Extract of Bombay Political Consultations Discusses report from Lieutenant-Colonel Murray on Perim. States efforts to procure water from the Arab coast, from Mocha and by reopening old well sites on Perim. Explains difficulty in defending the island from a European force.
Cover sheet entitled 'Overland Dispatches - their deficiency of intelligence and great expense.' Marked "926". Dated Examiner's Office, East India House
Extract of Bombay Political Consultations Reports on letter by Admiral Rainier suggesting that Commodore Blankett take possession of the Island of Perim with a view to establishing a post there.