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Article MADRAS, NELLORE, AND ARGOT RAILWAY COMPANY. ← Page 2 of 4 →
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Madras, Nellore, And Argot Railway Company.
BOARD OF MANAGEMENT :
The Lord Viscount Mandeville The Lord Charles Beauelerk The Lord Edward Chichester The Lord Stephen Chichester The Hon . William Gore The Hon . Percy Augustus Evans Freke Sir George Rich Lieutenant-Colonel Dickson Lieutenant-Colonel Hutchinson
W . M . Boyce , esq . John Cobon , esq . Charles Heneage , Esq . Stephen Isaacson , esq . William McGuire , esq . John Taylor , esq . Francis Wemyss , esq . Captain Reynolds J . H . Hardinge , esq .
ENGINEER . John A . Galloway , Esq ., CE . STANDING COUNSEL . Her Majesty ' s Attorney General . | Henry James Meller , Esq . SOLICITOR .
Thomas Pryer , Esq . 17 , Pavement , Finsbury Square . BANKERS . The Union Bank of London . SECRETARY .
Charles Pridham , Esq ., M . A . The introduction of railway communication into British India has been justly regarded as one of the roost important undertakings , both as regards the government and community , which has yet been submitted to public notice , calling forth , as it will , the dormant energies of so multitudinous a people , and the resources of a country , which , though long buried in obscurity , are unparalleled , both as regards mineral and agricultural wealth .
The proposed line , which will be about 250 miles in length , has for its object the connection of the wealthy and populous city of Madras , at which nearly the whole trade of the Coromandel coast is concentrated , with the equally , rich , populous , and important districts of Nellore , Cuddapah , North and South Arcot , Vellore , & c , and the mountainous districts called the Eastern Ghauts , lying to the north-west , and will afford increased facilities for the export of cotton , coffee , sugar , tobacco , silk , ium d
op , gum , senna , yewood , cassia , & c , Lac , Betelnut , spices , saltpetre , rice , firewood , charcoal , iron , copper , coal , hides , com , and various sorts of grain , wood , indigo , & c , and the imports of treasure , salt , ice , manufactured , and other goods . The population of the city of Madras , the second in India in importance , amounted to 462 , 051 , in 1822 . In 1842 , it had increased to upwards of 7 , 000 , 000 . This increase , so considerable for so short a space of time , has
arisen from various causes—chiefly political—many of which have tended to reduce the importance of the cities of the interior , and centrah ' se the population on the cities of the coast . The population of the capital of the Arcot districts may he estimated at 72 , 000 . That of the districts which
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Madras, Nellore, And Argot Railway Company.
BOARD OF MANAGEMENT :
The Lord Viscount Mandeville The Lord Charles Beauelerk The Lord Edward Chichester The Lord Stephen Chichester The Hon . William Gore The Hon . Percy Augustus Evans Freke Sir George Rich Lieutenant-Colonel Dickson Lieutenant-Colonel Hutchinson
W . M . Boyce , esq . John Cobon , esq . Charles Heneage , Esq . Stephen Isaacson , esq . William McGuire , esq . John Taylor , esq . Francis Wemyss , esq . Captain Reynolds J . H . Hardinge , esq .
ENGINEER . John A . Galloway , Esq ., CE . STANDING COUNSEL . Her Majesty ' s Attorney General . | Henry James Meller , Esq . SOLICITOR .
Thomas Pryer , Esq . 17 , Pavement , Finsbury Square . BANKERS . The Union Bank of London . SECRETARY .
Charles Pridham , Esq ., M . A . The introduction of railway communication into British India has been justly regarded as one of the roost important undertakings , both as regards the government and community , which has yet been submitted to public notice , calling forth , as it will , the dormant energies of so multitudinous a people , and the resources of a country , which , though long buried in obscurity , are unparalleled , both as regards mineral and agricultural wealth .
The proposed line , which will be about 250 miles in length , has for its object the connection of the wealthy and populous city of Madras , at which nearly the whole trade of the Coromandel coast is concentrated , with the equally , rich , populous , and important districts of Nellore , Cuddapah , North and South Arcot , Vellore , & c , and the mountainous districts called the Eastern Ghauts , lying to the north-west , and will afford increased facilities for the export of cotton , coffee , sugar , tobacco , silk , ium d
op , gum , senna , yewood , cassia , & c , Lac , Betelnut , spices , saltpetre , rice , firewood , charcoal , iron , copper , coal , hides , com , and various sorts of grain , wood , indigo , & c , and the imports of treasure , salt , ice , manufactured , and other goods . The population of the city of Madras , the second in India in importance , amounted to 462 , 051 , in 1822 . In 1842 , it had increased to upwards of 7 , 000 , 000 . This increase , so considerable for so short a space of time , has
arisen from various causes—chiefly political—many of which have tended to reduce the importance of the cities of the interior , and centrah ' se the population on the cities of the coast . The population of the capital of the Arcot districts may he estimated at 72 , 000 . That of the districts which