(1) That Mr. W. H. Crowe, C.S., then Acting Professor in the Dakhan College, be appointed Editor of the Gazetteer with a monthly remuneration of Rs. 200 out of the Rs. 12,000 sanctioned for the expense of the Gazetteer and that he should at the same time be attached as an Assistant to the Collector of Poona; (2) That Mr. Crowe be allowed an establishment not exceeding Rs. 50 a month chargeable to the grant of Rs. 12,000, and such contingent charges as may be passed by the Committee; (3) That Professor Kero Luxman Chhatre be requested to assist Mr. Crowe on various questions both local and mathematical, and that on the completion of the work a suitable honorarium be granted to Professor Kero; (4) That agreeably to the suggestions of Major Prescott and Colonel Francis, Mr. Light should be directed to compile for the different districts all information in the possession of the Survey Department in communication with the Editor of the Gazetteer who was to work under the Committee's orders; (5) That the above appointments be made at present for one year only, at the end of which from the Committee's progress report, it would be possible to state with approximate definiteness the further time required for the completion of the Gazetteer. These proposals were sanctioned on the 11th September 1868. Towards the close of 1868 Mr. (now Sir) J. B. Peile took the place of Sir A. Grant on the Committee and Colonel Francis was added to the list of the members. Adhering as far as possible to the arrangement followed in the Gazetteer of the Central Provinces, which had met with the approval of the Secretary of State, Mr. Crowe drew out the following list of subjects which was forwarded to all Collectors Sub-Collectors and Survey Superintendents: I.--General Description. (a) Latitude and Longitude. (b) Locality. (c) Boundaries. (d) Aspect. (e) Water-supply. (f) Rivers. (g) Mountains. (h) Area. (i) Altitude. II.--Climate, Seasons. (a) Rainfall. (b) Health. (c) Prevailing Diseases. III.--Geology. (a) Soils. (b) Minerals. (c) Scientific Details. IV.--History. V.--Administration. (a) Judicial. (b) Revenue. (c) Miscellaneous. VI.--Revenue. (a) Imperial. (b) Local. VII.--Population. (a) Census. (b) Description of Inhabitants. (c) Castes. VIII.--Sub-Divisions. (a) Names of Tálukás. (b) Names of Towns. IX.--Production. (a) Agriculture. (b) Forest. (c) Animals. (d) Minerals. (e) Manufactures. X.--Trade and Commerce. XI.--Communications. (a) Roads. (b) Railways. (c) Telegraphs. (d) Post. XII.--Revenue System and Land Tenures. XVI.--Education. (a) Schools. (b) Instruction. XIV.--Language. XV.--Architectural Remains and Antiquities. XVI.--Principal Towns and Villages.