This work was suggested by Mr. Clements R.

Markham's "Memoir on the Indian Surveys," in which the

geographical and other kindred operations carried out in

India from the date of the British occupation were reviewed

in a most picturesque and masterly manner. In 1878 a

second edition of Mr. Markham's work was published, in

which the narrative was brought up to 1875, and in some

cases for a year or so later. For the last fifteen years I have

been accumulating notes in moments of leisure, with a view

to the publication of a volume which might serve as a

continuation to that by Mr. Markham, and the kind support

given to the project by the Secretary of State for India and

the Viceroy has now enabled me to present the work in a

more or less complete shape. From unavoidable

circumstances the arrangement of matter is not identical

with that adopted by Mr. Markham, but I believe I have

conformed to it sufficiently to make reference easy, and

wherever the source of information is not specially

mentioned, it may be assumed that it will be found in the

official Annual Report for the particular year.