A Visit to Japan, China, and IndiaS. Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington, 1877 - 294 pages |
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Page 170
... Calcutta , communicating at Point de Galle with the China and Australian boats . This is a great convenience to the people of Calcutta , who are thus able to take their families home without a change . The voyage was rather dull , as ...
... Calcutta , communicating at Point de Galle with the China and Australian boats . This is a great convenience to the people of Calcutta , who are thus able to take their families home without a change . The voyage was rather dull , as ...
Page 197
... Calcutta , and in Calcutta it is sold by auction at periodical sales , and exported by merchants for con- sumption abroad . " That " the extent of land so culti- vated is limited according to the financial needs of the Government ; it ...
... Calcutta , and in Calcutta it is sold by auction at periodical sales , and exported by merchants for con- sumption abroad . " That " the extent of land so culti- vated is limited according to the financial needs of the Government ; it ...
Page 270
... Calcutta in the magni- ficence of its public buildings . Calcutta is a city of palaces . Bombay is the commercial capital of India , and at times has been wonderfully prosperous , though at others it has suffered from panic and great ...
... Calcutta in the magni- ficence of its public buildings . Calcutta is a city of palaces . Bombay is the commercial capital of India , and at times has been wonderfully prosperous , though at others it has suffered from panic and great ...
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