File R 1038/1880 - Letter from Thomas Pendril Peake, Isleworth, dated 1st December 1880, applying to become a candidate for a nomination to a junior appointment in the Indian Forest Department, and enclosing his certificates and references
File R 1040/1880 - Letter from George Watt to the Under Secretary of State for India, dated 30th November 1880, regarding the payment of the sum of £100 for scientific instruments
File R 1041/1880 - Letter from James Louis Pigot, Dublin, to the Under Secretary of State for India, dated 2nd December 1880, stating his desire to compete at the next examination for the junior appointments in the Indian Forest Department, and enclosing his certificates and references
File R 1048/1880 - Minute paper listing Assam Proceedings for May 1880 which were regarded as being of particular interest
Scope & Content:
Includes a draft despatch to the Government of India, No.1 of 1881, dated 6th January 1881, on the subject of the sale of holdings for arrears of revenue