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Sheet No. 23 of Kathiawar- 2nd ed.)
ORTHOGRAPHY in accordance with Bombay Government List (Bombay Places and Common Official Words).
CONVENTIONAL SIGNS. Trigonometrical Stations & Points respectively Δ & ο or ό. Taluka Boundaries, Metalled roads, Country roads, Foot paths, Cultivation, blank. Edge of Cultivation, Grass preserve, Waste, Pahlias or In Memoriam stones †, Paka wells, Kacha wells, Numerals without an affix indicate Trigonometrical heights in feet above mean sea level; thus 350. Numerals with the affix b indicate Barometric and therefore approximate heights in feet above mean sea, thus 400b. Numerals with the affix P indicate the Population of the town or village they are printed near, thus 472 P; with affix r they indicate the relative heights in feet of banks to beds of water courses, thus 12r.
G.T. Level Heights to two places of decimals are shown thus, B.M.34.44. The Latitude are referrible to Kalianpur Observatory, assumed as 24° 7' 11. The Longitudes are referrible to that of Madras Observatory, taken as 80° 17' 21 to which a correction of -2' 30''. must be applied to reduce to the most recent value, 80° 14' 51.
The Heights are referrible to that of Dangarwari H.S., deduced from Diu Tidal Observations as 97.97 Ft. Index to Numbers of adjoining sheets. |