2902: Communication from the Government of Bengal, furnishing particulars of the offer made by Mrs Tytler to take charge of 100 orphans left destitute by famine in certain districts of Bengal
Scope & Content:
The collection consists of a copy of the Public letter received from India, No.126 of 1868, dated 7 September 1868; and a letter from S C Bayley, Officiating Additional Secretary to the Government of Bengal, to the Secretary to the Government of India, Home Department, dated 25th August 1868
2937: Report on the result of the experiment undertaken by the Manager of the Behalee Tea Factory in Assam in importing sheep for re-sale among labourers
Scope & Content:
The collection includes a copy of the Public letter received from India, No.141 of 1868, dated 23 September 1868
2941: Report by J W Edgar, Officiating Deputy Commissioner of Cachar, on the Tea Gardens in the Province for the half-year ending 31st December 1867, together with the orders of the Lieutenant Governor of Bengal thereon
Scope & Content:
The collection includes a copy of the Public letter received from India, No.124 of 1868, dated 3 September 1868
2949: Proceedings relating to the pay and expenses of Sergeant Phillips and Sappers Talbot and Conway of the Royal Engineers, employed under Major J F Tennant, and the distribution of photographs of the solar eclipse of the 18th August 1868
Scope & Content:
The collection includes a copy of the Public letter received from India, No.156 of 1868, dated 26 October 1868
2985: Narrative of the measures adopted to give effect to the several recommendations contained in the Report of the Famine Commissioners for the improvement of the condition of Orissa
Scope & Content:
The collection includes a copy of the Public letter received from India, No.167 of 1868, dated 20 November 1868. The file also includes a copy of the Government of India's reply to the Bengal Government regarding the Khoorda Estate in the District of Pooree [Puri].
3024: Labour Returns and Visitation Reports of Tea Gardens in Assam, Cachar and Sylhet, during the half-year ending 30th June 1868
Scope & Content:
The collection includes a copy of the Public letter received from India, No.20 of 1869, dated 9 March 1869. The Returns include lists of deceased workers, with date and cause of death; lists of absentee workers other than convicted deserters; and lists of convicted deserters, with dates and det...
3028: Memorandum on the Records in the Home Department of the Government of India, by J Talboys Wheeler, Secretary to the Record Commission (Calcutta: A Dozey, Home Secretariat Press, 1868)
Scope & Content:
The collection includes a copy of the Public letter received from India, No.16 of 1869, dated 13 February 1869
3069: Papers regarding the arrival in Calcutta of the return Indian emigrants from the Danish Colony of St Croix by the ship Dorothea Melchior
Scope & Content:
The collection includes a copy of the Public letter received from India, No.18 of 1869, dated 3 March 1869; and a statement showing the receipts and disbursements on account of return emigrants from the Island of St Croix per ship Dorothea Melchior (with the names of the emigrants)