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2442: 31st Narrative of the Government of Bengal, with connected papers, relating to the famine in the Lower Provinces of Bengal, embracing the period from the 26th February to the 8th April 1867
Scope & Content:
The collection includes a copy of the Public letter received from India, No.93 of 1867, dated 22 May 1867. Also included with the Narrative is correspondence relating to the liberal assistance given by certain zemindars of the Chota Nagpore Division to sufferers on their estates during the fam...
2458: Government of India Resolution, dated 1st June 1867, relating to the proportion in which young Civil Servants should be allotted to the two Divisions of the Bengal Presidency
Scope & Content:
The collection consists of a copy of the Public letter received from India, No.103 of 1867, dated 6 June 1867; and a copy of the Resolution
2457: Papers on the subject of collecting and printing, in an accessible form, reports of all past famines of importance in India
Scope & Content:
The collection includes a copy of the Public letter received from India, No.102 of 1867, dated 5 June 1867. Also included are: a report by E Maltby, Board of Revenue, Madras, dated 13th November 1854, on the Madras Famine of 1853-1854 a report by C R Pelly, Assistant Collector of Bellary, dat...
2463: 32nd Narrative of the Government of Bengal, with connected papers, relating to the famine in the Lower Provinces of Bengal, embracing the period from the 8th to the 30th April 1867
Scope & Content:
The collection includes a copy of the Public letter received from India, No.104 of 1867, dated 12 June 1867. Also included is correspondence relating to the entertainment of an Establishment of Extra Deputy Magistrates and Deputy Collectors to assist in the enquiries which were being made into t...
2480: 33rd Narrative of the Government of Bengal, with connected papers, relating to the famine in the Lower Provinces of Bengal, embracing the period from the 1st to the 27th May 1867
Scope & Content:
The collection includes a copy of the Public letter received from India, No.114 of 1867, dated 28 June 1867
2484: 34th Narrative of the Government of Bengal, with connected papers, relating to the famine in the Lower Provinces of Bengal, embracing the period from the 28th May to the 7th June 1867
Scope & Content:
The collection includes a copy of the Public letter received from India, No.115 of 1867, dated 29 June 1867. Also included is correspondence relating to the progress of importation operations in, and the general condition of, the Province of Orissa.
2500: Correspondence containing a report by W T Blanford, Deputy Superintendent of the Geological Survey of India, on the coal seams recently discovered on the River Wurdah [Wardha]
Scope & Content:
The collection includes a copy of the Public letter received from India, No.118 of 1867, dated 5 July 1867; and a colour sketch map showing the situation of Chanda, with reference to the Great Indian Peninsula Railway (Nagpur Extension) [Scale 4 miles = 1 inch]
2530: Rules passed by the Governor General in Council for the encouragement of the study of Oriental languages among the Junior Members of the Bengal Civil Service, with related correspondence
Scope & Content:
The collection includes a copy of the Public letter received from India, No.132 of 1867, dated 25 July 1867
2577: Letter from the Government of India, Home Department, reporting that H S Maine had vacated his seat as an Ordinary Member of the Council of the Governor General by his departure for Europe on the evening of the 29th September 1867, via Bombay
Scope & Content:
The collection consists only of the Public letter received from India, No.182 of 1867, dated 16 October 1867
2566: Report by the Board of Revenue, Lower Provinces, upon the stock, expenditure, and balance of Government rice in Orissa for the month of June 1867
Scope & Content:
The collection includes a copy of the Public letter received from India, No.178 of 1867, dated 5 October 1867