File S&C 1452/1880 - Request by H P Hubbard of New Haven, Connecticut, USA, for a list of Indian newspapers and periodicals published in India, and for a list of the banks and financial institutions of India
Scope & Content:
The file includes a flyer for Hubbard's Newspaper Directory of the World, and specimen pages for English and Turkish newspapers
File S&C 1514/1880 - Enquiry by John H Bell of Huddersfield regarding a reward for the invention of a machine for making thread or yarn from the fibre of the nettle plant
Scope & Content:
Includes a copy of the notification issued by the Government of India, dated Simla 31st August 1877, No.45, of a prize offered to the inventor of the best machine or process for the preparation of the fibre of the Bohmeria nivea (Rhea, Ramie and China grass)
File S&C 91/1881 - Letter from the Director of the Museum of Science and Art, Edinburgh, dated 21st January 1881, on the subject of the work on the "Textile Manufactures of India", and the danger to visitors to the museum of a exhibit sent from the India Office
Scope & Content:
Included with this is a folio stamped R,S&C 91/1882, a letter from the Foreign Office dated 14 January 1882 relating to the dangerous condition of the water supply at Mecca. This was mis-filed and bound into this volume in error.
File R 1161/1880 - Note on the discussion piece in the Indian section of the Journal of the Society of Arts, 14 May 1880, by Sir William Rose Robertson on the subject of agriculture in the Madras Presidency
Scope & Content:
Includes a copy of the Journal of the Society of Arts, No.1,434, Vol.XXVIII, May 14, 1880
File S&C 861/1880 - Award by the Board of Trade of medals to officers and crew of the Sirdanha for gallant services in the saving life on the occasion of the foundering of the Post Officers boat in Bombay Harbour on 5th August 1879
Scope & Content:
File includes a letter from the Board of Trade, dated 15th July 1880, regarding a decision to award Silver medals to the Master and 4th Officer of the Sirdanha, and Bronze medals to the rest of the crew
File S&C 1368/1880 - Request by Dr W W Hunter for a copy of The Cave Temples of India by James Fergusson and Report on the Amaravati Tope by Robert Sewell
Scope & Content:
Includes a list of publications and Parliamentary papers received by the Record Branch, Statistics and Commerce Department, 13th November 1880
File S&C 935/1880 - Letter from W H Grimley enquiring as to the patronage of his edition of the Sea Customs Law of India, 1878, and Tariff Act, and the beginning and ending of the Doorga Poojah (Durga Puja) holidays
Scope & Content:
File includes a copy of the Sea Customs Law of India, 1878, and Tariff Act
File R,S&C 133/1882 - A letter from a school director to a minister detailing the sending home of a second year forestry student due to illness (in French)
Scope & Content:
The Doctor believed it wiser to send the student home because of diptheria and typhoid fever cases.