5484: Recommends that the gallant conduct of G C Brookes, Second Officer of the Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Company's Steam Ship Kaisar-i-Hind, in rescuing from drowning a lascar seaman who had fallen overboard be brought to the notice of the Royal Humane Society
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The collection includes a copy of the Public letter received from India, No.76 of 1879, dated 30 October 1879
1545: Collection to Public Despatch, No.2 of 1864, dated 9 January 1864
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The collection contains the following papers: Letter from the Government of India, Home Department, dated 7th January 1863, stating that a Bill was under preparation for the purpose of giving effect to the suggestions contained in previous Despatches relating to emigration from India to British...
The case of C J O'Donnell, Bengal Civil Service; appeals against his removal from his appointment as acting Joint Magistrate, deprival of power of trying cases summarily; transfer from Jessore to Mymensingh
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IOR/L/PJ/6/75, Files 784, 927, 1035 and 1060 attached
Collection to Public Despatch, No.12 of 1858, dated 29 September 1858, on subjects relating to the Post Office of India
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The collection consists of the following small collections of papers relating to postal matters, each of which has a title page, a table of contents, and an extract from a Despatch from the Government of India to the Court of Directors in the Home Department (Post Office), dated the 25th Februar...
38: Papers regarding the services of Thomas Henry Kavanagh, Superintendent in the Chief Commissioner's Office in Oudh, during the siege of Lucknow; and the services of Ross Lowis Mangles, Assistant Magistrate of Patna, in saving the life of a wounded soldier on the retreat from Arrah in August 1857
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Includes a printed booklet "Personal Narrative of the Siege of Lucknow of 1857" by T H Kavanagh (Calcutta: 1857)
74: Extracts from a Narrative of the Proceedings of the Government of the North Western Provinces, in the General Department, for the 1st Quarter of 1858
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The collection consists of the following small collections of papers, each of which has a cover sheet, a table of contents, and an extract from the Narrative, dated 15th October 1858: Coll 1, Grant of an allowance of 50 rupees to A Garstin, Chaplain of Benares, for carriage hire on account of h...
75: Extracts from a Narrative of the Proceedings of the Government of the Central Provinces, in the General Department, for the second half of 1857
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The collection consists of the following small collections of papers, each of which has a cover sheet, a table of contents, and an extract from the Narrative, dated 27th April 1858: Coll 1, Removal of the more valuable records from the office of the Commissioner of Benares to the Fort at Chunar...
100: Collection to Public Despatch, No.40 of 1859, dated 7 April 1859, relating to the Post Office of India
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The collection contains the following small collections of papers relating to postal matters: Coll 1, Correspondence with H B Riddell, Director General of the Post Office of India, respecting the registration of letters passing between England and India, April 1857 to July 1858. Coll 2, Enquiry...