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218: Papers relating to the appointment of the Protector of Emigrants in Mauritius by the Government of India, and to the Protector being the servant of the Government of India in like manner as the Emigration Agent in India is the servant of the colony which employs him
Scope & Content:
The collection includes a copy of the Public letter received from India, No.24 of 1859, dated 18 February 1859. Also included in the papers is the collection of the Board of Control No.195241 (India Public, draft 856 of 1858, collection 14), on the suggested change in the constitution of the O...
275: Correspondence on the subject of the services rendered to the State during the rebellion [Indian Mutiny] by Messrs M P Dunne and W Peppe, Indigo Planters in Ghazipur and Gorakhpur Districts
Scope & Content:
The collection includes a copy of the Public letter received from India, No.105 of 1859, dated 5 October 1859
304: Correspondence on the subject of the comments in the Englishman newspaper on the impropriety of using certain oriental text books by junior civil servants
Scope & Content:
The collection includes a copy of the Public letter received from India, No.112 of 1859, dated 28 October 1859
300: Report by R H Williamson, Officiating Director General of the Post Office in India, on the proposal of the London Post Office to sort the Mails for India on board the Mail Steamers between England and Alexandria; with related correspondence
Scope & Content:
The collection includes a copy of the Post Office letter received from India, No.17 of 1859, dated 17 September 1859
320: Memorandum by Dr T Oldham, Superintendent of the Geological Survey of India, on the proposed publication of plates and descriptions of Indian fossils
Scope & Content:
The collection includes a copy of the Public letter received from India, No.123 of 1859, dated 9 November 1859
362: Correspondence with the Director General of the Post Office of India regarding the conduct of Dr Impey, Post Master General of Bombay
Scope & Content:
The collection includes a copy of the Post Office letter received from India, No.1 of 1860, dated 5 January 1860. The correspondence also includes a report submitted by R H Williamson, Officiating Director General of the Post Office of India, regarding the litigation which had taken place betw...
368: Papers regarding a request by Lieutenant Colonel H Drummond for a recognition of the services rendered by him to the Government, and to the country by the devotion of his time and energies, and the sacrifice both of private means and of professional prospects, to the investigation of the mineral resources of Kumaon
Scope & Content:
The collection includes a copy of the Public Works (Industrial, Mines) letter received from India, No.82 of 1859, dated 25 November 1859
387: Instructions issued to the Board of Revenue for carrying out the orders of the Hon'ble Court for the commutation into a grant of land of the money payments made to the Temple of Juggernath
Scope & Content:
Includes an extract from a Narrative of the Proceedings of the Government of Bengal, in the Revenue Department, for the 4th Quarter of 1858, No.4 of 1859, dated the 4th August
410: Correspondence regarding a request from F Hill, Assistant Secretary to the London Post Office, that orders may be given for recognising British Postage Stamps in payment of the postage on soldiers' letters posted in India
Scope & Content:
The collection includes a copy of the Post Office letter received from India, No.2 of 1860, dated 6 January 1860
413: Communication from H B Riddell, Director General of the Post Office in India, reporting the extent to which effect had been given in India to the system of registration of letters posted for England, the Colonies, and places in foreign territories
Scope & Content:
The collection includes a copy of the Post Office letter received from India, No.4 of 1860, dated 6 February 1860