The New Review March 1939

The ceremonial division of the court and of the administration into left and right the dresses the swords of the courtiers of left and right were differentiated in true Chinese style while the ranks conferred upon the nobles were borrowed from Chinese officialdom and the Imperial sacrifices are still reminiscent of the corresponing Chinese ceremonies. [...] In many outstanding events of his reign he had not only the merit of the decision but even the distinction of the initiative : the solution of the Roman Question the jubilee of the Redemption the centenary of Ephesus the organization of Catholic Action the Missionary Exhibition the building of the Vatican City the Radio Station the Pontifical Academy of Sciences—in all these he took the le [...] The most important trade routes between Goa and the rest of the world are the Western India Portuguese Railway the port of Mormugao the seaports of Nova Goa and Chapora and the land routes connecting the northern part of Portuguese territory with British territory through the district of Savantawadi. [...] But this reduction in the import of rice does not represent a fall in rice consumption but is due to the Rice Control Bill which has imposed severe restrictions on the importation of rice the catastrophic and perpendcular drop in the price of rice in British India and the shrinkage in the purchasing power of the people of Portuguese India produced by the post-war depression which has conside [...] Benjamin Robins a distiguished mathematician and a Fellow of the Royal Society 228 THE NEW REVIEW was appointed Engineer for the purpose.' He made comprehensive proposals for the fortifying not only of the Fort but also of the suburbs of Muthialpettah to the north of the Fort and Peddunaickenpettah to the west.