File S&C 1126/1880 - Returns of the Land Trade of the Province of Sind for the year 1878-79, together with a report by the Collector of Customs, Kurrachee, dated 13th March 1879
Scope & Content:
File includes a statement showing the differences between the figures for imports by land into Sind from countries external to British India for the year 1878-79, as compiled in the Finance and Commerce Department from the Monthly Returns
File S&C 1129/1880 - Papers relating to a recommendation for Irwin Stanley Wells to be admitted into the Bengal Pilot Service
Scope & Content:
File includes copies of a HMS Worcester (Thames Nautical Training College) report on the character of Irwin S Wells for the period September to December 1879 and a memorial submitted by Joseph Richard Wells, dated 2nd April 1880, praying for the admission of his son Irwin Stanley Wells into the B...
File S&C 1425/1880 - Proposed survey of the vicinity of the island of Jubal Zooghur [Jabal Zuqar] in the Red Sea
Scope & Content:
Includes a report on the result of an investigation held at Aden in reference to the loss of the steamer Duke of Lancaster at Jubal Zooghur Island in the Red Sea on the 13th of July 1880
File S&C 1505/1880 - Suggestions by Mr T Saunders regarding the preparation of maps by the Surveyor-General's office
Scope & Content:
Includes two maps: Godavari Taluks arranged on ten sheets instead of eighteen. Index to the sheets of the survey of the Godavari Taluks, by J Mulheran, August 1879.
File S&C 41/1881 - Application from Monsieur H Castonner des Tosses to be allowed access to old original records on the subject of the capture of Madras by the French in 1746
Scope & Content:
Includes a memorandum by George Birdwood on the subject of the capture of Madras in 1746 by a French force commanded by La Bourdonnais
File S&C 167/1881 - Rules relating to the transmission of memorials etc addressed to Her Majesty the Queen or to the Secretary of State for India by persons resident in India
Scope & Content:
Also includes the rules as to addresses etc addressed to Her Majesty the Queen, the Members of the Royal Family, or to High Officials of Her Majesty's Government in England
File S&C 182/1881 - Application by Bernard Quaritch, bookseller, to be placed on the list of official agents for the sale of books and publications issued from the India Office or received from India
Scope & Content:
Includes a printed copy of a price list of "Important Indian Government Publications: offered by Bernard Quaritch", March 1881