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Excerpt from An Historical and Archaeological Sketch of the City of Goa: Preceded by a Short Statistical Account of the Territory of Goa; Written by the Authorization of the Government
The preper names, except the Portuguese, are spelt accord ing to the Hunterian system.
I have to thank Messrs. Joaquim Heliodoro da Cunha Rivara and Eduardo de 56. N ogueira P. De Balsem'ao, the late and the present Chief Secretary to the Government of Goa, for having kindly placed at my disposal some ofthe most important records of the Secretariat as well as several other public authorities andditerary gentlemen of Goa, who have favoured me with valuable information on different subjects, and whose names will be mentioned in the more detailed work on the territory of Goa which is under preparation.
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