'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.' [‎99] (126/372)

GENERAL INDEX.
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Meetings— continued.
1838, Nov. —List of papers presented,
ii. 79*.
1839, May. —Resolutions in reference
to members, ii. 123 ; letters,
123 ; papers presented, 124.
1839, June. —Letter from the Cape of
Good Hope, relating the dis
covery of a great unknown
lake in the interior of Africa,
iii. 74 ; donations, 75, 76.
1839, Aug. —Letter from T. B. Tay
lor, Esq., of the Madras Ob
servatory, forwarding an ac
count of some observations
made with the Society’s dip
ping needle, iii. 76 ; dona
tion, 76.
1839, Nov. —Two letters from the Se
cretary of the Royal Geogra
phical Society of London, for
warding an account of the
Arctic discoveries of Messrs
Dease and Simpson, a copy
of the President’s address,
and a paper on the names of
places on the Red Sea; and
intimating that the Society
had decided to send a com
plete set of their Journal to
each of the principal public
libraries in India, iii. 143;
papers presented, 143.
1840, Feb .—Letter from Captain Boyd
on the lead ore found near
Beyla, iii. 204; papers pre
sented ; donations, 205.
1841, Feb. —The museum which the
Society had formed is, at
the request of the Bombay
Branch of the Royal Asiatic
Society, and with the inten
tion of better forwarding the
interests of science, made
over to it, i. 7.
1841, Feb. —Letters—from Mr Layard,
dated Karrak, requesting the
Society to provide him with
certain instruments to aid
him in the prosecution of his
geographical inquiries, vi. 1;
from C. F. Beke, dated Ta-
joura, Africa, transmitting a
specimen of an African plant;
2 ; from M. D'Abbadie, de
scribing the town of Bar-
berah, Africa, 3; from Major
Stirling, giving an account
Meetings— continued.
of a visit to the Falls of San-
sadura, India, 5; and some
geological remarks on trap
rock, 7; donations, 8 ; ad
ditions to the Society’s lib
rary, 9-11.
1841, May. —Election of office-bearers,
vi. 11 ; donations, 12, 13.
1841, Nov. —Papers, donations, vi.
13.
1842, Feb. — Letters, papers, dona
tions, vi. 14.
1842, March .—The death of Dr Hed-
dle, who had acted as secre
tary of the Society from the
commencement, and whose
energy and industry had con
tributed so much to its suc
cess, is announced, and re
gretted ; list of papers pub
lished by the Society from
March 1836 to March 1844
i. 7.
1842, March .—Special meeting for
the purpose of devising some
means of evincing the So
ciety’s regard for the memory
of the late Dr Heddle. It is
resolved to erect, by sub
scription, a tablet in the
cathedral or Byculla church,
Bombay, with an inscription
commemorative of the So
ciety’s respect for his me
mory, vi. 16-18.
1842, May. —The Heddle testimonial;
a special meeting to be held
to consider the best mode of
commemorating the late Sir
A. Burnes ; donations, vi.
18 ; Dr Buist elected secre
tary, 19; financial statement
for 1841, 21.
1842, Aug. —It is announced that 2735
rupees Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf. have been subscribed
for the purpose of erecting
a memorial to the late Dr
Heddle, the secretary, vi.
17 ; donations, 17.
1842, Aug. —A special meeting for the
purpose of originating a me
morial to the late Sir A.
Burnes ; it is unanimously
agreed to have his portrait
painted at the expense of
the Society, and hung up in
their rooms, vi.G 8-21.