42 Report on the Solar Eclipse Expedition to Viziadrug. 



Gangadhar Anant Bhat, Executive Engineer, P.W.D. 



Govind Goshi, Overseer, P.W.D. 



Sadashi Govind Joshi, Clerk to the Overseer, P.W.D. 



Thanks are also due to the Officers of the Police, Telegraph, and 

 Customs Departments, and others representing the Bombay Govern- 

 ment, for their unceasing efforts to help us in every way. 



Everybody was struck by the admirable and smart manner in which 

 the subordinates of the Public Works Department accomplished their 

 respective tasks. 



I took upon myself when leaving Viziadrug, to write an unofficial 

 letter to Mr. Bomanji, thanking him, in the name of the expedition, 

 for his great personal kindnesses to us as well as for the valuable 

 assistance we had received from him and the other local representatives 

 of the Government. 



L. Lee, Esq., Collector of Customs for Ceylon, and other Customs 

 officials at Colombo rendered valuable assistance to the expedition 

 by granting special facilities and providing means for transhipping 

 the instruments. 



The Orient Steam Navigation Company very kindly conveyed the 

 instruments free of charge to and from Colombo. 



To W. H. Sinclair, Esq., a former Collector of the district (now 

 retired), I was indebted for the supply of much valuable local infor- 

 mation before leaving England. 



My own personal thanks are due to Mr. Fowler and Dr. Lockyer, 

 who assisted me in the preliminary work of organisation, and who, 

 while at Viziadrug, worked hard both day and night to further the 

 objects of the expedition ; and also to Mr. Bourne, Midshipman, 

 attached to me as Aide-de-camp, who was indefatigable in helping me 

 to carry out the various details of the local organisation. 



