Memorials from Captain Lawrence, Captain Mackenzie and Dr Berwick requesting their allowances while under detention at Kabul, Afghanistan, with related correspondence
Memorial from Mrs Eliza Anne Raynsford, widow of the late Major Raynsford, to the Nizam of Hyderabad, dated 26th March 1844, praying for the grant of a pension, with related correspondence
Report by the Aden Committee on the land defences of Aden, with related correspondence. The Committee, consisting of Major W Jacob of the Artillery and Major C W Grant of the Engineers, was ordered to examine all the plans and papers recorded on the subject of the defences of the Peninsula of ...
Measures recommended in the 2nd Report of the Bengal Finance Committee
Scope & Content:
The Collection includes a copy of the 2nd Report of the Committee of Finance for the Presidency of Bengal on the results of its enquiries into civil salaries in the Judicial, Revenue and Customs Departments in the North Western Provinces, dated 17th August 1842.
Condition and management of Insane Hospitals in the Bengal Presidency, Vol 2
Scope & Content:
The Collection consists of 190 pages of correspondence and reports relating to the Insane Hospitals in the Bengal Presidency. The correspondence in the Collection is mostly concerned with the condition of the Insane Hospitals at Russa and Bhowanipore [Bhowanipur], and a proposal for the construc...
Condition and management of Insane Hospitals in the Bengal Presidency, Vol 1
Scope & Content:
The Collection consists of 317 pages of correspondence and reports relating to the Insane Hospitals in the Bengal Presidency. A circular [see pp 63-67] was issued to the four insane hospitals in the Bengal Presidency at Russa in the 24 Parganas, at Murshidabad, at Dacca, and at Patna, asking for...
Extracts from inspection report on the local hospital for insanes, by W Russell, Session Judge, 24 Pergunnahs, Bengal, to Judicial Department of Government of India. Plan of hospital (pp 116-17). Section A of report (pp 166-71) discusses the gardening carried out by patients. Successful cultivat...
