Papers regarding the supply of timber from the forests of Colaba and the Junjeera [Janjira] Territory for the use of the Bombay dockyard
Scope & Content:
Includes a report by the Political Superintendent of Colaba, dated 24th September 1842, on measures for preserving the timber in the forests as well as for augmenting the quantity in reference to the future, with an appendix showing the various kinds of timber in the Colaba jungles and the best ...
Papers regarding Act XIV of 1843 for regulating the levy of custom duties and the manufacture of salt in the North Western Provinces; sugars of dependent possessions; and a revised system of customs administration in the Saugor and Nerbudda Territories
Correspondence relating to the desirableness of giving an equal degree of encouragement to the study of Tamil at Haileybury College as was already afforded in the case of Telugu; and also respecting the first increased rate of College allowances conferred on M J Walhouse for his attainments in Telugu
Scope & Content:
Includes a statement listing the names of students at Haileybury with the languages they studied
Correspondence regarding the proposal by Captain J Campbell, Assistant Surveyor General, for conducting experiments on the manufacture of Indian iron; and transmitting a paper by Captain Campbell on the manufacture of bar iron in India
Correspondence respecting the opinion of Lieutenant Colonel D Sim, Chief Engineer, on the experimental wooden groins laid down on the South Beach, Madras in 1839
Correspondence transmitting a report on the dispensaries established in 1842 at six towns in the interior; also forwarding applications for the establishment of dispensaries at Salem, Calicut, Vizagapatam and Kurnool; and requesting to be authorised to establish similar institutions in populous localities without prior reference to the Court of Directors