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CONTENTS. 



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Contents : 



I. Indian Marine Surveys, First Period, 1875-82 - - - 1 



II. Indian Marine Surveys, Second Period, 1882-90 - 18 



III. Great Trigonometrical Survey of India - - - - 38 



IV. Topographical Surveys ----- - 67 



V. Revenue Surveys „ . . . 100 



VI. Geographical Surveys and Explorations ... . 128 



VII. Afghan Boundary Commission - 172 



VIII. Tidal and Levelling Observations - - 196 



IX. Geodetic Observations ..'.-. . 209 



X. Supply of Scientific Instruments - - 216 



XI. Head Quarters of Survey Department - - 221 



XII. Geological Survey of India - - 236 



XIII. Indian Meteorology ------- 283 



XIV. Statistical Survey of India - - - -311 

 XV. Archaeological Surveys - - - 320 



XVI. Geographical Work of the India Office ... - 373 

 Appendix. Return of Scientific Instruments examined at the India Store 



Depot, 1887-1890 - - - - - - 379 



Lndex - - 385 



ILLUSTRATIONS. 



Frontispiece. — Rakiposhi Mountain (25,550 feet high), in Hunza-Nagar. 



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