The Geographical Journal (Journal of the Royal Geographical Society): Volume XVI, No. 6 [328v] (9/232)
The record is made up of 1 volume (111 folios). It was created in Dec 1900. It was written in English. The original is part of the British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity. .
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ROYAL GEOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY.
PATRON.
HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN.
VICE-PATRON.
HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS THE PRINCE OF WALES, K.G., K.T., K.P., G.C.B., etc., etc
Honorary President.
HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS THE DUKE OF YORK, K.G.
COUNCIL.
(ELECTED MAY 21, 1900.)
President.—Sir Clements R. Markham, K.C.B., F.R.S., F.S.A.
Vice-Presidents.
l Admiral Sir Anthony H. Hoskins, G.C.B
Hon. G. C. Brodrick. „ __
Right Hon. Sir George D. Tatjbman Goldie,
K C M G
Colonel Sir Thomas Hungeryord Holdich, R.E.,
K.C.I.E., C.B.
Treasurer— Edward L. Somers Cocks.
Trustees —Right Hon. Lord Avebury, F.R.S.; Sir Cuthbert E. Peek, Bart., F.R.A.S., F.S.A.
Honorary Secretaries -Major Leonard Darwin, R.E.; James F. Hughes.
Foreign Secretary —Sir John Kirk, K.C.B.,
G.C.M.G.
[Knight] Grand Cross of [the Order of] St Michael and St George (accolade).
, F.R.S.
Members of Council.
George S. Mackenzie, C.B.
Admiral A. H. Markham.
A. P. Maudslay.
Admiral oir „ T}
Admiral Sir F. Leopold McClintock, K.O.U.,
D.C.L., F.R.S. ^ ^ ^
General Sir Charles W. Wilson, R.E., K.U.H.,
K.C.M.G.
Major-General Sir John C. Ardagh, K.C.LE , C.B.
8 ir H. E. G. Bulwer,
G.C.M.G.
[Knight] Grand Cross of [the Order of] St Michael and St George (accolade).
W. T. Blanford, LL.D., F.R.S.
Colonel George Earl Church.
Clinton T. Dent. ttt ^ „ .
Major-General Sir Francis W. De Winton, R.A.,
G.C.M.G.
[Knight] Grand Cross of [the Order of] St Michael and St George (accolade).
, C.B.
Admiral Sir R. Yesey Hamilton, G.C.B.
Colonel D. A. Johnston, R.E.
Colonel Augustus Le Messurier, K.K, ui.Ui.
L. W. Longstaff.
Duke of Northumberland, K.G.
Sir George S. Robertson, K.C.S.I.
Howard Saunders, F.L.S. r ^
General Sir Henry A. Smyth, K.C.M.G.
Herbert Warington Smyth.
Lord Stanmore,
G.C.M.G.
[Knight] Grand Cross of [the Order of] St Michael and St George (accolade).
„
Colonel Charles Moore Watson, R.E., C.M.G.
Admiral Sir W. J. L. Wharton, K.C.B., F.R.S.
Secretary and Editor of Publications—J. Scott Keltie, LL.D.
Librarian —Hugh Robert Mill, D.Sc.
Map Curator. I Chief Clerk.
Edward A. Reeves, F.R.A.S. | J- Evis -
Bankers—Messrs. Cocks, Biddulph and Co., 43, Charing Cross.
Candidates for admission into the Society must be proposed and seconded by Fellows,
and it is necessary that the description and residence of such Candidates should be clearly
stated on their Certificates. .
It is provided by Chapter IV., § 1, of the Regulations, that—
“ Every Ordinary Fellow shall, on his election, be required to pay £5 as his admission fee, and
“£2 as his first annual subscription; or he may compound, either at his entrance by one payment of
“ £ 35 , or at any subsequent period on the following basis :—
Fellows of 20 years’ standing and over £12 10*.
„ 15 „ „ and under 20 ... £16
” io „ „ „ 15 ... £20
“ And no Fellow shall be entitled to vote or to enjoy any other privilege of the Society so long an
“ he shall continue in arrear.”
All Subscriptions are payable in advance, on the 1st of January in each year. _
The privileges of a Fellow include admission (with one Friend) to all ordinary
Meetings of the Society, and the use of the Library and Map-room. Each Fellow is also
entitled to receive a copy of all the Society’s Periodical Publications.
Copies of the Year Book, Regulations, and Candidates’ Certificates may be had on
application at the Society’s Office, 1, Savile Row, London, W.
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- Content
A summary of the journal's contents appears on folio 327, and the entire contents are listed on folio 328. The contents of the journal are as follows.
- The President's Opening Address, Session 1900-1901 (ff 336-337).
Articles:
- 'The Expedition between Lake Rudolf and the Nile' by Dr Arthur Donaldson Smith (ff 337-350) and a Map of North East Africa (f 394)
- 'The Voyages of Diogo Cão and Bartholomeu Dias, 1482-88' by Ernst Georg Ravenstein (ff 350-365) and Map illustrating the voyage (f 402)
- 'The Oases of the Mudirieh of Assyut' by A R Guest (ff 365-368)
- 'The Danish East Greenland Expedition in 1900' by Lieutenant Georg Carl Amdrup (ff 368-370)
- 'On the Afghan Frontier: A Reconnaissance in Shugnan' communicated by Dr A Marcoff (ff 370-377).
Other items:
- The Monthly Record (ff 377-383)
- Correspondence (ff 383-384)
- Meetings of the Royal Geographical Society, Session 1900-1901 (f 384)
- Geographical Literature of the Month (ff 384-391)
- New Maps (ff 391-393).
The journal features advertisements at the front and rear.
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (111 folios)
- Written in
- English in Latin script View the complete information for this record
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