Arrangements made for conveying the Indian and English mails by the routes Bombay-Suez and Bombay-Basra-Beirut during the 1840 monsoon (includes the proposed time-tables for either route, on pp 6 and 7 respectively)
Report by the Commissioner of Tenasserim [Edmund Augustus Blundell] on the coal-mine now being worked in the Mergui District - instructions issued to Blundell by the Government of India - they call for a detailed report from the Superintendent of the mine
Government of India forward to London a copy of the report from the Coal Committee, Calcutta, on a specimen of coal forwarded by Sir Alexander Burnes from the banks of the Indus (the report by Mr Prinsep is not with the Collection)
Further reports on the amount of Cherrapunji coal sent down to Calcutta - necessity of improving communication between Cherrapunji and the Brahmaputra river, etc
Papers regarding the completion of the marine survey of the east and west coasts of the Bay of Bengal - proposed survey of the approaches to the Island of Cheduba, etc - correspondence of the Marine Surveyor General [Captain Richard Lloyd] with the Bengal Marine Board
Further papers regarding the proposed incorporation of the Assam (Tea) Company - opinion of the East India Company's Legal Counsel in London [R Spankie, J E Lyall]
Measures taken by the Madras Government to give effect to the Court of Directors' orders of Mar 1841 prohibiting the participation of British troops in native religious ceremonies
Further papers regarding Government superintendence of native religious institutions in the Madras Presidency, Vol 1 - withdrawal of Government support from religious institutions in Madura and Rajahmundry Districts - protests against the loss of Government support, by inhabitants of Tinnevelly D...
Further papers regarding Government superintendence of native religious institutions in the Madras Presidency, Vol 2 - measures taken towards the withdrawal of Government support from religious institutions in Masulipatam District