. India, past and present / C. H. Forbes-Lindsay. ndredand sixty feet in height, a fine view of the city andenvironments may be had. The Courts of Justice have their home in a splendidpile, extending five hundred and sixty-two feet inlength and reaching an elevation, by means of thetower, of one hundred and seventy-five feet. Themain entrance is composed of a grand archway, flankedby octagon towers one hundred and twenty feet high,surmounted by statues of Mercy and Justice. The succession of public buildings is continuednorthward by the Post Office and the TelegraphOffice. Just beyond the last
. India, past and present / C. H. Forbes-Lindsay. ndredand sixty feet in height, a fine view of the city andenvironments may be had. The Courts of Justice have their home in a splendidpile, extending five hundred and sixty-two feet inlength and reaching an elevation, by means of thetower, of one hundred and seventy-five feet. Themain entrance is composed of a grand archway, flankedby octagon towers one hundred and twenty feet high,surmounted by statues of Mercy and Justice. The succession of public buildings is continuednorthward by the Post Office and the TelegraphOffice. Just beyond the last named, at the intersec-tion of the Mayo and Esplanade Roads, is the beautifulmarble statue of Queen Victoria by Noble. It waserected at a cost of over Rx 18,000, by far thegreater portion of which amount was defrayed bythe late Gaekwitr of Baroda. Continuing along theMayo Road a few hundred yards, one reaches theMunicipal Buildings and the Victoria Station of theGreat Indian Peninsular Railroad. This, probably University and Clock Tower, Bombay. n BOMBAY. 131 the finest structure of its kind in the world, was com-pleted in 1888 at an outlay of Rx300,000. In theimmediate vicinity is a group of educational institu-tions and churches. Near by is the Crawford Market,which perhaps has no equal in any country for size,convenience and variety of food display. The build-ing, which cost Rxl 10,000, consists of a central hall,with a clock tower one hundred and twenty-eight feethigh, and two wings, one three hundred and fifty feetby one hundred feet, and the other one hundred andfifty feet by one hundred feet. In the Fruit Marketone may get grapes from Aurangiibad, oranges fromNagpur and mangoes from Mazagon or Goa; bananasof several varieties, pummelos, bread fruit, custardapples and other luscious products of the East. Inthe Poultry Market are offered ducks, partridges,quail, snipe, teal, florican, plover, curlew and thecommoner kinds of fowls. The Fish Market con-tains many delicious
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