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482: Correspondence relative to a proposal made by the Asiatic Society of Bengal, to send Mr Blyth on a scientific mission to China, in connection with the military expedition which had just been despatched to that country
Scope & Content:
The collection includes a copy of the Public letter received from India, No.37 of 1860, dated 25 April 1860.
484: Papers regarding the proposition by Dr Oldham for the organisation of a separate Geological Survey party for the Pegu, Tenasserim and Martaban Provinces of British Burma
Scope & Content:
The collection includes a copy of the Public letter received from India, No.36 of 1860, dated 24 April 1860
494: Special Narrative of the Proceedings of the Government of Bengal, No.6, dated 10th April 1860, transmitting a letter from F Gouldsbury of the Bengal Service, stating the grounds upon which he founded his request to be exempted from the operation of Chapter VII, Section XXIX of the Civil Service Rules
Scope & Content:
The collection includes a copy of the Public letter received from India, No.42 of 1860, dated 2 May 1860
529: Communication from H B Riddell, Director General of the Post Office in India, showing the calculations made in India with a view to determine the rates per pound to be credited to England and India respectively, on newspapers received and despatched via Southampton and Marseilles
Scope & Content:
The collection includes a copy of the Post Office letter received from India, No.6 of 1860, dated 1 March 1860
550: Correspondence regarding the grant of a lease of four villages in Shahabad to R W Bingham, an Indigo Planter in that District, as a reward for services rendered by him to Government during the disturbances of 1857-58; and the grant of a Khas Mehal in one of the Districts of Lower Bengal of the value of 500 rupees to Kessub Chunder Chatterjee for his loyal services, and for being instrumental in saving the lives of Europeans during the mutinies [Indian Mutiny]
Scope & Content:
The collection includes a copy of the Public letter received from India, No.70 of 1860, dated 9 July 1860
553: Correspondence on the subject of certain instructions issued by H B Riddell, Director General of the Post Office, in regard to delivering up letters passing through the Post Office on the requisition of public officers
Scope & Content:
The collection includes a copy of the Post Office letter received from India, No.10 of 1860, dated 17 July 1860
565: Correspondence on the subject of the discovery in a house in the Burra Bazaar at Calcutta of a large chest containing 4,000 undelivered letters supposed to have been stolen from the Post Office
Scope & Content:
The collection includes a copy of the Post Office letter received from India, No.11 of 1860, dated 18 July 1860
598: Appointment of C Beadon, Secretary to the Government of India in the Foreign Department, as a temporary Ordinary Member of the Council of the Governor General of India
Scope & Content:
The collection includes a copy of the Public letter received from India, No.88 of 1860, dated 11 August 1860. Also included is a Minute by the Governor General of India, dated 10th August 1860, giving the condition of the Governor General's Council at that time.
634: Special Narrative of the Proceedings of the Government of Bengal, No.8 (General), dated 28th April 1860, proposing the discontinuance of the Tables of Contents hitherto forwarded with each collection of papers intended for the Home Government
Scope & Content:
The collection contains a copy of the Home Department letter received from India, No.44 of 1860, dated 8 May 1860; and a copy of the Narrative