File R 271/1881 - Report of the Indian Famine Commission, Part 1, Famine Relief (London 1880)
Scope & Content:
File includes a copy of the Report of the Indian Famine Commission, Part 1, Famine Relief (London 1880) and correspondence with the Government of India on subjects treated in the Report [Maps, scale 128 miles to 1 inch and dated 1879, enclosed in the Report of the Indian Famine Commission, Part 1...
File R 995/1881 - Proposed appointment of Mr E C Ozanne as Director of Agriculture, Bombay
Scope & Content:
File includes a copy of the Prospectus of the Royal Agricultural College, Cirencester, for the month of May 1881, with illustrations showing views of the college and surrounding areas
File S&C 61/1881 - Papers regarding the wreck of the SS Penguin
Scope & Content:
The papers relate to the value of the Government cargo salvaged from the SS Penguin, the charges incurred after the stores had been transferred from the wreck, and the claims of the officers and crews of the two vessels which rendered assistance. Includes crew lists for the two vessels (a ligh...
Ancient Art's Exhibition at Earl's Court in 1911 - Exhibits of Madho Prasad
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Papers relating to the non-return of exhibits to Madho Prasad and lack of remuneration for their disposal, by Earl's Court Management. Includes the list of the articles exhibited for the Ancient Art Exhibition at the New Earl's Court by Madho Prasad.
File R 115/1880 - Grant of three months privilege leave to C A Elliott and J B Peile, members of the Famine Commission
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Includes correspondence regarding an allowance to be granted to A Crawford for the period of his absence from India on special duty to Europe in connection with the Goa Treaty (Anglo-Portuguese Treaty), and the question of his travelling allowances while in Europe and of the cost of his passage b...
File R 284/1880 - Papers regarding the reservation of the rights of the State to minerals in India, of modifications of the Waste Land Rules necessary to secure the rights, and of the terms on which applications to mine in Government waste lands in auriferous tracts should be complied with
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Includes the following papers: Translation of a perpetual lease of the Serampore coal field taken from the Rajah of Serampore, dated 1863 Printed copy of the lease of Kurhurballee coal fields, and agreement regarding the working capital, dated 10th July 1874 Instructions sent to the Governor Ge...