Transactions of the Bombay Geographical Society, Vol. 15 (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from Transactions of the Bombay Geographical Society, Vol. 15 1st. This Society, established for the purpose of encouraging and instituting Geographical researches in Western Asia, and the countries contiguous, is denominated the Bombay Geographical Society. 2nd. The Society shall consist of Honorary and Ordinary Members. 3rd. Every candidate for admission, whether as an Ordinary or Honorary Member, must be proposed and seconded at one Meeting of the Society, and balloted for at the next. 4th. No person shall be considered duly elected, unless he unite in his favour the votes of three-fourths of the Members present. 5th. An annual Subscription, amounting to Rs. 15, to be paid by all Members in advance, on the 1st of April of each year. 6th. Members may compromise, by a single payment of Rs. 100, instead of a payment of Rs. 15 annually. 7th. Of the Office-Bearers and Committee.-The Office-Bearers shall consist of a President, a Secretary, and Treasurer,-permanent; three Vice-Presidents, and a General Committee of Management (consisting of 20 Members), to be chosen annually. 8th. That the Committee of Management and other Office-Bearers of the Society, eligible annually, shall be chosen by general vote of the Ordinary Members, to whom voting lists shall be forwarded three months previous to the Anniversary Meeting, at which the returns shall be scrutinised and announced. 9th. Two Sub-Committees, consisting of six Members each, shall be annually selected from among the Resident Members of the General Committee, at the first meeting after the annual election of the latter. The Sub-Committee having the superintendence of all the internal management, account, &c. of the Society, shall be denominated the "Sub-Committee of Accounts:" the other shall conduct the correspondence of the Society, and suggest plans for attaining its scientific objects-to be called "The Sub-Committee of Correspondence." 10th. The Secretary shall be a Member of the Committee of Management ex-officio. 11th. Each Sub-Committee can meet independently of the other for the purpose of discharging the business especially entrusted to it; and the meeting shall be summoned by a circular from the Secretary. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.