Southern Mahratta Country: dispute between the widow of Maharow Ghorepurray and her son Govind Rao of Machicknoor on account of an allowance of 500 rupees which was enjoyed by the deceased
Correspondence regarding a request by General Avitabile for securities belonging to him and held by the Bengal Government to be delivered to the order of Messrs Cockerell & Co of London
Memorial from members of the Madras Civil Service representing that during the period the Fund had been in operation, the Madras Service had received eight annuities less than it was entitled to, and soliciting the tender for acceptance of a fifth annuity annually at the Madras Presidency until ...
Statement of the Superintendent and Treasurer of the Government Bank showing the debts, or several items of old balances on the books of that institution, which are deemed desperate and irrecoverable, with a request for them being written off to Profit and Loss. Discontinuance of an office establ...
Papers on various subjects relating to finance in the Madras Presidency
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Committee appointed to investigate an alleged deficiency in the General Treasury, and an Accountant for the examination of the books on a monthly salary of 87½ rupees. Application from the Acting Secretary to the Mint Committee for the salary attached to his office from the date of his taking cha...
Further memorial from the weavers of the Chingleput District (in original, with a list of signatures) regarding the tax imposed on their looms, with related correspondence
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The correspondence includes a letter from A Freese, Collector of Chingleput, on the actual condition of the weavers in his district and on their ability to meet the tax; a statement showing the class of weavers, a description of the cloth manufactured and the profits derived by the weavers in th...
Proceedings relating to the irregular manner in which Commodore Lowe of the Indian Navy quitted his station in the Persian Gulf in the Honourable Company's sloop of war Elphinstone
Further proceedings on the subject of the protracted length of the voyages made by the Government steamers between Suez and Bombay, and expressing an opinion on the proposition by Sir Robert Oliver, Superintendent of the Indian Navy, with respect to the disposal of officers found unequal to a co...