1507: Correspondence regarding a proposal from the Civil Service Commissioners that the allotment of Civil Servants to the two Divisions of the Presidency of Bengal should be made in England, by permitting candidates to choose between the Divisions according to their order in the first examination
Scope & Content:
The collection includes a copy of the Public letter received from India, No.38 of 1863, dated 14 July 1863. The correspondence includes a letter from the Board of Examiners in Calcutta, dated the 26th February 1863, which gives other proposals regarding the arrangements under which Junior Civi...
1540: Papers regarding the suppression of human sacrifice and female infanticide in the Highlands of Goomsur and Jeypore following the abolition of the Special Meriah Suppression Agency
Scope & Content:
The collection includes a copy of the following Public letters received from India: No.10 of 1863, dated 25 February 1863 No.50 of 1863, dated 4 November 1863 The collection also includes: A copy of the Foreign (General) letter received from India, No.3 of 1863, dated 19 May 1863 Report by R ...
1673: Communication from the Government of the Punjab, with accompanying memorandum, showing the steps taken to trace the heirs of Ramdoss Brahmin, who died in Russia, and the result of the enquiries instituted
Scope & Content:
The collection includes a copy of the Foreign (Political) letter received from India, No.25 of 1864, dated 8 February 1864
1663: Correspondence regarding a request from Sir James Brooke for 50 young and well behaved sepoys undergoing sentence of transportation at the Andaman Islands for participation in the Mutiny of 1857, to be employed as soldiers at Sarawak
Scope & Content:
The collection includes a copy of the following Public letters received from India: No.15 of 1864, dated 30 March 1864 No.17 of 1864, dated 15 April 1864
1858: Correspondence regarding a Postal Sorting Establishment at Allahabad, at a cost of 950 rupees per mensem, including the appointment of an Inspector, on a salary of 350 rupees a month, to control the Mail Guards and the Postal Establishments along the Line of Railway above Allahabad
Scope & Content:
The collection includes a copy of the Post Office letter received from India, No.2 of 1865, dated 28 February 1865
1878: Correspondence regarding an Address from the inhabitants of Prince of Wales Island and Province Wellesley to His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales soliciting the gracious acceptance by Her Royal Highness the Princess of Wales of some specimens of local manufactures in the shape of a set of tables, made from different descriptions of coloured woods
Scope & Content:
The collection includes a copy of the following Public letters received from India: No.51 of 1863, dated 5 November 1863 No.52 of 1864, dated 20 August 1864 Also included is correspondence regarding the delay in sending the tables to London. The Address is not present in the collection.
1893: Correspondence giving the views of the various Local Governments and Administrations in India regarding the best method of introducing generally the systematic registration of deaths and causes of death in the towns and districts of India
Scope & Content:
The collection includes a copy of the Public letter received from India, No.23 of 1865, dated 14 March 1865