'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.' [‎104] (131/372)

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GENERAL INDEX,
Meetings — continued .
eignation of the secretary
ship, xv. 18; election of Mr
Kennelly, I.N., to the secre
taryship, 21; letters, dona
tions, 21; remarks on the
laterite of Cochin and Quil-
on, by Dr Buist, 21.
1859, Feb. —Letters, donations, xv.
24; bottle log forwarded to
the Society, 26; Captain W.
C. Barker on the navigation
between Bombay and Suez,
with reference to the pro
posed Suez canal of Monsieur
Ferdinand de Lesseps, 27.
1859, March. —Donations, xv. 36; a
paper on the island of Jib-
leea, Kooria Mooria Islands,
is read by the secretary, 37.
1859, April. —Donations, letters, xv.
41; the secretary reads a
paper, by Mr J. Dawson, on
the geography and meteor
ology of the Kooria Mooria
Islands, 42; letter from Cap
tain Pullen, giving some in
teresting experiments as to
the temperature of the ocean
at great depths, 43.
1859, May. —Donations, letters, xv.
46; general committee elect
ed, and annual report read,
47.
1859, June. —Sub-committees elected,
xv. 51; donations, letters,
52; Dr Carter supplies a
microscopical examination
of Captain Pullen’s speci
mens from the sea-bottom
between the coasts of India
and Arabia, 52.
1859, Sept. —Donations, letters, xv.
58; present to Dr Buist for
his editorial labours on the
Society’s Transactions, 60;
extracts from Dr Buist’s
paper on hurricanes in the
eastern seas from 1854 to
1859, were read, 63, et seq.
1859, Oct. —Donations, letters, xv. 70.
1859, Nov. —Donations, letters, xv.
72; Sir Bartle Frere forwards
altitudes of various places
situated on the north-west
frontier, obtained by the !
boiling point of water, 72.
1859, Dec.—Donations, letters, xv.
Meetings— continued.
74; letter from Captain
Speke regarding his intend
ed exploration of Central
Africa, 74; a paper is read
on the surveys in the Indian
Ocean, with reference to the
existing errors of its physical
geography, 75.
1860, Jan. —Donations, letters, xv.
76; the secretary remarks on
the existing defects in pri
vate charts, and the resolu
tion of the Society thereon,
78 ; Captain Speke’s paper
on the commerce of Central
Africa was then read, 78;
Dr Birdwood’s remarks
thereon in connexion with
the trade between Bombay
the Gulf of Persia, Bed Sea,
and African coast, 78.
1860, Feb. —Donations, letters, xv.
81; Dr Birdwood reads his
paper entitled, “ Is the Hab-
aiah of Bruce the source of
the White Nile ? ” 81.
1860, March. —Donations, letters, xv.
82; Lieutenant Philbrick’s
“ Notes on the Andamans ”
is read, 83.
1860, April. —Donations, letters, xv.
83; letter from J. Bitchie,
Esq., enclosing extracts of
logs of ships Wellesley and
Barham, 84; letter from
Captain Speke regarding
his intended exploration of
Africa, 85; remarks by Dr
Birdwood on the source of
the White Nile, 86.
1860, May. —Donations, letters, xv.
89 ; report for the year, 90 ;
financial statement, 96.
1860, Sept. —Remarks on the physical
geography of India, xvi. 16,
1860, Oct. —The Society expresses its
regret at the death of Dr
Buist, xvi. 17 ; donations,
17; remarks on the passage
from Sydney to Booby Island
through Torres Straits, &c.,
18, et seq.
1860, Nov. —Donations, letters, xvi.
22 ; remarks on the Cinchona
forests of South America, by
Dr Birdwood, 22-25.
1860, Dec. —Donations,letters,xvi. 26.