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Madras is the Capital of the British pos
sessions in the Deccan and South of India
1t is 1850 miles from Calcutta and no from
Bombay. The coast on which it stands is
lashed by a raging surf, above which the city
appears to great advantage, surrounded by
the charming verdnre> of groves of palm.
The edihces are colonnaded, and from the
fine shell mortar with which they are plas-
tered and polished, have the appearance of
marble.


Nearly all the civilians here live in gar
den houses, which gives the town a less
splendid appearance than that of Calcutta;
but art has rendered beautiful the natural
barrenness which surrounds it, and fine
roads, interspersed with trees, run through
it in every direction. The inhabitants of
Madras live in much the same way as those
of Calcutta, but provisions of every de-
scripton arc dearer here; and the Society
though less numerous, is more agreeable.
Fhc population of the black town of Mad
ras and Fort St. George, is about $50, 900.
The accounts are kept here in star pagodas,
fanams and cash; while in Calcutta the cur.
rency is IN rupees, nnnss and pice; so cash
make fanam, y fanams rupee, and 81
rupees pagoda, the value of which is eight
shillings sterling, or about a dollar and
three quarters. In Calcutta - pice make
an anna, and Is annas rupee, worth about
Sc cents. This presidency Indirectly con-
trolls about 30 millions of the native popula-
ton of India; out its Immediate subjects do
not exceed IL millions; it having within its
boundaries the nominally independent prin-
cipaities of Mysore, Travancore, and CO.
chin. The revenue is about five millions
sterling per annum, which is nearly all con-
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There is Supreme Court at Madras,
modelled on that at Fort William, and JUS
tice is administered on the same PLAN


Bombay governs the whole north west
coast of India, standing itself on an Island
formerly comprehended in the Province OF
1 Auruncabad. 1t is distant from Calcutta
! 800 miles, and from Madras 77O. Bombay
Island is about 10 miles in length, by 5 in
breadth, and is joined to Saette by cause
wav. At low water, the Island of Salette
communicates with the Continent Bombay
| is the most important place in India for
ship-building, importing an abundance o.


fine timber from Malah.r. In Commercial


Importance, it occupies the rank which Or.
mus did, being now the western mart of al


India. Its annual exl orts and imports av-
erspe millions sterling, and about 500 for
eign ships arrive and depart every year. Al


the Company's marine force, consisting o


Is fighting vessels, belonging to Bombay
and these cruizers are usually employed a.
painst pirates, who have infested the ives
tern coasts oflIndia from the time of Alexan
der the Great Instead of Supreme Court
there is here a Kings Recorder, with thre,


Barrlsters and eight Attornies, who admin


lister justice on the same principles as in th
other presidencies. Bombay, like Madras
has it's own Governor and Council, whicl
ere subordinate to the Governor General