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In February 1835 the Government reported that Captain Jervis 

 had completed his statistical reports and memoir on the revenue-sys- 

 tem of the Concan, and had furnished a volume of beautifully executed 

 maps and plans, " which reflect great credit on him." In 1835 also 

 the acknowledgments of Government were conveyed to him for his 

 " curious and interesting volume on Weights and Measures ;" and the 

 Governor in Council stated that he considered Captain Jervis deserved 

 great credit for having devoted his spare time and distinguished talents 

 to the illustration of so difficult a question. 



He was appointed Superintending Engineer at the Presidency in 

 May 1835 ; and member of a committee to take into consideration 

 the best plan for the construction of a causeway between Bombay 

 and Colaba in October 1835 ; and the Government subscribed for fifty 

 copies of his Statistical and Descriptive Memoir of the Western Coast 

 of India. 



On his quitting India on furlough to Europe in 1836, Government 

 expressed " the high sense which they entertained of his character, 

 professional skill, and talents. Eefore his departure he drew up a 

 code of instructions, at the request of Sir Thomas Bradford, the 

 Commander-in-Chief, in three languages, — English, Hindustani, and 

 Mahratta. In 1837 the Court of Directors awarded him a donation 

 of 10,000 rupees as a testimony of the high sense which the Court 

 entertained of the value of his labours in conducting the geographical 

 and statistical surveys in the Concan. In 1838 the Court expressed 

 their approbation of " the zeal evinced by him for the advancement 

 of the objects of the Survey of India by making himself fully ac- 

 quainted with the details of the system which is pursued upon the 

 Irish Survey ; " and about the same time he was appointed to super- 

 intend a series of tide-observations to be made upon a uniform prin- 

 ciple at various points of the coast of India. He returned to his 

 duty in October 1839, and was appointed Superintending Engineer, 

 Northern Provinces, in March and May 1840. 



On his retirement from the service in December 1841, the Governor 

 in Council stated that " he will have much satisfaction in bringing to 

 the notice of the Court of Directors the services of Major Jervis in 

 the several branches of his particular profession, and also as an 

 officer eminent for his general science and research ;" and the testi- 

 mony borne to his services by the Bombay Government was creditable 

 to him and most satisfactory to the Court of Directors. 



In 1830 Captain Jervis married Miss A. S. Paget, daughter of 

 William Paget, Esq., M.D., 48th Eegiment ; and this lady, having 

 been the intimate friend and coadjutor of Mrs. Ibbetson the botanist, 

 was an able assistant to Captain Jervis in his description of the in- 

 digenous flora of the Concan, as she made water-colour drawings of 

 almost all the flowering plants and trees of the Province : the work 

 he then projected has not however been published. 



"Whilst in London, Major Jervis drew up a statement of the 

 scientific researches which he deemed to be desirable in Shedda ; and 

 this comprehensive report was considered so valuable and so im- 

 portant, that a memorial was addressed to the East India Company 



