HALIFAX PAPERS. Vol. LI (ff. i+26). Memorandum by Lord Halifax on a plan to retire Commanders; 1858. Preceded (ff. 1-6) by a draft of the plan and followed (ff. 13-26) by related memoranda, 1857, and lists of retired Commanders and Captains, n.d. Folio.
Vol. LII (ff. i+29). Post Office Department (Packet Service) Estimate and Supplementary Navy Estimates only for 1855-1856; 1855. includes: ff. 174-248b Sir Thomas Erskine Perry, MP; Indian judge: Correspondence with Lord Halifax: 1854-1878.
HALIFAX PAPERS. Vols. LII-LVI. Papers relating to the Navy Estimates; 1848-1859. Partly (48582, 48586) or mostly (49583-49585) printed. 49582-49585 mostly comprise Command Papers. Five volumes. Folio and large folio.
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Revenue: Papers rel. to Budgets,: 1839-1859. England; Parliament: Correspondence, etc., used for Commons' speeches, etc., by Lord Halifax: 1839-1858.
Vol. LV (ff. i+103). For 1858-1859; 1858. includes: f. 3 Sir Richard Madox Bromley, KCB; Navy Accountant-General: Correspondence with Lord Halifax: 1855-1858.
Vol. LVI (ff. 144). Miscellaneous papers; 1848-1859. includes: f. 35 Admiral Robert Craigie: Returns signed by: 1855, 1856.ff. 60, 61 Sir Thomas Tassell Grant, KCB; Comptroller of Victualling for the Navy: Returns, signed by,: 1855, 1857.f. 107 Rear-Admiral John Washington, Hydrographer ...
HALIFAX PAPERS. Vols. LVII, LVIII. Papers mostly relating to the transport service to and from the Crimea, mostly compiled for use in Parliament, 49587 being for use against William Schaw Lindsay, M.P., the ship-owner, on 22 June and 10 July 1855; 1850-1857.
Vol. LVIII (ff. 84). 1855-1856. The Crimea, Russia: Papers rel. to Crimean transport service: 1855, 1856. includes: f. 11 Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston; Prime Minister: Correspondence with Lord Halifax: 1855-1860.f. 11 Admiral Hon Sir Montagu Stopford, KCB: Correspondence wit...