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'Selections from the Records of the Bombay Government' [600] (644/733)
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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600 NAVIGATION OF THE
seven fathoms on it. Outside the reef you may anchor in sixteen or
twenty fathoms ; it should not be approached nearer than twenty-five
fathoms, unless you intend to anchor, and in the day-time.
SURDE, OR SURDY.
The south-east point of Surde or Surdy is in lat. 25° 56' N., long
54° 38' 40" E. It is an island formed something the same as most in
the Gulf, being composed of coarse rocks and sand, with very little
soil. A mile and a quarter to the westward of the south-east point are
tke ruins of a town, and nearly in a line to the northward, on the oppo-
site side of the island, are the ruins of another town, and a mosque;
there are also wells of fresh water on the north-western part of the
island. This island, it is said, had once near a thousand inhabitants,
but was depopulated by the pirates. There is anchorage nearly all
round the island, but the ground is rocky, and bad for holding; the
best is to the southward. The island is surrounded by a reef, extend
ing two-thirds of a mile off shore. The island is about four miles long,
and two and a quarter broad.
B ostana to S hinas.
From Bostana to Shinas the land is low, and safe to approach to
about one mile, in six or seven fathoms.
S hinas.
Shinas, in lat. 26° 32' N., long. 54° 49' 20" E., is a small town,
f fi C ln ^ a ^' anc ^ contains about one hundred and seventy men,
m arrish liibe, principally employed as fishermen. A few
supplies are obtainable here. •
^eshska.
hska is a small town, situated close to the cape of the same name.
m U , to an d contains about sixty men, of the Alfarrish
be. It is m lat. 26° 33' N., long. 53° 30' E*
L ingah.
Lingab m lat 26» 32' 50" N,, long. 54° 59' 10" E., is one of the
with "7 derable ' 0WnS 0n lWs coast ' and has a oonsiderabie trade
India 1 ("Y 8 0 bla ' 11 se nds Bnggalows and other vessels lo
about' 1 1 a i | 0S a vel ^ ^ a, ge share in the pearl fishery. It contains
peonle oTT men of the Joasm - ^e, of the original
fifty of n Ik / J ribe ab0Ut ,hree hund '- ed . and two hundred and
and el w rf ' ^ '"rty boats to the pearl fishery,
Khvma toSh t b . elon S ln g tothe opposite coast from Ras-ool-
near two lakb^ 0 ^ l ' and ex P 0 rts annually to the amount of
grain dried fr 'f ^ 111 P 6 " 15 ' and aboU, °"e-third that amount in
' dnedfla " s ' a " d tobacco. The amount of the customs for the
* Query, 5-1 0 30' E. ?
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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).
- Extent and format
- 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
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- '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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