INDIA AND THE EAST. INDIA.
Bombay, April 17. Indo-European telegraph working satisfactorily.
Panical, Sultan of Muscat, sent envoys to the Governor of Bombay, requesting official recognition. Governor refused compliance.- H.M.S. Octavia and Highflyer returned from Persian Grulf to confer with {jroyernment on the state of » affairs. 130 cases ,of cholera had broken out on board the Qctavia. There are ' fresh ..disturbances.. The Aden tribe, so lately punished by British forces, are again attempting to intercept supplies. Official reports on cotton .exported from Bombay, during February,value it ab £2,400,000. The Abyssinian
prisoners were - released'; they are still in the dominions of King Theodore. Famine has broken out in Bhootan and the poorer classes are suffering fearfully. The total cost of the Bhootan war was £250,000. The Bhootan Government remonstrates against, a British force remaining on the frontiers after proclamation of peace. Lord Napier has assumed the governorship of Madras. Sir 'William Denison has received a highly complimentary address previous to departure. The money market is satisfactory. Metals in fair request. Cotton slightly advanced. Opium dull.
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Southland Times, Volume III, Issue 263, 21 May 1866, Page 2
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174INDIA AND THE EAST. INDIA. Southland Times, Volume III, Issue 263, 21 May 1866, Page 2
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