lows, leaving the Bazaar as an after object, because the . demands for accommodation are unceasing, and there is no immediate want of a Bazaar. The house rented by Government from me contains thirteen rooms : it was proposed to give each officer one room, and the use of the public room. This was the scale of accommodation adopted when Capt. Dun's house was purchased, and which I followed. By the present arrangement, each officer has, I believe, two rooms, which limits the accommodation to six officers. The fear of burdening the government with the ex- pense of keeping up the garden without an adequate object, alone deterred me from making it over with the house, and it is now nearly surrounded by the huts of the public Coolies, and Dooly bearers, and almost faced by the Bazaar. I could never with comfort make the house the residence of my family. I had intended stating these facts when a fit opportunity offered, and requesting that Government would take the garden without any addi- tional rent, but merely upon a prolonged lease, and with the condition of keeping the garden up, and the house in repair. The ground is so extensive, and the spot alto- gether so favorable, that under judicious culture it might 106 APPENDIX. be made to yield a produce adequate to the supply of the largest demand that can be made upon it. The scale of this produce would, I imagine, cover the ex-