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1279: Sanction of an expenditure of 90 rupees per mensem, on account of the establishment required by the Consular Agent at Pondicherry, for the protection of British subjects emigrating to French Colonies
Scope & Content:
The collection consists of a copy of the Financial letter received from India, No.104 of 1862, dated 15 July 1862; and a tabular statement showing the expenditure
1549: Notification of the death of the Earl of Elgin and Kincardine, Viceroy and Governor General of India, on the 20th November 1863 at Dharmsala in the Punjab
Scope & Content:
The collection consists of a copy of the Public letter received from India, No.54 of 1863, dated 21 November 1863; and a copy of the Notification in The Calcutta Gazette Extraordinary, Saturday, November 21, 1863
1759: Report on the proposal made by the French Post Office for the transmission of commercial and legal documents, and patterns of merchandise, in the closed mails exchanged, by British packet, between France and the French Establishments in India
Scope & Content:
The collection consists of a copy of the Post Office letter received from India, No.8 of 1864, dated 22 August 1864; and a letter from A M Monteath, in charge of the Office of Director General of the Post Office of India, to A P Howell, Officiating Under Secretary to the Government of India, dat...
2122: Letter from the Government of India, Home Department, enquiring whether the English Inland Pattern Post is used by the general public for the transmission of small parcels, or whether it is restricted in its use to the transmission by the trading and mercantile community of bona fide samples and patterns
Scope & Content:
The collection consists only of a copy of the Post Office letter received from India, No.2 of 1866, dated 22 February 1866
2329: Narratives Nos 1 to 7 of the Government of Bengal, with connected papers, relating to the famine in the Lower Provinces of Bengal
Scope & Content:
The collection includes a copy of the following Public letters received from India: No.14 of 1867, dated 5 February 1867 No.17 of 1867, dated 9 February 1867 Included within the connected papers are: Narratives (Nos 1 to 8) of the Proceedings of the Board of Revenue and the several Local Offi...
2343: Narratives Nos 8 to 25 of the Government of Bengal, with connected papers, relating to the famine in the Lower Provinces of Bengal
Scope & Content:
The collection includes a copy of the Public letter received from India, No.28 of 1867, dated 21 February 1867. Included within the connected papers are: Narratives (Nos 9 to 29) of the Proceedings of the Board of Revenue and the several Local Officers and Committees for the relief of distress...
2495: Minute by V H Schalch, Junior Member of the Board of Revenue, Lower Provinces, regarding the censure passed on the Board in the 8th paragraph of Lord Cranborne's Despatch of the 9th October 1866, No.85, for delaying the importation of grain into Orissa during the famine
Scope & Content:
The collection includes a copy of the Public letter received from India, No.117 of 1867, dated 3 July 1867
2528: Bengal Special Narratives, Nos.2 and 4 of 1867, dated 17th April and 16th July 1867, regarding samples of Chinchona [Cinchona] bark from Darjeeling to be analysed by Mr Howard and their market value ascertained in London
Scope & Content:
The collection includes a copy of the following Public letters received from India: No.84 of 1867, dated 14 May 1867 No.134 of 1867, dated 27 July 1867
2715: Report by the Director General of the Post Office of India, on certain proposals submitted by the French Post Office in regard to the Indian transit charge on closed Mails passing between France and the French Settlements in India, and for the payment to destination of printed papers and patterns passing between France or Algeria and the British Possessions in India; and a proposal to reduce the Indian inland rate for letters for or from France, Belgium and Italy, posted at or delivere...
Scope & Content:
The collection includes a copy of the Post Office letter received from India, No.15 of 1866, dated 30 July 1866; and a copy of the Financial (Separate Revenue/Post Office) letter received from India, No.3 of 1868, dated 27 January 1868