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12. Remarks on the Port of Lingah, the Island of Kislim, and the
Port of Bunder Ahbass and its neighbourhood,'by Lieut. Col. Lewis
Pelly. Contributed by Goyernment and read before the Society at the
same Meeting.
13. Report on the result of the observations and enquiries made
during a Tour in the various countries around Zanzibar, especially
those more or less connected with the Slave Trade, by Lieut. Col. R. L.
Playfair. Presented by Government and read before the Society at
their Annual Meeting, May 19th, 1864.
The Society has on its list to-day 105 members.
The number admitted during the session is 23, but against this four
have resigned membership, wdiile there have returned to Europe or
otherwise left India 8, in all a loss of 22 members. Mr. C. R. Mark
ham and the Rev. Dr. Humphry Lloyd have been admitted to Hono
rary Membership. A most pleasurable feature in the whole is,
that we are not called upon to deplore the loss by death of any one
member.
In Captain Felix Jones, late I. N., returning to Europe, and long so
well known as Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , v r e lose one of
our oldest members, and one who for many years as a Non-Resident
Member of Committee, the Society has deservedly held in very great
esteem. As a Marine Surveyor his labours are found in many of the
Maritime Surveys undertaken in the Eastern Seas since 1834, and at a
late period in the surveys of Mesopotamia. The contributions from
his pen are the following, wdiich will be found respectively in the 8th,
9th, 10th, and 12th Volumes of the Society’s Transactions :*—
1. Narrative of a Journey through parts of Persia and Kurdistan,
undertaken in company with Major Rawlinson, Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency. in
Turkish Arabia A term used by the British officials to describe the territory roughly corresponding to, but not coextensive with, modern-day Iraq under the control of the Ottoman Empire. , dated Baghdad, 31st December 184/. Presented
by Government.
2. Preliminary Remarks on the Nahrwan Canal, with a glance at
the past history of its province.
3. Researches in the vicinity of the Median w*all oi Xenophon, and
along the old course of the river Tigris.
4. Brief Observations, forming an Appendix to the Map of
Baghdad.