at the Madras
observatory, requesting a
loan of the Society’s dipping
needle for a twelvemonth,
which was granted, 280 ; on
the motion of Lieut. Ayrton,
a subscription list is opened
for the purpose of forming a
geographical library, 281 ;
list of papers presented, 288.
1837, Nov. —Lord Auckland is elected
honorary patron of the So
ciety ; donations ; list of
papers presented, i. 288-300.
1838, Feb. —Letters—from Mr Smyth
describing the coast of Arabia
between the Bay of Curia
Muria and Morebat, i. 301;
from Dr Arbuckle descrip
tive of Aden on the Red Sea,
and the facilities it affords
for a coal depot, 302 ; from
Lieut. T. G. Carless contain
ing an account of a visit to
the hot springs of Kurrachee,
and a lake of alligators, and
a journey to the town of Bey-
lah, 303, from J. Ross, Esq.,
describing geographical re
search in the neighbourhood
of Baghdad, 306 ; donations,
306 ; list of papers present
ed, 307, et seq.
Meetings— continued.
1838, May. —Letters from the Secre
tary of the Royal Geogra
phical Society of London
acknowledging the receipt
of certain books, and inti
mating the transmission of
others, i. 371 ; from Sir A.
Burnes, transmitting a copy
of the native geographical
work entitled, “ Masalik-wo-
Moomalik,” 372 ; remarks on
the work by Dr Bird, 373;
letters, donations, 374 ; pa
pers presented ; report of
the Society for 1837-38, 375,
et seq.
1838, June. —Sundry letters read, ii.
71.
18 3 8, A ug. —Letter from Sir A. Burnes,
giving a summary of the
geographical labours of his
mission to Cabool, ii. 72, 73;
donations, 74; Rear-Admiral
Sir C. Malcolm resigns his
office as president of the
Society, 74 ; it is agreed to
hold a meeting for the pur
pose of considering the best
mode of testifying the So
ciety’s sense of Sir C. Mal
colm’s services, 74.
1838, Aug. —An extraordinary meet
ing, for the purpose of hear
ing an address read, which
had been drawn up by Dr
Bird, to be presented to Rear-
Admiral Sir C. Malcolm, on
the occasion of his resigning
the office of president; the
address, i. 396, ii. 74 ; it is
also resolved to request Sir
C. Malcolm to allow his por
trait to be taken for the
Society, and that the sum
necessary for this purpose
be raised by subscription,
i. 391, ii. 75 ; Captain Ross
is elected president, i. 392, ii.
76 ; letter from Captain W.
C. Harris of the Engineers,
transmitting a narrative of
his expedition into the in
terior of Southern Africa,
and offering his services to
the Society for the purpose
of making further attempts,
ii, 76, 77.