Chapter XVIII

Project of a Railway to Calcutta--Calcutta a Six Months'
Trip from England--The Strand Road--The Mint--Professor
Weidemann--The Strand Mills--The General Post Office--Custom
House--Auditor General's Office--Military Board--The
Commissariat--The Ice House--Metcalfe Hall--The Public
Library--Bank of Bengal--The Oriental Bank--Indian
Failures--Chandpaul Ghât--Baboo Ghât--Docks of Howrah--Prinsep's
Ghât--Kidderpore Ghât--Fort William--Mir Jaffier--Arsenal
--Chowringhee Road--Ochterlony Monument--Government
House--Entertainments at Government House--Policy
of Marquis Wellesley--Hotels at Calcutta--Theatricals--The
Town Hall--Concerts--Fancy Fairs--The Mayor's
Court--Newspapers--Merchants--Agency Business--Railways--Asiatic
Society--Martinière Charity--College of Fort William--Haileybury
College--Military Seminary at Addiscombe--College--Schools--Mesmeric
Hospital--Chloroform--Sailors' Home--Alms Houses--Masonic
Lodges--Botanical Garden--Charter of 1834--Lunatic Asylums--Law
Courts--Police Office--Provident Funds. 450