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Antarrecx.

The Bombay Almanack and Book of Direction, for 1857.-This ample Indian volume contains an immense amount of useful information ; some Imperial-as the Royal Family, the Ministry, Parliament; but by far the largest portion relates to India, especially to the Bombay Presidency. This information is mostly utilitarian ; the most general is the account of the Native festivals, and of the services of officers in the Bombay Army.