1196: Report of the death of William Ritchie, Fifth Ordinary Member of the Council of the Governor General of India, on Saturday 22nd March 1862
Scope & Content:
The collection consists of a copy of the Public letter received from India, No.26 of 1862, dated 25 March 1862; and the Notification in The Calcutta Gazette Extraordinary
1295: Request by the Bengal Asiatic Society for a complete set of the photographs sent by the Government of the North Western Provinces to the London Exhibition
Scope & Content:
The collection includes a copy of the Foreign (General) letter received from India, No.27 of 1862, dated 8 August 1862
1415: Letter from the Viceroy and Governor General of India, stating that Mr Harington had been compelled by the state of his health to decline the Lieutenant Governorship of the North Western Provinces, and that he had appointed Edmond Drummond to that Office, subject to the approval of Her Majesty's Government
Scope & Content:
The collection consists only of a copy of the Public letter received from India, No.2 of 1863, dated 16 March 1863
1558: Letter from the Government of India, Home Department, bringing to notice the services of George Frederick Edmonstone, late Lieutenant Governor of the North Western Provinces, for some special mark of distinction or Royal favour
Scope & Content:
The collection consists only of a copy of the Public letter received from India, No.5 of 1863, dated 29 August 1863. The letter gives a summary of Edmonstone's career in India.
1609: Special Narrative No.5 of the Proceedings of the Government of Bengal, dated 2nd December 1863, regarding the fall of an aerolite on the 11th August 1863, near the village of Shytul, forty miles north of Dacca, with related correspondence
Scope & Content:
The collection includes a copy of the Public letter received from India, No.58 of 1863, dated 24 November 1863
1620: Special Narrative No.1 of the Proceedings of the Government of Bengal, dated 5th January 1864, transmitting letters of congratulation from the Mahomedan Community of Calcutta and its vicinity to Her Majesty the Queen and to their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales [Prince Albert Edward and Princess Alexandra of Denmark] on the occasion of their marriage, with related correspondence
Scope & Content:
The collection includes a copy of the Public letter received from India, No.3 of 1864, dated 7 January 1864. The collection contains copies of the two Addresses; and a copy of the proceedings of a General Meeting of the Mahomedan Community of Calcutta and Vicinity, assembled for the purpose of...
1653: Papers on the question of whether it was necessary to retain Persian as one of the languages of examination for Junior Civil Servants attached to the North Western Provinces, the Punjab and Oudh
Scope & Content:
The collection includes a copy of the Public letter received from India, No.12 of 1864, dated 20 February 1864. The collection contains correspondence from Government officials in India regarding the Indian languages best suited to the duties of government officials in the North Western Provin...
1977: Letters from the Secretary to the Bengal Chamber of Commerce complaining of the unnecessary detention at Galle of Mail Steamers on their way to Calcutta
Scope & Content:
The collection includes a copy of the Post Office letter received from India, No.10 of 1865, dated 3 August 1865
1985: Special Narrative No.3 of the Proceedings of the Government of Bengal, dated 26 April 1865, with enclosures, relative to the preparation of an Annual Return of publications in the Bengali and Sanskrit languages in accordance with the instructions contained in the Secretary of State for India's Despatch, No.55 of 1863, dated 24th July 1863
Scope & Content:
The collection includes a copy of the following Public letters received from India: No.46 of 1865, dated 14 June 1865 No.61 of 1865, dated 9 August 1865 Included in the collection is a Tabular Statement of Native Books and Pamphlets issued from the Vernacular Presses in Bengal, embracing publi...