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1798: Proposal by the Officiating Director General of the Post Office of India that the departure of the Mail Steamers from Calcutta from the middle of September to the middle of May be postponed for one day
Scope & Content:
The collection consists of a copy of the Post Office letter received from India, No.10 of 1864, dated 6 October 1864; and a letter from A M Monteath, in charge of the Office of Director General of the Post Office of India, to H P Howell, Officiating Under Secretary to the Government of India, da...
1788: List of works issued from the Native Presses in the North Western Provinces during the year 1863, with related correspondence
Scope & Content:
The collection also contains a printed translation of 'Selections from the Vernacular Newspapers published in the Punjab and the North Western Provinces' from the 9th of October to the 8th of November 1864. Also included is a copy of the following Public letters received from India: No.25 of ...
1803: Reports on the Newspapers in the Native languages published in Bengal, from the week ending 9th July 1864 to the week ending 13th August 1864, furnished from the Office of the Bengali Translator to Government
Scope & Content:
The collection includes a copy of the following Public letters received from India: No.47 of 1864, dated 10 August 1864 No.48 of 1864, dated 10 August 1864 No.49 of 1864, dated 12 August 1864 No.50 of 1864, dated 12 August 1864 No.55 of 1864, dated 26 August 1864 No.58 of 1864, dated 12 Septemb...
1790: Papers relative to an appeal from certain Covenanted Civil Servants in the Punjab on the subject of their position with respect to pay and emoluments under the Civil Service Act of 1861
Scope & Content:
The collection includes a copy of the Foreign (General) letter received from India, No.17 of 1864, dated 19 September 1864
1851: Special Narrative No.20, dated 31st December 1864, of the Proceedings of the Government of Bengal, together with related correspondence, on the subject of the hurricane which visited Calcutta and the neighbouring Districts on the 5th October 1864, and the measures of relief which were adopted by the Public and by the Officers of Government in order to mitigate the effects of the calamity
Scope & Content:
The collection includes a copy of the following Public letters received from India: No.2 of 1865, dated 9 January 1865 No.14 of 1865, dated 14 February 1865 Also included in the collection is Special Narrative No.1, dated 4th February 1865, of the Proceedings of the Government of Bengal, toget...
1917: Memorial from Syud Jawad Allee of Jelalee [Jalali], in the District of Aligarh, praying for a reward for the services rendered by him during the disturbances of 1857-58 [Indian Mutiny]
Scope & Content:
The collection includes a copy of the Public letter received from India, No.41 of 1865, dated 18 May 1865. The papers relate to the break out at Moradabad of a small portion of the 29th Native Infantry.
1930: Recommendation by the Government of the North Western Provinces that F Williams, Commissioner of the Meerut Division, be permitted to retain his appointment for a further period of three years
Scope & Content:
The collection consists of a copy of the Public letter received from India, No.49 of 1865, dated 28 June 1865; and a letter from R Simson, Secretary to the Government of the North Western Provinces, to E C Bayley, Secretary to the Government of India, Home Department, dated 13th June 1865
1938: Communication from the Government of Bengal reporting that subsequent to the passing of Act III of 1864 (B.C.), no steps had been taken for extending the system of registering deaths and the causes of death to the rural districts of Bengal, and drawing attention to the subject of a general Census of the population of India
Scope & Content:
The collection consists of a copy of the Public letter received from India, No.47 of 1865, dated 15 June 1865; and a letter from A Eden, Secretary to the Government of Bengal, to the Under-Secretary to the Government of India, Home Department, dated 4th May 1865
1942: Letters from the Government of India regarding the number of Junior Civil Servants for the Bengal Presidency for the year 1866, and the numbers to be assigned respectively to Bengal and to the North Western Provinces, the Punjab and Oudh
Scope & Content:
The collection consists of a copy of the following Public letters received from India: No.8 of 1865, dated 31 January 1865 No.36 of 1865, dated 17 April 1865