'Marine Minutes – Light Ships &c 1864 to 1866 Vol 1'

Title:

'Marine Minutes – Light Ships &c 1864 to 1866 Vol 1'

Creator:

Author: Council of India

Date:

1864/1866

Description:

Abstract: The Minutes of the Council of India on miscellaneous marine matters. Correspondence discusses the following topics:Cost of maintenance of light vessel at Little Basses Rocks and light dues collectedStern wheel steamersSubscription to funds of the Strangers' Home for AsiaticsStores and fittings for troop shipsMeteorological measurements submitted from BombayDirections for approaching Kurrachee [Karachi] HarbourMedical comforts for troopshipsErection of lighthouses in the Red Sea.The volume includes a map (folio 84) of the Indian Ocean and a Chart of the Red Sea (folio 335). Also included is the Annual Report (1860) of the Strangers' Home for Asiatics, Africans and South Sea Islanders (ff 137-150) and a booklet entitled 'Why Not Render the Red and Indian Sea as Secure for Passengers, Mails etc as the Seas of Great Britain' by Henry Gribble, Commander, HCS.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 395; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. Several additional pagination and foliation sequences are present intermittently throughout the volume.

Language:

English

Type:

Archival file

Type (Narrower):

Other Texts

Type (Broader):

Text

Subject:

Lighthouses
Harbours
Vessels

Geographic region:

Red Sea
Kurrachee

Rights:

المُلكية العامة

Identifier:

81055/vdc_100022551646.0x00004c_ar
81055/vdc_100022551646.0x00004c_en
IOR/L/MAR/C/73A
IOR/L/MAR/C/73A

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