Cyclostyled facsimile manuscript parodying, in the style of 'Alice in Wonderland', the amalgamation of the East Indian Railway Company and the Oudh and Rohilkhund Railway, and mainly consisting of a parody of 'The Walrus and the Carpenter'.

Printed in purple on six pages, on the rectos of six leaves, each roughly 34 x 21 cm. Three bifoliums, loosely inserted one in the other to make a pamphlet. Text neatly written and complete. Good, on aged and lightly-worn and stained paper, with the discoloration to the blank verso of the last leaf more marked than elsewhere. Begins with a paragraph explaining the context, and ending 'It is strongly rumoured that all the high administrative appointments are to be given to E. I. Rly men to the complete exclusion of the O & R Rly state officers.' The main part of the item consists of a parody of Lewis Carroll, beginning ' "I'll sing you a song," said the White Knight to Alice, "to comfort you. The name of the song is called "Aquisition by the State." [...] The name really is 'Amalgamation'." ' The 'song' consists of sixteen six-line stanzas, one of which reads ' "The time has come" the Agent said | "A few things to discuss | How to "East-Indian"-ize the Board | And keep the plums for us | How to suppress the O & R | If they kick up a fuss" '. Clearly written by an informed party, a footnote reading, 'It is notorious that about 90 per cent of the E. I. Rly "covered" wagons are practically without roofs.'