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MONTAGUE MASSEY	1
RECOLLECTIONS OF OLD CALCUTTA	3
PART I.	3
THE “PALKI.”	3
EARLY-MORNING RACING.	4
SOCIAL AND OTHER CLUBS.	4
CHARLIE PITTAR.	6
ADVENT OF THE “PROF.”	7
THE PORT CANNING SCHEME.	8
LORD MAYO.	10
A LADY MAYO STORY.	11
LORD RIPON.	11
A MUCH-CHANGED CITY.	12
SCOTT’S LANE MISSION.	13
THE OXFORD MISSION.	14
THE GREAT CYCLONE OF 1864.	15
THE CYCLONE OF 1867.	19
THE CYCLONE OF 1887.	20
GOVERNMENT HOUSE.	22
COST OF LIVING IN CALCUTTA.	24
POLICY OF INSURANCE.	25
PART II.	26
WRITERS’ BUILDINGS	26
THE ICE HOUSE.	31
ELECTRIC LIGHTS.	33
PUNKAHS AND ELECTRIC FANS.	33
THE HOWRAH BRIDGE	33
THE JUBILEE BRIDGE	34
THE SMALL CAUSE COURT.	34
POLICE COURTS.	35
THE GENERAL POST OFFICE	36
THE GOVERNMENT TELEGRAPH OFFICE.	36
SPENCES HOTEL	37
THE GREAT EASTERN HOTEL, LTD.	37
MUSEUM AND GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF INDIA.	40
MILITARY AND FOREIGN SECRETARIAT.	40
PRINSEPS GHAUT, STRAND.	41
THE CURRENCY OFFICE.	42
THE HONGKONG BANK.	43
THE UNITED SERVICE CLUB	44
THE SAILORS’ HOME	44
CALCUTTA TRAMWAYS.	45
PART III.	46
ESPLANADE ROW, EAST.	46
CORPORATION STREET	47
CHOWRINGHEE PLACE.	47
THE GRAND HOTEL.	48
HUMAYON PLACE	49
LINDSAY STREET	49
Y.M.C. ASSOCIATION.	50
SUDDER STREET	50
KYD STREET.	51
PARK STREET.	51
MIDDLETON STREET	53
HARINGTON STREET.	53
CIRCULAR ROAD.	56

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