Correspondence regarding the allowances of Lieutenant Colonel James Outram as Political Agent in Sind and Baluchistan, and the request of Lieutenant Colonel Outram to be granted the same salary as that granted in 1840 to Lieutenant Colonel Sir Henry Pottinger as Agent in Lower Sind and Cutch
Letter from R Clarke, Hon Secretary, Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland, to J C Melvill, dated 8th April 1844, regarding a paper on the cave temples of India by James Fergusson, and requesting that measures be taken to have copies made of the cave paintings in Ajeenta [Ajanta]. T...
Question relating to the construction of the last Charter Act as to the Constitution of the India Government, Vol 1: Home Department letter, No.50 of 1843, dated Fort William 21st October 1843 Minute by W C Bentinck, Governor General of India, dated Ootacamund 31st July 1834
Correspondence regarding the purchase of 25 copies of the Malayalam Grammar and Dictionary compiled by the Rev J Peet and the Rev B Bayley of the Church Missionary Society
Donation of 5000 rupees granted to the Committee of the Madras Diocesan Institution from the late Mr Wooley's funds for the endowment of a scholarship, to be filled successively by the children of Europeans in distressed circumstances; and 5000 rupees granted to the Black Town Male and Female Or...
Correspondence regarding meteorological observations on the Nilgiri Hills and the measures adopted for carrying on the observations. Includes Ootacamund meteorological observations for May 1842. The experiments made by Dr R Wight to ascertain the effects of muriate of lime on vegetation are note...
Correspondence regarding the establishment of four Provincial schools and the advancement of Native education generally under the Madras Presidency. The correspondence also refers to the subjects of proposed tests for uncovenanted officers prior to their admission into the Company's service, and...
Correspondence on the subject of Office Fine Funds (Funds formed in Public offices under the Bombay Presidency through the means of fines and deductions from the pay of Establishments)