Report of the Assay Master at Calcutta [James Prinsep] on the suitability of mangrove wood from the Straits Settlements as a possible alternative to coal for use in the furnaces of steamers (with associated correspondence)
Complaint of the Junior Chaplain of Bangalore [the Reverend George Trevor] of the baptism of the children of European soldiers by Wesleyan missionaries - Madras Government decline to compel European soldiers to receive the sacraments only from the official chaplains
Memorial, dated 26 Nov 1836, from Dr Robert Flower Riddell, 1st Nizam's Infantry, to the EIC Court of Directors, praying for a reversal of the decision which denied him further promotion (with enclosures and associated correspondence)
Discovery of two veins of coal near the village of Chilmari on the banks of the Brahmaputra river [Rangpur District] - sanction given by the Bengal Government to various disbursements recommended by the Coal Committee
Complaint of the Raja of Sinkel on the West Coast of Sumatra of aggressive designs against him on the part of the Dutch - he requests British help - opinion of HM Advocate General in London - correspondence between the British and Dutch Governments
Abandonment of the plan to build a jetty at Akyab owing to the high cost of the project - the proceeds of the Akyab Port Fund are to be employed on the construction of a lighthouse and on other improvements (includes, on p 53, sketches of the 'Great Savage rock' at the entrance to Akyab harbour, ...
Joint reports regarding the hill station at Darjeeling
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Further proceedings regarding the hill station of Darjeeling - joint report by Lieut Colonel George William Aylmer Lloyd and Dr Henry Chapman (on pp 9-20) - grants of land at Darjeeling to European inhabitants of Calcutta desirous of establishing residences there - construction of a road to link ...
