"274 Biographical shclch of Col. ^lachenzie. [July 



-which were among the first of the official documents de- 

 livered into the office of the surveyor-general, under the 

 inspection of a special committee, early in 1811. 



23. Of the Mysore survey, the detailed reports stand 

 on the records of Government at Fort St. George, and 

 copies were sent home to England. For the opinions 

 of the authorities at home on the close of that work, the 

 annexed extract is referred to (Letter B). On its final 

 completion in March 1809, the remaining establishment 

 of native surveyors was sent, on my special representa- 

 tion, to the ceded districts, the examination of which has 

 been since effected ; thereby almost completing* an en- 

 tire survey of all the dominions of the late sovereignty 

 of Mysore, as it existed a few years ago in the plenitude 

 of its pov/er and territory. This work adds 30,000 

 square miles to the 40,000 formerly reported on (men- 

 tioned in B), altogether 70,000 square miles, minutely- 

 analysed. The direction of this survey of the ceded 

 districts was voluntarily conducted without any specific 

 compensation, until it fell into the general superinten- 

 dence of the surveyor-general's office, which is now 

 again reversed and transferred to the surveyor-general 

 of India. 



24. While these works were in progress, the collec- 

 tion of m.aterials on the history, antiquities, and statis- 

 tics of the country, was going on throughout the whole 

 of the provinces, under the presidency of Fort St. 

 George, on the basis of the information originally ob- 

 tained on the Mysore survey, by natives trained and in- 

 structed by me for this purpose, and with the only charge 

 to government of the postage being fyanked, and the aid 

 of some of the native writers : but all the purchases have 

 been entirely at my private expense, as well as the col- 

 lection of MSS. throughout the Karnatik Malabar, the 



The survey of Diu'Iigul i,eceiitTy fuiishcd, and materials of v> liich are about 

 to te sent komS; cojuplete.^ it, Uialoi BariamahiJieing done several years ago. 



