XXII.-Notes on Two Journeys from Baghdad to the Ruins of Al- Hadhr, in Mesopotamia, in 1836 and 1837. By JOHN XXIII.-Note on a Part of the River Tigris, between Baghdad and III-1. Pilote Français. 4me, partie 2. Exposé des Opérations Géodésiques exécutées sur les Côtes Septentrionales de France. Par P. BEGAT, IV.— Reise in Abyssinia. Von Dr. EDWARD Rüppell I. On the recent Establishment at Port Essington, on the Northern Coast of Australia. By Captain Sir J. GORDON II.-On the Longitude of Valparaiso and Callao, in a Letter from III.-Note on the Gulfs of Kos and Symi, in Anatolia. By Lieut. IV.-Note on a New Map of Kamchatka. Extract from a Letter V.-Outline of a Route through the Panjab, Kábul, Kashmir, and into Little Tibet, in the years 1834-8. By G. T. VIGNE, Esq. 512 VI.-Discoveries in the Antarctic Ocean, in February, 1839 VII.-Note on a Rock seen on an Iceberg in 61° South Latitude. 380 408 440 476 522 2. part of the South Coast of Arabia 3. the Nile from Es-suan to Al-leïs دو part of Asia Minor from Scutari to Vezir Köpri. 5. part of Arabia Petræa and Palestine the range of Temperature in the Arctic Regions (2 Maps) Route from Cordoba to La Rioja in South America Sections of the Valley of the Nile in Egypt the River Tigris from Ctesiphon to Móșul 10. View of the Balleny Islands in the Antarctic Ocean Sir George T. STAUNTON, Bart., F.R.S. | Francis BAILY, Esq., F.R.S. Maj. Gen. Sir A. DICKSON, R.A., G.C.B., James MORIER, Esq., F.R.S. F.S.A. Colonel Fox. J. BAILLIE FRASER, Esq. Bartholomew FRERE, Esq. R. I. MURCHISON, Esq., F.R.S. Sir WOODBINE PARISH, F.R.S. Lord PRUDнoe. Rt. Hon. Sir Charles VAUGHAN, FOREIGN HONORARY MEMBERS. His Imperial Highness the Archduke Vienna Admiral F. B. LUTKE. St. Petersburg A. J. LETRONNE, Mem. Iust. Fr.. Paris Dr. Charles VON MARTIUS, For. M.L.S. Corr. Inst. Fr. and Acad. Berl. Munich Count MEYENDORF St. Petersburg Professor Carl RITTER, For. M.R A.S. Mem. Acad. Berl. Berlin . Paris Admiral VON KRUSENSTERN, Corr. Mem. St. Petersburg Acad. Berl. Count Alexandre L. J. LABORDE, Mem. Professor Finn MAGNUSSEN Copenhagen General PELET, Chef du Dépôt de la Guerre Mons. P. VANDERMAELEN Paris Brussels Society 1839. AT THE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING, MAY 27, 1839, The following Report from the Council was read : The Council has again to congratulate the Society upon the steady increase in the number of its Members, affording a gratifying proof, it is willing to believe, of the interest felt by the public in the advancement of geographical science. Since our last anniversary, sixty-three new Members have been elected; twelve vacancies by death and resignation have occurred; and the Society now consists of 651 Members, besides sixty Foreign Honorary and Corresponding Members. During the past year we have to lament the loss of a distinguished Foreign Honorary Member, the Baron de Hamelin, an Admiral in the French navy, well known as having been one of the French expedition to the coasts of Australia, about the beginning of this century; and, more lately, as having presided over the Dépôt de la Marine de France, and to whose liberality we are indebted for some of the most costly and valuable works which adorn our library. Finances.-The state of the finances of the Society, the details of which are annexed, continues satisfactory. The expenditure for the past year has been considerable, in consequence of 2251. having been paid towards the South African expedition (now terminated), and 150l. towards the expedition to Kurdistán; yet it is gratifying to add, that these heavy demands have been paid out of the current income of the Society, leaving untouched the capital of 4800l. invested in the funds-that stock representing the |