The Quarter Master General of the Bombay Army [Lieut Colonel Neil Campbell] forwards a route map of Afghanistan to the Bombay Government and draws their attention to his own contribution to it - the map is subsequently forwarded to England
Petition to the EIC Court of Directors from upwards of 2000 of the leading native inhabitants of Bombay complaining of the interference of certain Christian missionaries in their lives, with special reference to education - minutes of the Governor of Bombay [James Farish] and of Member of Council...
Minute by the Governor General of India [Lord Auckland], dated 4 Feb 1840, on the administrative reforms which he introduced in the North Western Provinces during his residence there (with associated correspondence)
Minute by the Governor General of India [Lord Auckland], dated 8 Jul 1840, regarding the possibility of his extending his Governor Generalship beyond the spring of 1841 (with associated correspondence)
Papers regarding the survey of the proposed line of road between Agra and Bombay - reports of the Superintending Surveyor [Major John Gavin Drummond] - correspondence with Native Princes - minute of the Governor General [Lord Auckland] dated 18 Jan 1840 (on pp 122-28) etc (includes, on p 114, a s...
Bengal Government contribute 10,000 rupees towards the erection of a ghat on the river Hooghly south west of Fort William, the ghat to be named the 'James Prinsep Ghat' in honour of the late public servant of that name
Project of Jean Paul Emile Caffarel of Pondicherry for extracting sugar from the Palmyra date palm - reports on his project by Dr John Macleod and Dr Robert Wight - his request to Government for a patent or indemnification on account of the expense attending his experiments - similar experiments ...
Action taken by the Government of India in response to the Court of Directors' dispatch of 24 Jul 1839 regarding the cultivation of hemp in India - they also draw the Court's attention to the increase in the export of other commodities
Government of India authorise the payment of an extra 1000 rupees to the Bishop of Isauropolis [John Lewis] for 100 copies of his Latin-Cochin Chinese dictionary
Complaint of the native community of Bombay that missionary tracts and books are being distributed and allowed to be read in the Government schools of the Poona District - correspondence of the Bombay Government with the Superintendent of Government Maratha Schools [Captain Thomas Candy]