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1356: Proposed enlistment of Natives of Madras for enrolment in the Police Force of Hong Kong, and the question of a provsion for the wives and families of men who lose their lives in the execution of their duty
Scope & Content:
The collection includes a copy of the Public letter received from India, No.73 of 1862, dated 11 December 1862; and a copy of An Ordinance for the Establishment and Regulation of the Police Force of the Colony of Hong Kong [3rd May 1862]
1374: Two Addresses to Her Majesty Queen Victoria and the Prince of Wales, from the residents of Bancoorah [Bankura] on the occasion of the anniversary of the birthday of the Prince of Wales
Scope & Content:
The collection includes a copy of the Public letter received from India, No.72 of 1862, dated 10 December 1862
1420: Review of the Present State of the Government Charitable Dispensaries in the Central Provinces, at the close of 1862
Scope & Content:
The collection includes a copy of the Foreign (General) letter received from India, No.4 of 1863, dated 7 March 1863. The Review contains information on the then present condition and past working of the Charitable Dispensaries established by Government, and Vaccine operations carried on in th...
1430: Minute by the Lieutenant Governor of the Punjab recommending that Mr Macleod, Financial Commissioner of the Punjab, who had completed his 35 years service, be allowed to remain for a further period of 3 or 5 years
Scope & Content:
The collection includes a copy of the Public letter received from India, No.3 of 1863, dated 30 March 1863
1442: Address from certain Native inhabitants of Bengal, to Sir Charles Wood, Secretary of State for India, forwarded by the Honorary Secretary of the British Indian Association at Calcutta, expressing their deep sense of respect and gratitude for the wise and beneficent policy, which had distinguished his administration and control of Indian affairs
Scope & Content:
The collection consists of a copy of the Public letter received from India, No.21 of 1863, dated 14 April 1863; and the Address (in original)
1436: Special Narrative No.1 (Emigration) of the Proceedings of the Government of Bengal, dated 13th February 1863, reporting the circumstances connected with the arrival at Calcutta of the ship Gipsy Bride with return Emigrants from Demerara
Scope & Content:
The collection includes a copy of the Public letter received from India, No.11 of 1863, dated 27 February 1863. Also included is a mortality register of the ship, and a Roll of the Emigrants who died on board the ship with details of their Estates.
1514: Request by the Government of India, Home Department, for the purchase of 50 copies of a forthcoming edition of the works of the late Professor H H Wilson, in a complete form, including translated selections from the Puranas, which had hitherto existed only in manuscript
Scope & Content:
The collection includes a copy of the Public letter received from India, No.43 of 1863, dated 22 August 1863; and a catalogue pamphlet Linguistic Publications of Trübner & Co
1554: Reports on the Newspapers in the Native languages published in Bengal, from September 1863 to the week ending 7th November 1863, furnished by the Rev John Robinson, Bengali Translator to Government, with related correspondence
Scope & Content:
The collection includes a copy of the following Public letters received from India: No.48 of 1863, dated 22 October 1863 No.59 of 1863, dated 27 November 1863 No.61 of 1863, dated 7 December 1863 The correspondence relates to the setting up of the system of reporting on newspapers in the verna...
1582: First Annual Report on the experimental cultivation of the Quiniferous Cinchona in British Sikkim from 1st April 1862 to 30th April 1863, by T Anderson, Officiating Superintendent of the Botanic Gardens, Calcutta
Scope & Content:
The collection includes a copy of the Public letter received from India, No.41 of 1863, dated 19 August 1863; and a letter from Dr Anderson to the Secretary to the Government of Bengal, No.49, dated 7 August 1863, on the subject of the discovery of quinine in the leaves of Cinchona.