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PUBLISHED IN CALCUTTA ANNUALLY. 

 Super Royal 8vo. Leather backs, 36s. 



THACKER'S INDIAN DIRECTORY, 



Embracing the whole Eiii]->ire governed by the Viceroy of 

 India and also the Native States; with complete and detailed 

 information of the Cities of Calcutta, Bombay and Madras. 

 With Almanac, Army List, and general information. 



From the Calcutta " Englishman," ll^A March, 1886. 



" There is no occasion to apologize for classing ' Thacker's Indian 

 Directory ' with books for review. It represents more labour and thought 

 than many a solid contribution to literature, and although it is merely a 

 compilation, no small degree of industry and method have been bestowed 

 upon it. Every year sees the Directory grow in size, and advance in 

 utility. This year we have a portly volume which suggests the possibility 

 of its shortly emulating its unwieldy prototype, Kelly's London Directory. 

 Be ore everything, the volume before us is in reality what it professes to 

 be — a Directory for India. Besides an enormous mass of information of 

 the purely Directory kind, which must have taken a world of labour to 

 collect and collate, the volume comprises complete Army Lists for Bengal, 

 Madras, and Bombay, including the volunteers ; lists of officers in the 

 various Government Departments ; lists of the Tea, Indigo, Coffee, and 

 other estates in the country ; and much valuable information regarding 

 the Telegraphs, Postal Kules, Law Courts, Charities, and a host of other sub- 

 jects. Nothing more strikingly represents the change that has come over 

 India in recent years than this great Directory. Here is seen at a glance 

 the vast development of our industries, the growth of the white population, 

 the increased pressure of competition, and all the manifold interests which 

 go to make up the complex fabric of Anglo-Indian life in these days." 



" The work now ' includes in the Mof ussil Directory an acccount of every 

 district and principal town in British and Foreign India and every native 

 State,' thus forming a complete guide to the whole of our possessions in the 

 East. The value of such a work, if it is accurate and trustworthy, is 

 obvious and almost goes without saying ; and, after putting its pages to the 

 test of a careful scrutiny where our personal experience enables us to do so, 

 we are able to pronounce it apparently deserving of all commendation. . . , 

 The alphabetical list of residents throughout India in the three great 

 provinces, with their addresses, must be of great service to those who have 

 business with our Eastern Empire." — The Times (London). 



'• Aims, at being a directory to the whole of India. It contains separate 

 classified and street directories of each of the cities of Calcutta, Bombay, 

 and Madras, a remarkably comprehensive and detailed Mofussil directory, 

 and a vast amount of general information relating to India, its government, 

 commerce, postal arrangements, festivals, and official establishments. . . . 

 The expansion of the work will be welcomed as a response to the growing 

 requirements of commerce with India." — Manchester Ouardian. 



W. I. Hichardson, Printer, 4 .ind 5, Great Queen Street, Lincoln's Inn Fields, W.C. 



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