This volume contains copies of Political, General, Revenue, and Finance Despatches from the Government of India Foreign Department to the Secretary of State for India, dating from August 1874. The Despatches usually consist of a covering letter followed by enclosures (mostly copies of correspo...
General No. 24 of 1874, Forwarding a Copy of a Letter from the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, Together with a Map of the Town and Peninsula of Bushire, Prepared by Lieutenant Stiffe, Formerly of the Indian Navy
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This item consists of copies of a General Despatch from the Government of India Foreign Department to the Secretary of State for India, dated 4 August 1874 and received by the India Office Political Department on 31 August 1874, forwarding a copy of a letter from the Political Resident in the Per...
Revenue No. 5 of 1874, Forwarding a Copy of Papers, and Soliciting Sanction to Sirdars Pertab Sing [Singh] and Ajit Sing [Singh], in Perpetuity, of Three-Fourths of the Village of Alawalpoor [Alawalpur] in the Jullundhur [Jalandhar] District, in Lieu of the Cash Pensions of 2,000 Rupees Hitherto Granted to Them
Finance No. 10 of 1874, Forwarding for Orders a Memorial Presented by Umut-ool-Koolsum Nawab Potee Begum [Umm al-Kulsum Navvāb Pūtī Baygum, or Navvāb Sulṭānāra Baygum Ṣāḥibah], Daughter of the Late Nawab Kyser Bho [Navvāb Qayṣar Bahū, or Qayṣar Baygum Ṣāḥibah], Seeking the Continuance to her of her Late Mother’s Pension, and for Reasons Given Recommending that the Memorial be Rejected
Political No. 140 of 1874, Forwarding a Copy of a Letter from the Chief Commissioner of British Burmah [Burma] and its Enclosure, Reporting the Measures Adopted for Training up Men of the Country to Assist in Maintaining Order in the Hill Tracts District of North Arracan [Arakan]
Political No. 141 of 1874, Forwarding a Copy of Papers Relating to the Question of the Authority of the Government of India to Entertain Appeals from the Decisions of the Government of Bombay [Mumbai]
Political No. 142 of 1874, Forwarding a Copy of Papers Regarding the ‘Piratical Proceedings’ of ‘a Party of Arabs’ at Hillaneeah, One of the Kooira Mooria Islands
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This item consists of copies of a Political Despatch from the Government of India Foreign Department to the Secretary of State for India, dated 4 August 1874, forwarding for information a copy of documents relating to ‘a piratical outrage’ committed by some members of the El-Jafferah [al Ja‘farah...
Political No. 143 of 1874, Forwarding a Copy of Correspondence Relating to the Exercise by the French Authorities at Chandernagore [Chandannagar] of Jurisdiction in Ghirretty, a Village Situated on the Right Bank of the Hooghly, about One and a Half Miles South of Chandernagore