A section of the Forest Department of India was established in the Andamans in 1883, and in the neighbourhood of Port Blair 400 sq.
The Andaman colony obtained a tragical notoriety from the murder of the viceroy, the earl of Mayo, by a Mahommedan convict, when on a visit to the settlement on February 8, 1872.
In the same year the two groups, Andaman and Nicobar, the occupation of the latter also having been forced on the British government (in 1869) by the continuance of outrage upon vessels, were united under a chief commissioner residing at Port Blair.
Andaman Strait, between Middle and North islands, is at low water a fetid swampy creek, not passable by a boat.
Little Andaman, 30 miles by 17, forming the southern extreme of the group, is detached from GreatAndaman by Duncan Passage, 28 miles in width.
The Andaman colony obtained a tragical notoriety from the murder of the viceroy, the Earl of Mayo, by a Mohammedan convict, when a on a visit to the settlement, 8th February 1872.
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