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to India in 1868. In 1877 he was transferred as assistant secretary to the revenue department of the India Office, and was in
January 1884 made registrar and superintendent of records. He undertook sorting and binding of records. A start was made on their publication, with lists, calendars and
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for use in India, where railway construction was still in its infancy, he was transferred on account of his technical knowledge to the public works department of the India Office in 1861. He there rose to be senior clerk in June 1867, and assistant secretary in
February 1875. He attended the
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catalogues also produced. Work on the archive continued into the 1930s, but the scale was large, and projects, even though selective, were left incomplete. Another scholarly effort began in the 1960s.
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archives and the public libraries in Lisbon and Evora, was published in 1892. He retired from the India Office in July 1898. His work on
Portuguese records and history was recognised with the
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published by E. and F. N. Spon. He besides compiled memoranda on Indian coal, coal washing, and artificial fuel (1867–9), and publishing
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