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*Removal of the Military Asylum to [[Poona]] was considered in this 1864 Report [http://books.google.com/books?id=vaQIAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA91 Google Books]
*With the foundation of the Bombay Volunteer Rifles in 1877, a Cadet Unit was established at the school, refer [http://www.archive.org/stream/firstannualrepor00indi#page/36/mode/2up ''First Annual Report Of The Bombay Volunteer Rifles For Season 1877-78''], page 36 Archive.org
*Times of India Calendar & Directory for 1888 page 441, transcribed by Sylvia Murphy in . Note that by this India List date only one orphan belonged to the Military Asylum, funded by the Government, "the Government having prohibited new additions".<ref>Murphy, Sylvia [http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/INDIA/2009-10/1255334436 linkSchools in Byculla]''Rootsweb India Mailing List'' 12 October 2009. Note that only one orphan belonged to the Military Asylum, funded by the GovernmentRetrieved 22 October 2014.</ref>
*David King’s webpage states that in the early 1920’s a decision was made to move the Boarding part of the Schools away from Bombay to the cooler and healthier Deccan Plateau. In 1925 Barnes High School, named after the Venerable Archdeacon George Barnes, founder of the Bombay Education Society, was opened at Devlali. Much of the School land at Bycullah was sold . Christ Church School, Bycullah, with the parish church there, stand on part of the land given originally to the B.E.S. More details are in [http://home.the-wire.com/~raga/bhs.html David King’s webpage] about Barnes High School, Devlali.
*[http://www.bdtapvtltd.org/christ.htm Christ Church Byculla]
**FamilySearch catalogue entry [https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/1131062?availability=Family%20History%20Library microfilm number 1989672] Parish registers (baptisms, marriages), Church of North India, Christ Church, Byculla, Archdeaconry of Bombay, 1862-1996 ([[FamilySearch Centres#Ordering microfilms|Ordering microfilms]])
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