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3283: Objection by the Government of Bombay to the proposal that Sanskrit manuscripts which may be obtained in the Bombay Presidency should be placed in the India Office Library
Scope & Content:
The collection includes a copy of the Public letter received from India, No.33 of 1870, dated 15 March 1870
3295: Letter from the Government of India, Home Department, stating that the Bill to regulate the Weights and Measures of British India had received the assent of the Governor General, and had passed into law; and requests that Colonel Strachey may be authorised to communicate with Mr Chisholm, the Warden of the Standards of Great Britain, with the view of submitting recommendations in regard to the course to be followed in obtaining the necessary standards of weights and measures for use in...
Scope & Content:
The collection consists of a copy of the Public letter received from India, No.41 of 1870, dated 6 April 1870; and copies of the abstract proceedings of the Council of the Governor General of India for the 4th March 1870, 11th March 1870 and the 25th March 1870. As well as the Indian Weights a...
3419: Reply from the Government of India, Home Department, to the Secretary of State for India's despatch No.4, dated 11th January 1870, on the general progress of the Archaeological Survey of India
Scope & Content:
The collection consists of a copy of the Public letter received from India, No.84 of 1870, dated 29 July 1870; and a copy of despatch No.4
3632: Papers on the subject of the rules which regulate the correspondence between the Governments of Madras and Bombay, and Her Majesty's Government in England, and the transmission of memorials through the Government of India
Scope & Content:
The collection includes a copy of the Public letter received from India, No.91 of 1871, dated 7 September 1871; a copy of the Department of Revenue, Agriculture and Commerce (Land Revenue and Settlement) letter received from India, No.11 of 1871, dated 31 October 1871; and a copy of the Despatch...
3723: Report on the working of the system of municipal taxation in towns in the North Western Provinces for the financial year 1870-71, with a copy of the orders thereon
Scope & Content:
The collection includes a copy of the Department of Revenue, Agriculture and Commerce (Municipalities) letter received from India, No.1 of 1872, dated 29 March 1872
3810: Reports of Her Majesty's Consul at Reunion on immigration into that Colony for the years 1870 and 1871, and proceedings relating to the condition of Indian immigrants in Reunion
Scope & Content:
The collection includes a copy of the Public letter received from India, No.71 of 1871, dated 9 June 1871; a copy of the Emigration letter received from India, No.17 of 1872, dated 10 May 1872; and a copy of the Emigration letter received from India, No.27 of 1872, dated 19 August 1872
3855: Claimants to the estate of the late Hemraj Vokatrio: Power of Attorney in favour of Her Majesty's Consul at St Petersburg executed by Gela Ram, Mool Chand, and Motan Mull, together with the certificate by the Deputy Commissioner of Mooltan [Multan] of the formal recognition of those men as the legal heirs of the deceased Radha and Janee Mull
Scope & Content:
The collection includes a copy of the Foreign Department (General) letter received from India, No.35 of 1872, dated 3 October 1872
4098: Request from the Government of India that instructions be given to all newly appointed Members of the Bengal Civil Service allotted to the North Western Provinces, Punjab and Oudh, and who intend to come out via Bombay, to enquire at the Bombay Secretariat for orders as to their destination
Scope & Content:
The collection consists of a copy of the Public letter received from India, No.71 of 1873, dated 23 October 1873; and a copy of the instructions given to each newly appointed civilian member of the Bengal Civil Service