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'Selections from the Records of the Bombay Government' [‎628] (672/733)

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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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NAVIGATION OF THE
Between these islands and the shofe the soundings Measurements of the depth of a body of water. are regular, fifteen
fathoms near the islands, to five a mile offshore.
Jazeerat Jl3UNE.
i. he Jazeerat Jeune Islands, usually called the eastern range of die
Swadys, extend four miles in an east and west direction. The west
point is in lat. 23° 50^ 25" N, long. 58° 9' 25" E. Between this and
the Burka Islands the channel is four miles wide, with twelve to twenty
fathoms in it.
D amii^iatte R ocks.
I he centre of the Daminiatte Rocks, usually called the Damiceette
Rocks, is in lat. 23° 50' 48" N., long. 58° 15' 25" E. A small reef runs
lound these, safe to approach to ten fathoms. Between these rocks
and Jazcerat Jeune the channel is a mile and three quarters wide, with
soundings Measurements of the depth of a body of water. ten to eighteen fathoms in it. Between these rocks and the
shoie tho channel is eight miles wide, with soundings Measurements of the depth of a body of water. of from seven to
sixteen fathoms.
B urka F ort and T own.
Burka Fort and Town are in lat. 23° 42' 25" N., long. 57° 5$' 30" E.
It is a town of large size, and has the summer residence of the Imaura
in it. ^ The neighbourhood is well cultivated. It was at this place the
assassination of the Imaum's elder brother took place. The chief is
o ten in lebellion, and there appears very little attachment to the
maum here. Fruits, limes, and vegetables are abundant here, in the
proper season, and the place is considered healthy. The population
varies, as they come to this place from Muskat and Muttfa in the hot
season. Ihe Iraaum s revenue from this place is about eight thousand
man crowns. Three miles to the eastward of Burka is the small
own of Swady, containing about four thousand inhabitants, and
ject to the Chief of Burka. Five and a quarter miles further to the
eastward, and abreast of Jazeerat Jeune, is a ruined fort. The sound-
t, between the coast and the islands are regular, from sixteen to five
lathoms, sandy, and at times clay bottom.
S eib.
Seib The person who pulls the diver up at the end of a dive. is a small town, in lat. 23° 41' 10" N., long. 58° 1^ 40" E., and
hp] ^ • aSt plaCC " 1 It has a number of boats of all sizes
four fh' 8 t0 ?'ri S and gives the Imaum a revenue of
boats fo^M i- ei ' man crowns - A very large portion of the market
of the culfi 0a ^ llere ' Ule P^ ace be i n g convenient for the people
inland froi^ this^kc ^ t! interi0r " The hot springs are a few miles
^aminiatte Rocks are f soundi ngs between this place and the
miles from • l0m S1X to ^ leen fathoms. Eight and a half
n lhe b0 "°™ of a bay, i s ,he village of Hael, inhabited

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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)
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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.

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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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