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and the necessity for a better arrangement. Colonel Thuillier's 

 views were favourably received ; the six months' preliminary charge 

 enabled Mr. Markham to get a good grip of the work, and with the 

 experienced assistance of Mr. Trelawney Saunders much progress 

 was made in sorting and arranging the mips. In July 1869 

 Mr. Saunders' appointment was made permanent as "■ Assistant in 

 the Geographical Department " with a salary of 400/. per annum, 

 and shortly afterward agents for the sale of maps were appointed, 

 and a map mounter's services were secured to the Department. 



The " Memoir on the Indian Surveys," the prototype of the 

 present work, was produced by Mr. Markham in 1871. It contained 

 a complete and succinct account of the operations under its various 

 heads from the earliest period down to 1869, and the author's plan 

 contemplated the publication of annual " abstracts " in continuation 

 of the original Memoir, and arranged in the same form. During the 

 following years, the Geographical Branch was re-inforced by the 

 appointments of the present writer in 1872 and Mr. W. Eonson in 

 1873. The Moral and Material Progress Reports for 1871-2 and 

 1872-3, arranged on a better system, and supplying a fuller retrospect 

 of past administration than previous reports, were prepared by 

 Mr. Markham and received universal commendation. Mr. Markham 

 also discovered and edited the journals and other papers of George 

 Bogle, Warren Hastings's envoy to Tibet, and Mr. Thomas Manning, 

 who travelled to Lhasa, and in the translation of the appendices 

 and in the preparation of the maps to accompany the work the staff 

 of the department gave useful aid. The Annual " Abstracts of 

 Surveys " were also regularly prepared from year to year, those 

 for 1869-70, 1870-71, 1871-2, and 1872-3 being written by 

 Mr. Markham, and those for the succeeding years up to 1880 by the 

 present writer. In 187(3 a simplified catalogue of the maps on sale 

 was compiled by Mr. Ronson. The want of such a catalogue had 

 long been felt, and its handy formed alphabetical arrangement 

 found to be a distinct convenience, greatly facilitating reference. 

 During these years a general catalogue of all the original maps, 

 plans, surveys, memoirs, field books, &c. in the Department was 

 under preparation by Mr. Saunders, and was finally published in 

 1878. It was a laborious undertaking, and its successful completion 

 reflected much credit on Mr. Saunders. Mr. Markham, Captain 

 (unw Colonel) H. R. Thuillier* and Mr. F. B. Girdlestone had assisted 



* The present Surveyor-General of India. 



