The Penal Settlement of Port Blair
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man Island. At the entrance to the bay is a small island (Ross), 2^ miles up the bay is a second island (Chatham), and 2 miles beyond Chatham i* a third island (Viper). These three small islands, with numerous stations along the north and south shores of the bay, form the nucleus of the Settlement, which is year by year widening its area from these starting points and spreading inland into South Andaman in every direction. There is also a small station at Port Mouat on the west coast of South Anda-
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Penal Settlement, Port Blair; Hospital, Ross Island. In Medical Charge of Surgeon-Major J. Dougall
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