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*The Schools were opened at Bycullah in 1826 [http://books.google.com/books?id=KHcOAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA116 Google Books]
*1829 [http://books.google.com/books?id=fAwoAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA353 Google Books]
*[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=Yh6gAAAAMAAJ&pg=RA1-PA181 "Report on the Measles which prevailed epidemically in the Central Schools at Byculla, during the months of December 1838, January, February and March, 1839"] by C. Morehead MD, page 181 ''Transactions of the Medical and Physical Society of Bombay Volume II 1839'' Google Books. Mentions some of the sick children by name.
*Twenty Fourth Annual Report 1839 [http://books.google.com/books?id=wqwEAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA1 Google Books]
*Twenty Fifth Annual Report 1840 [http://books.google.com/books?id=wqwEAAAAQAAJ&pg=RA1-PA1 Google Books] History [http://books.google.com/books?id=wqwEAAAAQAAJ&pg=RA1-PA7 page 7] in the 1840 report.
*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 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.
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