Correspondence of Admiral Sir Edward Pellew with the Bombay Government on various naval matters including the transfer to the Royal Navy of the Company's ships Cornwallis and Sir Edward Hughes.
Papers regarding the conveyance of European invalids and French prisoners of war to England on the Company's ships - proposal for an exchange of prisoners between Bombay and Mauritius (includes a list of the French prisoners at Bombay in November 1804)
Proposal that a Town Hall should be erected at Calcutta and that marble statues of Marquis Wellesley and Marquis Cornwallis should be put on display there.
Measures taken to combat the Malwan and Rairee pirates on the west coast of India, (includes lists of ships employed by the Bombay Marine in the years 1801-05)
An experimental caisson is sunk in the Hooghly river at Calcutta to ascertain the practicability of erecting a quay there - the project is abandoned owing to unfavourable reports from the merchants of Calcutta and from the Committee specially appointed to examine the project. An allowance of 1000...
Pensions are awarded to the widow and children of James Palmer in recognition of his discovery of a process of preparing and preserving limes and lime juice (includes a description of the process).
Report on the state and progress of vaccine inoculation in Bengal during the year 1804
Scope & Content:
The Bengal Government forwards a copy of John Shoolbred's 'Report on the State and Progress of Vaccine Inoculation in Bengal during the year 1804' to the Court of Directors (includes a printed copy of the report).
'Respecting the measures adopted to procure restitution of the property seized on board the Hector by the Sheik of Busheab in the Persian Gulph'
Scope & Content:
This item consists of extracts from political letters received from the Government of Bombay by the Court of Directors, containing enclosures regarding the measures taken to secure the return of East India Company property that was seized from the country ship Hector in the Persian Gulf by the S...
