Establishment of Farish Scholarships in the Grant Medical College, Bombay, named in honour of James Farish, former Member of the Bombay Council and Acting Governor - the sum of 8440 rupees is subscribed towards a scholarship fund (includes a list of the subscribers, on p 14)
Miscellaneous minor subjects in connection with the Proceedings relative to the main road across India
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The Proceedings are concerned with the following subjects: Proposed route of the Bombay Dak road Selection of the Jaulna [Jalna] and Karinjah [Karanja] route for the conveyance of the Public Dak between Calcutta and Bombay, and sanction for the endeavours to provide that the Mails on that route ...
Papers regarding objections to a proposed modification of the customs laws regarding cotton at Bombay
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The papers include correspondence on the subject of frauds committed at the Bombay Custom House by the use of cancelled certificates for obtaining free export of cotton to China or drawback on shipments to Europe, with a recommendation from the Government of Bombay that cotton be allowed to be a...
Establishment of an experimental sanatorium at Cherrapunji in the Khasi Hills
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Establishment of an experimental sanatorium at Cherrapunji in the Khasi Hills - plan to establish a cantonment for European troops there - grants of land at Cherrapunji on 99 year leases etc. Vol 1 (includes sketch map of route from Gauhati to Nongkhlao by Lieutenant Richard Wilcox, on pp 232-33,...
Further papers regarding the treatment of eye disease in the Bombay Presidency
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Further papers regarding the treatment of eye disease in the Bombay Presidency - instructions given by the Bombay Medical Board to the Itinerant Oculist [Matthew Stovell] (includes returns of patients treated by the Oculist in the latter half of 1839).
