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'Selections from the Records of the Bombay Government' [586] (630/733)
The record is made up of 1 volume (364 folios). It was created in 1856. 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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half fathoms, then increase to four and a half fathoms, with the above
bearings on.) She may then haul up for the shipping.
The marks for the shipping in the inner roads are given in case of it
being too hazy to see the old house on the northern end of Shaikh
Shaad Island.
Anchorage Bearings. —Flagstaff S. 16° E., house on Shaad N. 51°
E., eastern part of the tower S. 25° E. Variation in 1827, 4° 12' W.
K arrack I sland.
Karrack Island is about four and a half miles long, and rather high in
the centre ; the fort is situated in lat. 29° 15' 20' / N., long. 50° IS' 50" E.
It was built by the Dutch, and is in pretty good repair. Good water is
plentiful, and poultry may be procured. Pilots for Bussoraare also pro
cured at this place. It is under the Government of Bushire.. The
anchorage in a north-wester is good in eight fathoms ; in a south-easter
you are obliged to shift round into the channel between it and Korgo.
Variation 4° 15' W.
K orgo.
Korgo is a sandy island, laying in a north and south direction,
separated from Karrack by a channel a mile and a quarter wide. It is
two and a half miles long, and half a mile wide, and surrounded by a
reef to the distance of a large half mile.
From this island to Bussora Bar the navigation is clear, taking care
to be guided in approaching the banks by the several descriptions of
them.
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The volume is Selections from the records of the Bombay Government , compiled and edited by Robert Hughes Thomas, Assistant Secretary, Political Department, New Series: 24 (Bombay: Printed for Government at the Bombay Education Society's Press, 1856).
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- 1 volume (364 folios)
- Arrangement
The volume contains an abstract of contents on p. iii, a detailed list of contents on pp. vii-xx, an alphabetical index on pp. xxi-xxvii, and a list of maps etc on p. xviii.
- Physical characteristics
Pagination: two separate pagination sequences are present in the volume. The first sequence (pp. i-xviii) commences at the first page and terminates at the list of maps (p. xviii). A second pagination sequence then takes over (pp. 1-688), commencing at the title page and terminating at the final page. Both these pagination sequences are printed, with additions in pencil, and the numbers are found at the top (left, right or centre) of each page.
The fold-outs in this volume were not paginated by the publisher. As a result, these have been foliated using the nearest page number. For example, the fold-out attached to p.51 has been numbered as 51A.
Pagination anomalies: pp. 15, 15A; 45, 45A; 49, 49A; 51, 51A; 531, 531A.
The following pages need to be folded out to be read: 15A, 45A, 51A, 327-328, 531A.
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- IOR/R/15/1/732
- Title
- 'Selections from the Records of the Bombay Government'
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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 1:28, 1:48, 50:688, back-i
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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