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‎A Memoir of Central India Including Malwa and Adjoining Provinces with the History and Copious Illustrations of the Past and Present Conditions of that Country‎

‎London, 1823, in-8, 580 & 547pp, reliure demi-veau, Charnières fendues, reliure légèrement frottée sinon très bel exemplaire de ce rare ouvrage! 580 & 547pp ‎

‎L. A. S. à Mr Jones.‎

‎Dhapooree, Inde, 21 septembre 1828 7 pages in-4.‎

‎ Intéressante lettre dans laquelle Malcolm, alors gouverneur de Bombay, évoque son travail et la situation politique de la région. A propos de l'échec de son projet d'administration de l'Inde centrale, activement soutenu par son correspondant :"I received your kind letter of the 3rd of April. You will be disappointed to find all your efforts have been in vain about Central India. Lord William [Bentick, gouverneur général des Indes] is not disposed to act against his council or rather his secretaries..."Sur les réformes qu'il s'efforce d'instaurer en tant que gouverneur de Bombay :"I am making every effort to reduce expenditures & it is necessary – provided we do not confound saving with economy... I am laying down principles & taking measures calculated to do all the good that can be expected from my short administration. Did I not labour this way the whole machine would stop..."Sur l'administration de Bombay et son voyage à travers la province :"The Residency gentlemen do not like the reduction of their supremacy. They tell me Syaju has gained a victory. Syaju says he is degraded & I tell both to hold their tongues & that they will be soon if not at present in their proper places. I have been at Ahmednagar & am going to Darwar. If I return by December to Bombay I may still be able to visit Guzerat [Gujarat] this year. I am now anxious as it is far from improbable I leave India in the end of 1829 & certainly in 1830." ‎