Abuses of the forced labour system in the Saugor and Narbada Territories - report by the Territorial Commissioner [Frederick John Shore] condemning the abuses - hie criticism of the conduct of Lieut Colonel William Robert Clayton Costley, etc
Robert Wight writes (ff 4-12) to Government of Madras recommending convicts be employed as agricultural labourers on experimental farms. Wight notes inefficiency of existing tools used by labourers; proposes that prisoners work with European tools such as the wheelbarrow or the hoe. Recommends t...
The Bombay Government forward to the Government of India a copy of the report by the Bombay Medical Board on the state of the jails in the Bombay Presidency (the report, with appendices, is on pp 4-45)
Question of the future supply of arms to the Nizam of Hyderabad after the completion of Captain Grindlay's present commission - decision that the arms should be supplied in future from the Fort William Arsenal [Supplement to 74876]
Favourable opinion expressed by the Commander in Chief of HM Naval Squadron in the East Indies [Rear Admiral Sir Frederick Maitland] on the efficiency of the Indian Navy vessels which served with his squadron in the Persian Gulf
Two female children aged 7 and 8 who had been imported into Ahmadnagar District from Travancore as slaves are freed by Government and placed in the care of the American Mission at Ahmadnagar
Papers regarding Mahi Kantha - installation of the young Thakur of Amliyara - the attachment of Amliyara is to continue for the time being - attempts made to mitigate the Nisha system of exacting security for tribute - case of the Nisha debt of the Thakur of Tintor, etc
Compensation granted to James Erskine and Arthur Malet for the losses sustained by them following the removal of the British Residency from Baroda to Ahmadabad and its subsequent re-transfer to Baroda - disposal of their house at Ahmadabad etc