Papers regarding charges of bribery and unauthorised correspondence with the Rajah of Shorapore against Captain William Brunton Jackson of the 25th Regiment Madras Native Infantry, lately attached to the Army of the Nizam of Hyderabad
Papers proposing improvements in the steam navigation between Bombay and Suez
Scope & Content:
Includes 'Rough Notes' by Sir Robert Oliver containing his observations on the subject of the steam navigation between Bombay and Suez, and a report on the condition of the East India Company's steam vessels Atalanta, Berenice, Cleopatra, and Victoria employed as Packets
Proceedings relating to the powers of administering Courts Martial possessed by Major General Sir Charles Napier in Sind, and also as to the military command over the Bombay troops in that Province
Scope & Content:
Includes a printed copy of 7 Victoria, Cap 18. An Act to remove Doubts as to the Power of appointing, convening, and confirming the Sentences of Courts-martial in the East Indies [6th June 1844]
Papers recommending for favourable consideration the Military Board's suggestion that one man in every batch of recruits be instructed in the manufacture of percussion caps
Papers reporting the result of placing beer in the canteens at Karachi, and of the experimental vegetable garden at that Station for the production of vegetables for the use of the troops