File S&C 1160/1880 - Enquiry from W J Johnson, London Agent to The Times of India, Bombay, as to when the Indian Tide Tables will be ready for issuing, and asking for the name of the publisher
File S&C 1161/1880 - Telegram from the Viceroy requesting that a sample of China grass furnished by Noble & Co. may be forwarded to India for the Rhea Committee
File S&C 1162/1880 - Prohibitory Proclamation issued by the Chinese authorities against the cultivation of the opium poppy, and a report from Consul H A Giles on native grown opium at Amoy, together with a Table showing imports, Re-exports and sales of opium at the Port of Amoy for the year ending 31st December 1879
File S&C 1163/1880 - Request of the Secretary of State for India to be favoured with an answer as to amounts still unpaid by Bradford Chamber of Commerce regarding an outstanding claim for textile manufacturers
File S&C 1164/1880 - Statistics and Commerce Department minute paper regarding the transmission to the Political Department of 30 unexpurgated copies of the first and second sections of Major Raverty’s Notes on Afghanistan and Part of Baluchistan
File S&C 1165/1880 - Government of India Department of Finance and Commerce covering letter, dated 14th September 1880, forwarding the 'Administration Report of the Commissioners for making improvements in the port of Calcutta for the year 1879-80'
Scope & Content:
File includes Statistics and Commerce Department notes on the financial position of the Calcutta Port Trust (the Administration Report of the Commissioners is not present in the file)
File S&C 1168/1880 - Application from the Editor of The British Mail, London, for a copy of The Cave Temples of India, a work by Messrs. Fergusson and Burgess
File S&C 1169/1880 - Statistics and Commerce Department minute paper noting that Statistical Abstract No.14 relating to British India has been prepared by Mr Philipps and is ready for press and that Sir Louis Mallet’s authority for its publication is therefore requested