'Transactions of the Bombay Geographical Society, from September 1850 to June 1852. Edited by the Secretary. Volume X.' [‎41] (62/458)

REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON THE ROSS TESTIMONIAL^ xli
views of the Society, as formerly expressed, carried into effect, in the manner
likely to be most acceptable to Mr Mayes.
The following Report from the Committee on the Ross Testimonial was then
read by the Secretary :—
Report of the Committee on the Ross Testimonial, appointed on the 22nd July 1849, for
the purpose of carrying out the Resolution of the Society, that a Portrait of Captain Ross
be procured by subscription, to be hung up in the Rooms of the Society.
1st- On the 16th August 1849, your Committee reported that they had proceeded to receive
subscriptions to the Ross Testimonial, and that the sums then set down amounted to Rupees Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf.
1504 ; that, after setting aside an amount sufficient for procuring a Portrait, a large balance
would remain to be expended according as the Society should determine. At this date the
Society, in accordance with the recommendation of the Committee, rescinded the resolu
tion as to the maximum amount to be subscribed, and threw the list open to the general
public. The family of Captain Ross, having been referred to, expressed their gratification at
the proceedings of the Society, and their anxiety to assist in carrying out their views.
2nd. In March 1850, the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company forwarded
the munificent sum of £105 as their contribution to the Ross Testimonial Fund, and up to
t he present date Rupees Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf. 3,014 have been set down, of which Rupees Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf. 2,703 have been realized.
3rd. On the 16th May 1850, the Society directed the sum of £200 to be remitted to Cap
tain Beecher, for the purpose of defraying the charges of fitting up certain maps and charts,
which were to be hungup in the Rooms of the Society, as a portion of the Testimonial. That
officer has since intimated that the sum forwarded greatly exceeds the exigencies of the occasion,
and that the charges incurred by him in forwarding the views of the Society will be compara
tively small. A large balance remains in his hands, the amount of which he has been requested
to intimate to the Society, when its disposal may be determined upon. To this letter, which
was dispatched on the 3rd of October, no answer has up to the present time been received.
4. At the date just referred to, £50 was remitted to Colonel Lloyd, by direction of the
Society, to meet the charges of the Portrait of Captain Ross, Colonel Lloyd having carried
into effect the wishes of the Society, the Portrait having been dispatched by the Ship Sutledge^
which sailed on the 4th December.
6 . The Committee have prepared for the consideration of the Society a draft of a letter
in reply, and now report the task assigned to them at the date of their election completed,
and beg to place at the disposal of the Society the various circulars, minutes and other papers,
containing a record of the details of their proceedings.
(Signed) J. P. Willoughbv ; J. C. Hawkins ; G. Jenkins ; G. Buist, Secretary.
Ifc was moved by Colonel Moore, seconded by Major LeGrand Jacob, and
unanimously agreed to,—“ That the Committee, on now being dissolved, receive
the cordial thanks of the Society, for their exertions in carrying into effect the
objects for which they were appointed-^
letter fiom Government, under the Military and Marine Departments, in
reply to tnat of the Secretary, of date 21st March, was read, sanctioning the
extension of the grant of rupees Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf. 3,000 to the publication of such observations
as the Society deemed proper, beyond those originally specified, and leaving the
anangement of this entirely in the hands of the Society. In reference to the
5 oition of the Society’s letter referring to the erection of Self-registering Wind