Gazetteer of the Bombay Presidency, Vol. I, Part I: History of Gujarat c1.36

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Besides to these general contributors the series of Statistical Accounts owes much of their fullness and practical usefulness to District Officers especially to the labours of the District Compilers who in most cases were either Collectors or Assistant Collectors. The most important contributors of this class were for Ahmeda'ba'd Mr. F. S. Lely, C. S.; for Kaira Mr. G. F. Sheppard, C. S.; for the Panch Maha'ls Mr. H. A. Acworth, C. S.; for Tha'na Messrs. W. B. Mulock, C. S., E. J. Ebden, C. S., W. W. Loch, C. S., and A. Cumine, C. S.; for Kola'ba Mr. E. H. Moscardi, C. S.; for Ratna'giri Mr. G. W. Vidal, C. S.; for Kha'ndesh Mr. W. Ramsay, C. S., Dr. John Pollen, C. S., and Mr. A. Crawley-Boevey, C. S.; for Na'sik Messrs. W. Ramsay, C. S., J. A. Baines, C. S., and H. R. Cooke, C. S.; for Ahmednagar Mr. T. S. Hamilton, C. S.; for Poona Messrs. J. G. Moore, C. S., John MacLeod Campbell, C. S., G. H. Johns, C. S., and A. Keyser, C. S.; for Sa'ta'ra Mr. J. W. P. Muir-Mackenzie, C. S.; for Shola'pur Mr. C. E. G. Crawford, C. S.; for Belgaum Mr. G. McCorkell, C. S.; for Dha'rwa'r Messrs. F. L. Charles, C. S., and J. F. Muir, C. S.; for Bija'pur Messrs. F. Silcock, C. S., A. Cumine, C. S., and M. H. Scott, C. S.; and for Ka'nara Mr. J. Monteath, C. S., and Colonel W. Peyton. Of the accounts of Native States, the interesting and complete Gazetteer of Baroda is the work of Mr. F. A. H. Elliott, C. S. The chief contributors to the other Statistical Accounts of Native States were for Kachh Colonel L. C. Barton; for Ka'thia'wa'r Colonel J. W. Watson and Colonel L. C. Barton; for Pa'lanpur Colonel J. W. Watson; for Mahi Ka'ntha Colonels E. W. West and P. H. LeGeyt; for Rewa-Ka'ntha Colonel L. C. Barton and Ráo Bahádur Nandshankar Tuljáshankar; for Sa'vantva'di Colonel J. F. Lester; for Ja'njira Mr. G. Larcom; for Kolha'pur Colonels E. W. West and W. F. F. Waller and Ráo Bahádur Yeshvant M. Kelkar. The names of numerous other contributors both in and out of Government service who gave help in compiling information connected with their districts have been shewn in the body of each District Statistical Account. Of these the learned and most ungrudging assistance received from Dr. J. Gerson DaCunha of Bombay requires special recognition.