File R 678/1881 - Request of Monsieur M de Landtoheer for the of trail, with a view to its introduction into India, of his machine for preparing Rhea stems either in the green or dry state
File R 680/1881 - Copy of a telegram from the Governor of Madras, dated 15th September 1881, referring to India Despatch No.2 of 27th August 1881 on gold mining leases in Wynaad, and requesting to be informed if India recommendations are sanctioned
File R 681/1881 - Papers relating to arrangements for the abolition of the entire southern section of the Inland Customs Line, extending from Burhanpur, along the southern frontier of the Berars and through the south-eastern portion of the Central Provinces, to Dhamra, on the Mahánadi
Scope & Content:
File includes correspondence on the salt trade between Orissa and the Central Provinces; and on the Pungah salt manufactured in Cuttack. Also includes a printed copy of Act No. X of 1874, An Act to Amend the Law Relating to Salt
File R 684/1881 - Note, by W E Pedder, Secretary to the Revenue Department, dated 27th October 1881, on proposed alterations in the Deccan Agriculturists Relief Act of 1879
File R 686/1881 - Memorial from Major-General Charles Lionel Showers, B.S.C., applying for compensation for losses sustained by him in the experimental cultivation of cotton in India, together with a memorial on the subject from Sir Thomas Bazley, MP for Manchester, and Messrs. John Cheetham and William Armitage, President and Director, respectively, of the late Cotton Supply Association, with related correspondence
File R 688/1881 - Enquiry, from the Government of India Department of Finance and Commerce, as to whether postage stamps are used for stamping deeds in the United Kingdom