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*Letters to the editor of a Bombay Newspaper 1859 [http://books.google.com/books?id=h5UoAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA101 Google Books]
*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 36Archive.org
*Times of India Calendar & Directory for 1888 page 441, transcribed by Sylvia Murphy in this India List [http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/INDIA/2009-10/1255334436 link]. Note that only one orphan belonged to the Military Asylum, funded by the Government.
*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.
