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1574: Report by A M Monteath, in charge of the Office of Director General of the Post Office of India, on the proposal made by the London Post Office for the transmission of patterns of merchandise through the Post, between the United Kingdom and India, at a low rate of postage, and under the same regulations that governed the arrangements for that purpose between England and France
Scope & Content:
The collection consists of a copy of the Post Office letter received from India, No.4 of 1863, dated 28 November 1863; and the report by Monteath
2913: Report by Major J F Tennant on the result of the arrangements for the observation at Guntur of the total eclipse of the sun on the 18th August 1868
Scope & Content:
The collection includes a copy of the Public letter received from India, No.125 of 1868, dated 5 September 1868
4276: Grant of a pension of 75 rupees a month to the widow and children of the late Shadil Khan, a Ressaldar of the 3rd Sikh Cavalry, for services rendered during the Mutiny of 1857
Scope & Content:
The collection includes a copy of the Financial (Pensions and Gratuities) letter received from India, No.206 of 1874, dated 2 June 1874
441: Extracts from a Narrative of the Proceedings of the Government of Bengal, in the General Department (Miscellaneous subjects), for the 2nd Quarter of 1859
Scope & Content:
The collection consists of the following small collections of papers, each of which has a title page, an extract from the Narrative, No.2, dated 23rd January 1860, and a table of contents: Coll 1, Extracts from the Periodical Reports of the Commissioners of Circuit, on the Public Charities assi...
599: Extracts from a Narrative of the Proceedings of the Government of the North Western Provinces, in the General Department, for the 1st Quarter of 1860
Scope & Content:
The collection consists of the following small collections of papers, each of which has an extract from the Narrative, dated 18th June 1860, and a table of contents: Coll 1, Chowkeedar [chaukidar, watchman] entertained for the Chunar Burial ground, December 1859 to June 1860 Coll 2, Proposal by...
3477: Application from C B Clarke to be confirmed in the appointment of Superintendent of the Royal Botanic Garden at Calcutta, together with a Memorandum showing Mr Clarke's services and claims, and also those of Assistant Surgeon George King and Sulpiz Kurz, Curator of the Herbarium in the Garden
Scope & Content:
The collection includes a copy of the Public letter received from India, No.15 of 1871, dated 1 February 1871
Report by Thomas Anderson, Superintendent of the Royal Botanic Garden, Calcutta, on the damage sustained by the Garden in the cyclone of 5 October 1864. Includes lists of trees uprooted.
408: Extracts from a Narrative of the Proceedings of the Government of the North Western Provinces, in the General Department, for the 1st Quarter of 1859
Scope & Content:
The collection consists of the following small collections of papers, each of which has an extract from the Narrative, dated 11th June 1859, and a table of contents: Coll 1, Correspondence regarding the transfer of Native Doctor Shibdut Josee from Bhopal to Garhwal, February 1858 to June 1859. ...
