Excerpt from Materials Towards a Statistical Account of the Town and Island of Bombay, Vol. 2 of 3: Trade and Fortifications The 22nd December 1779, being the day fixed for leasing out the Mahim and Sion passage boats, the 13o after. Doing the Public De partment business resolved into a' Revenue Department and adjourned to the lower hall to lease out the Mahim and Sion passage boats. When the Board met for that purpose, it was suggested to them that allowmg the farmer a small boat in addition to the large one would on many accounts make the farm more beneficlal to the Honourable Dompany. The Board therefore agreed to it under the following restriction, which they ordered accordingly-must be inserted as an additional clause m the lease, namely That the farmer besides the large boat shall be permitted. To keep a small one for the convenience of those (persons Who may choose to make use of it in preference to the large boat or out of the-usual hours for the large boats passing or repassing and. To. Collect from such persons the stated fee for theelarge boat,-besides. A fee for the small one. But he must engage, under penalty of such fine as shall be inflicted on him by the Chief of Mahim, that the large boat shall always pass and repass at the usual hours for the, accommodation of passengers and freight, and that no means shall be practised to oblige the people to make use of the small boat contrary to their inclination; This clause being explained'tb the bystanders, they were perfectly Satisfied therewith. This additional, clause in, the lease having been thus previously requested and agreed to, the farm was put up and leased out for three years to Muhammadali Tarépuri fer Rs. 3170 per annum, being Rs. 960 more than the last. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.