Proceedings at Singapore consequent upon the new arrangement for the government of the Straits Settlements - the requests of Governor Robert Ibbetson and the Resident Councillor at Singapore, Samuel George Bonham, to be granted increased allowances, are rejected by the Bengal Government.
The Bengal Government request the Madras Government to forward 5 copies of the Koran to Van Diemen's Land, to be used to administer oaths to Muhammadan natives of India resident there.
Lists of non-official Europeans residing in the interior districts of the Bengal Presidency in the year 1831 are forwarded to the Court of Directors in London - requests of various individuals to be permitted to reside up-country (the lists, which appear on pp 12-30 give name, place of residence,...
The European inhabitants of Calcutta are allowed to hold two public meetings in the Town Hall on 7 and 14 April 1832 respectively, the first to protest against the rejection of the Reform Bill by the House of Lords, the second to petition Parliament to allow trial by jury in civil actions.
Petitions from the Catholic soldiers of the Company's Bengal Artillery and H.M. 16th and 49th Foot that they be granted the services of a priest from England or Ireland in preference to a Portuguese priest as at present.
The item consists of copies and extracts of correspondence, minutes and resolutions cited in, or enclosed with, letters from the Government of Bombay and the East India Company Court of Directors. It is the first in a series of three items on general affairs in the Persian Gulf (the others are: ...
‘In three Volumes. Vol: 2. Affairs of the Persian Gulf’
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The item consists of copies and extracts of correspondence, minutes and resolutions cited in, or enclosed with, extracts from the Government of Bombay Political Consultations. It is the second in a series of three items on general affairs in the Persian Gulf (the others are: IOR/F/4/1435/56726 a...
