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proceedings op the
Konkans on the South, as they believe the action of the sea on the coast of
Kattyawar has a perceptible influence on the adjacent shores of Surat and
Northern Konkan.
Letter from J. Kino, Esq., Under Secretary to Government, to T. Oldham, Esq.,
ll.d., Superintendent Geological Survey of India, No. 124, dated 17th
January 1867.
I am directed by His Excellency the Governor in Council to forward copy 0 f
Letter to the Secretary, Geographical Society, tlie accompanying correspondence
Bombay, No. 1893, dated 27th August 1868, with noted in the margin, and to request
accompaniment. ~ ^
Reply from Secretary, Geographical Society,
Bombay, No. 2, dated 5th January 1887.
On the subject of the Geological action on the
Coasts of Kattyawar and Cutch.
that yon will be good enough to
favour this Government with your
opinion and suggestions thereon.
Letter from T. Oldham, Esq., Superintendent, Geological Survey of India, to
J. King, Esq., Acting Under-Secretary to the Government of Bombay From c. 1668-1858, the East India Company’s administration in the city of Bombay [Mumbai] and western India. From 1858-1947, a subdivision of the British Raj. It was responsible for British relations with the Gulf and Red Sea regions. , No. 576
dated 26th February 1867.
I have the honour to acknowledge receipt of yonr letter No. 124 of 1867, dated
17th January, giving cover to correspondence relative to the action on the Coasts
of Kattyawar and Cutch, and requesting me to favour the Government of Bombay From c. 1668-1858, the East India Company’s administration in the city of Bombay [Mumbai] and western India. From 1858-1947, a subdivision of the British Raj. It was responsible for British relations with the Gulf and Red Sea regions.
with my opinion and suggestions.
2 . I have never had an opportunity of visiting any of the localities referred
to, and on receipt of your letter I, therefore, took advantage of the fact that Mr,
W. T. Blanford, Deputy Superintendent, Geological Survey, had been in Cutcht,
to refer the matter to him for his consideration, and have had the benefit of his
local knowledge. Unfortunately, Mr. Blanford has only seen a small portion
of the area referred to.
3. But the questions raised are of far more extended application than is here
given to them, and I have the honour to submit to His Excellency the Governor
m Council a statement of what measures appear to be needed for the full deter
mination of the extent and nature of the geological action referred to. Evidence
of this nature is really valuable only to the extent to which the searching ques
tion of u how much” can be safely answered.
Memorandum by T. Oldham, E Sq „ Superintendent, Geological Survey of India,
dated 28th February 1867.
i ^ artlClG 1 a PP eared the Bombay Saturday Review of 18th August
1 S 6 G from winch an extract has been forwarded to me, raises questions which
re of vast importance, and of far wider application than is therein attempted to
ticlfw fd U r ’ perha P S > *0 be expected that a newspaper a,
tmle would offer a fair opportunity for the discussion of such questions with