Excerpt from Brief Remarks Respecting Steam Communication With India, and Suggestions on the Best Mode of Establishing It, Offered by the London Committee for Establishing Steam Communication With India Via the Red Sea Since the year 1823 steam communication with India, by the Mediterranean and Red Sea route, has been repeatedly brought to the attention of the home authorities by the local governments of India; and it was given m evidence before a committee of the House of Commons, that the adoption of this measure had been urged on the court of directors by the Indian governments, on the ground of its great political utility. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.