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appointed by the Court of Directors to be Surveyor-General of 

 India; but the appointment never really toolc place, as Colonel 

 Everest had not resigned. 



Colonel Jervis was the successful translator of Baron Hugel's 

 Travels in Cashmir, and he had, I understand, translated other 

 voyages and travels, which were never printed. Being well known 

 for his untiring energy and his accomplishments as well as for his 

 acquaintance with foreign languages, and having shown his fore- 

 sight by the publication of a translation of the Eussian map of the 

 Crimea, and the rapid transference by the anastatic process of the 

 Austrian military map of Turkey and the adjacent countries, he 

 was proposed to the Treasury, and was appointed during the late 

 war, to organize and conduct a topographical sub-department of the 

 Government, in which he prepared numerous maps and plans. He 

 had been a Fellow of the Eoyal Society since the year 1838, and 

 was a frequent contributor to the library and map office of this 

 Society. 



The Eev. Thomas Halford, m.a,, Oxford, who died in the 68th 

 year of his age, was a well educated gentleman, and ever desirous 

 of promoting art and science. Being partial to the Geographical 

 Society, and a constant attendant at our anniversaries, we shall this 

 day mark with regret his absence from our festive board. 



Sir James Meek was a highly respected and useful public servant, 

 who, for his administrative talents in the victualling department 

 of the Navy Board, was knighted and honoured with the Com- 

 panionship of the Bath. An old member of this Society, he served 

 on our Council for several years, and alwaj^s supported our cause 

 as long as he remained in London. Eetiring from public life, he 

 lived during the last few years at Ilfracombe in Devonshire. Being 

 gifted with a kind heart, and possessing the most gentle manners, 

 Sir James Meek was much beloved by all who knew him. 



James Meadows Eendel, the celebrated engineer, has had such 

 ample justice done to his merits by those who can best appreciate 

 them, whether at the Eoyal Society, or the Institution of Civil 

 Engineers, that it would not become me to weaken such descrip- 

 tions by any panegyric of my own. The skill and decision which he 

 displayed in many works, such as a cast-iron floating or suspension 

 bridge, and numerous piers and docks, besides innumerable hydrau- 

 lic operations, were crowned by his two great achievements, the 

 harbours of refuge of Holyhead and Portland. These, in the estima- 

 tion of his associates, are alone sufficient to hand down his name to 



