Lascar Compensation as to payment of compensation, under Government's War Risks Scheme, to dependents of a deceased lascar whose death was not due to War perils - case of Shaik Mohamed ex SS "Hebe"
Scope & Content:
Includes Statement by the Board of Trade for death and Injury caused by War Risks and as to other arrangements made for the Benefit of Officers and Seamen of British Merchant Ships during the War. Lascar Nominal Lists.
File R 302/1881 - Draft of a letter to L J K Brace informing him that a passage to Calcutta has been secured for him on board the ss. City of Venice, sailing from Liverpool
File R,S&C 62/1882 - Memorial, orders and papers connecting to Mr C J O'Donnell, in which he takes exception to certain orders passed by Sir S C Bailey, when Officiating Lieutenant-Governor of Bengal, upon his conduct as Sub-Divisional Officer of Sewan, in the District of Sarun
File R 68/1880 - Annual report on the administration of estates under the Talukdari Settlement Officer in the Bombay Presidency for the year ending 31st July 1879
Scope & Content:
The report contains lists of the estates, including the names of the holder of the estates, and a list of civil suits conducted by or on behalf of the Talukdari Settlement Officer
File R 710/1880 - Papers regarding allegations made by Charles James O'Donnell, Justice of the Peace for the Provinces of Bengal, Bihar and Orissa, of the mismanagement of the Hutwa Estate
Scope & Content:
Includes a copy of Mr O'Donnell's pamphlet The Ruin of an Indian Province. An Indian famine explained. A letter to the Marquis of Hartington, Secretary of State for India in a liberal and reforming government (London: C Kegan Paul & Co, 1880). Also includes a copy of Act VIII of 1869, passed ...