File R 648/1881 - Covering letter, dated 16th August 1881, forwarding a copy of the Abstract of the Proceedings of the Bombay Government in the Revenue Department, marked “Forests,” for the past month
File R 649/1881 - Minute papers, with related Government of Bombay letter No.14 of 1881, dated 16th August 1881, regarding a memorial from Nauroji Nasarwánji, late Revenue and Police Patel of the village of Bhátha in the Chorási Táluka of the Surat Collectorate, appealing against a Bombay Government order upholding the decision of the Collector of Surat and the Commissioner, N.D., directing the dismissal of the petitioner from office
File R 650/1881 - Minute papers and correspondence, with related Government of Bombay letter No.15 of 1881, dated 16th August 1881, regarding a memorial from Sakhojiráo bin Sidojiráo Bábar appealing against the decision of the Bombay Government in regard to his claim to the villages of Dongarargaon and Sonand in Táluka Sángola of the Sholápur Collectorate
File R 651/1881 - Reply of the Government of Bombay to the Secretary of State for India, dated 16th August 1881, with related minute paper, relating to the claim of Náro Rámchandra Parchuré to compensation on account of certain haks abolished under Act XIX of 1844 in the village of Asnauli in the Thána District
File R 652/1881 - Papers relating to a scheme for the reorganisation of Madras Salt Department and the preparation of a draft Bill for the protection of salt revenue
File R 653/1881 - Letter from H Cleghorn, MD, to the Under Secretary of State for India, dated 3rd September 1881, remarking on proposals of Dr Brandis, Inspector General of Forests, regarding the professional education of English students for the Forest Department of India
File R 655/1881 - Government of India letter, dated 12th August 1881, and related minute papers, regarding proposals for the scale and pay of Forest Conservators in India
File R 656/1881 - Application by woollen manufacturers Messrs. Hirst Brothers, Station Road, Batley, to offer a reward of £100 to anyone who could find a commercial outlet for wild silk
File R 657/1881 - Correspondence considering the case of Mr Edward Pratt, late Assistant to the Collector of Salt Revenue in the Bombay Presidency, where proceedings were taken against him for offences of misconduct
Scope & Content:
File includes a handritten memorial of Mr Edward Pratt, to the Secretary of State for India, dated 31st August 1881, appealing for a review of the whole of his case where proceedings were taken against him for offences of misconduct
File R 659/1881 - Letter from Le Chambre de Commerce Du Havre, to the Under Secretary of State for India, dated 3rd September 1881, regarding a memorandum on dyes of Indian growth and production