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
3003: Report of the Proceedings of the Committee appointed to examine the properties of the Chinchona [cinchona] Alkaloids, and a communication from the Government of India, Home Department, to the Inspector General of Hospitals, Lower Provinces, on the subject
Scope & Content:
The collection includes a copy of the Public letter received from India, No.190 of 1868, dated 31 December 1868
3212: Correspondence regarding an alteration in the quantity of lime juice to be supplied to emigrant ships, under Act XIII of 1864, proceeding from Calcutta to British and Foreign Colonies; and correspondence with the Government of Bengal relative to the clothing to be provided for infants in emigrant vessels proceeding from Calcutta to the West Indies
Scope & Content:
The collection includes a copy of the Public letter received from India, No.104 of 1869, dated 14 December 1869; and a copy of the Public letter received from India, No.110 of 1869, dated 21 December 1869.
3385: Remarks by the Government of India on the report of Her Majesty's Consul at Reunion on immigration into the Colony during 1869
Scope & Content:
The collection consists of a copy of the Public (Emigration) letter received from India, No.73 of 1870, dated 24 June 1870; and a copy of the report by C F Segrave, British Consul at Reunion, on immigration to the Colony for the year 1869
3581: Request by the Government of India for an early copy of the report of the Commission appointed to enquire into the statements made by Mr Des Voeux, Administrator of the Government of St Lucia, to Her Majesty's Secretary of State for the Colonies regarding the condition and treatment of the Indian and Chinese immigrants in British Guiana
Scope & Content:
The collection consists only of a copy of the Public/Emigration letter received from India, No.71 of 1870, dated 17 June 1870; and a copy of the Emigration letter received from India, No.1 of 1871, dated 16 June 1871
3703: Annual Report by Dr J G Grant, Protector of Emigrants at Calcutta, on emigration to the Colonies in 1870-71, and the orders of the Lieutenant Governor of Bengal thereon; and a request for measures to be taken to cause all Colonies not possessing separate depots in Calcutta to make proper arrangements for the reception and care of their return emigrants in some established depot in Calcutta
Scope & Content:
The collection includes a copy of the Emigration letter received from India, No.15 of 1871, dated 29 November 1871; and a copy of the Emigration letter received from India, No.11 of 1872, dated 29 March 1872
4026: Petition from G G Sellar, a tea planter, in which he claims compensation for losses sustained in consequence of an attack made by the Lushais in January 1871 upon the Alexandrapore grant in the District of Cachar
Scope & Content:
The collection includes a copy of the Public letter received from India, No.50 of 1873, dated 21 July 1873