KARACHI TO SRINAGAR (16 Days)
Rail and baggage expenses to Pindi
12 6 8
Landau and two ekkas to Srinagar, inclusive of
gratuities, tolls, &c.
10 10 8
Hotels, Dak bungalows, &c.
13 18 9
Duty on firearms (repayable on leaving)
1 16 8
Resais, waterproof for luggage, kettles, &c.
1 19 3
Servant’s fare to Karachi, wages, &c.
2 12 8
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43 4 8
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Carry
forward 216 13 3
EXPENSES IN KASHMIR (6 Months)
L
s. d. L s. d.
Brought
forward 216 13
3
Food, wine, washing, cigars, &c.
72 7 3
Wages, inclusive of various clothes
42 9 9
Amusements, golf and tennis subscriptions, &c.
11 7 2
Hire of boats, tents and equipment
17 6 5
Transport coolies and ponies
33 14 11
Hire of hut at Gulmarg
5 6 8
Sundry furniture, cooking gear, yakdans, &c.
9 0 8
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191 12 10
BARAMULA TO BOMBAY (1 Month)
Landau and four ekkas, with gratuities and tolls.
13 14 0
Dak bungalows, hotels, &c.
18 5 8
Wages, inclusive of gratuities
6 14 0
Rail, Pindi to Bombay (via Udaipur)
16 17 0
Baggage
5 2 8
Hire of carriages, &c.
1 4 11
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61 18 3
Loss by exchange on cheques.
5 19 7
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Total
476 3 11
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INDEX AND NOTES
ABBOTABAD, A frontier station garrisoned by a mobile
force of Gurkhas and
Royal Artillery, whence any descent from
the Black Mountain or Chilas
country can be checked. Named after
Lieutenant Abbot, who reduced the
neighbourhood to order in 1845-48.
Aden, Occupying a warm corner just outside the straits
of Babol-Mandeb;
was the first addition made to the British
dominions in the reign of
Queen Victoria, having been taken from
the Arabs in 1839.
Agates,
Agra, Rose to importance under the Moguls, becoming
their seat of
government after Akbar quitted the city
he had built, Fatehpur-Sighri,