The Imperial Gazeteer of India Karachi to Kotayam

In order to provide a remedy for the heavy loss caused to the Government of India in respect of its gold payments to be made in England and also to relieve foreign trade and finance from the inconvenience due to constant and unforeseen fluctuations in exchange it was resolved in 1893 to close the mints to the free coinage of silver and thus force up the value of the rupee by restricting the cir [...] It is bounded on the north by Larkana ; on the east by the Indus and Hyderabad District ; on the south by the sea and the Kori river ; and on the west by the sea and the State of Las Bela (Baluchistan) the river Hab forming for a considerable distance the line of demarcation. [...] Karachi City.—Capital of Sind Bombay and head-quarters of the District and tiikka of the same name situated in 24° 51' N. and 67° 4' E. at the extreme northern end of the Indus delta near the southern base of the Pab mountains and close to the border of Baluchistan. [...] On the McLeod Road are situated the Chief Court the Bank of Bombay the National Bank of India the city railway station the general post office the telegraph office the Mansfield import yard Messrs. [...] In the cold season the days are warm and the nights bitterly cold and in the hot season Karad is one of the hottest parts of the District.