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