This Gazetteer traces panoramic view of Cuttack district of Bengal providing elaborative account of its physical aspects, people and their life besides public health, economic condition, agriculture, trade as well as industries. Natural calamities, means of communication, land revenue and general administration, local self-government including educational states have also been described.
Lewis Sidney Steward O' Malley I.C.S. was educated at Edward School, Normich and graduated from Hertford College, Oxford. He was appointed in 1897. He arrived in India on 7th Dec 1898 and Served in Bengal as Assistant Magistrate and Collector. He later joined as Under Secretary to Govt. General and Revenue Department, in July 1903.
