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'Selections from the Records of the Bombay Government' [584] (628/733)
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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534 navigation of the
G onava.
Gonava is a large town, with very extensive ruins near it. A river
runs up near the town. It has originally been a place of great import
ance, as the extensive ruins show. Even now the Shaikh can bring
from one thousand to twelve hundred horsemen into the field. He is
dependent on the Shaikh of Bushire. There is a considerable trade
with other ports in horses and grain from this place. A large mosque,
situated two miles to the north of the river, is in lat. 29° 33' 25" N.,
long. 50° 36' E.
K hore K halata,
The entrance to Khore Khalata, or Gonava River, is in lat. 29° 81'40*
N., long. 50° SG' 6" E. It has one fatliom at the entrance, and two inside
at low-water.
B undaregt.
Bundaregt is a small town in lat. 29° 24' 20" N., long. 50° 40'35"
E. Two small sandy islands point this town, forming a dry harbour
for vessels drawing not more than one fathom, which enter at high-
water, and lie aground on the ebb.
K hore G assair.
Khore Gassair is rather a large rivulet. Its entrance is in lat. 29°
11/ 20" N., long. 50° 40 / 50'' E. It has a fathom and a quarter at low-
water at the entrance, and two and a half and three fathoms inside at
low-water.
K hore R ohilla.
Khore Rohilla is a small river, in lat, 29° 8' 10" N., long. 50° 42'
10" E.
K hore K hodhima.
Khore Khodhima, or Old Rohilla, is an inlet, with several sandbanks
inside ; lat. 29° 6' 25" N., long. 50° 40'' 1" E.;
soundings
Measurements of the depth of a body of water.
one to three
fathoms.
R as R ohilla.
Ras Rohilla is a low sandy point, with a mound near it, in lat. 29°
4' SO' 7 N., long. 50° 41 7 25" E. From Ras Rohilla to Bushire extends a
flat, with two and three fathoms water on it at high-water, and dry in
parts at low. In standing along it, three and a half and four fathoms
is a guide in the day, but you should not come under five fathoms
in the night.
BUSHIRE.
The flagstaff of the
Residency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India.
at Bushire is in lat. 29° 0' 15" N.,
long. 50 51' 30" E. It is a town of considerable importance, being the
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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.
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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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- 'Selections from the Records of the Bombay Government'
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