SYLLABUS OF LECTURES.
[India]—its area—physical features—climate—scenery. [The People]—Bengalees—languages—Hindooism—caste—conservatism of the East—the Mahomedans—Sikhs—Parsees. [The English in India]—their difficulties—the Anglo-Indian career—the mutiny—Christianity in India—arts and manufactures—general character of the people. [Anglo-Indian life]—in the station—in tents—cost of living—society in India—travelling—a tour in India.
The Indian Government—the Public Works Department. [Roorkee]—the Thomason College—the Sappers and Miners—the workshops—career of a Royal Engineer—military engineering—miscellaneous duties of the Indian engineer—financial aspects of the Public Works Department—overseers—native subordinates—workmen.
[Building materials]—stone—bricks—tiles—limes—timber—iron—wages and rates—weights and measures—absence of plant—water-raising machines—carts. [Foundations]—well-cylinders—Indian rivers.
[Barracks]—difficulties of ventilating and cooling—private houses—churches—other buildings. [Bridges]—temporary—permanent—waterway. [Roads]—metalling—hill roads. [Railways]—various lines—the permanent way—traffic arrangements. [Irrigation Works]—their importance—the Ganges Canal—crops and soils—design of canals—the head—velocity of stream—falls and rapids—drainage works—irrigation details—Madras weirs—tanks. [River Works]—inundations—spurs.
[Indian Survey Department]—the Great Trigonometrical survey—Topographical survey—Revenue survey.