File S&C 403/1880 - Report, received from the Board of Trade, of an inquiry held by the Superintendent of the Mercantile Marine Office at Poplar, into the circumstances attending the deaths of two Lascar seamen named Syed and Jahm who were on board the ss. Tweed during a voyage to the United Kingdom
File S&C 404/1880 - Despatch received from the Governor of Ceylon and a letter from the Principal Customs and Superintendent of Wrecks at Colombo regarding the charge against the Master and Mate of the British barque Clan Alpine for scuttling the vessel and running her ashore at the Maldive Islands
File S&C 405/1880 - Transmission to the Board of Trade of the Proceedings of Courts of Inquiry regarding the loss of the native brig Neela Chellum and the stranding of the British barque Charlie Palmer, and a request for the return of the Proceedings to the Board of Trade Marine Department when done with
Scope & Content:
The Proceedings of Courts of Inquiry are not present in the file
File S&C 408/1880 - Order of Her Majesty’s Council of the 18th March 1880 revoking Order in Council of the 26th February 1880, relating to deserters from merchant ships belonging to subjects of the Emperor of Germany; and applying the provisions of the Foreign Deserters Act of 1852 to seamen deserters from merchant ships belonging to subjects of the Emperor of Germany
Scope & Content:
File includes 3 copies of the Order of Her Majesty’s Council of the 18th March 1880
File S&C 409/1880 - Correspondence relating to arrangements for the printing of copies of a catalogue of the collection of arms in the India Museum, a work prepared by W Egerton
File S&C 410/1880 - Letter from W W Hunter, 9 Douglas Crescent, Edinburgh, dated 1st April 1880, submitting for sanction proof slips 1951 to 2014 of the Imperial Gazetteer (Sandoway-Shibi), and calling attention to certain articles to which special attention need be drawn
File S&C 413/1880 - Transmission, by the Controller of Her Majesty’s Stationery Office, of a case containing 14 volumes of printed record works for presentation to the Government Central Museum, Madras