Measures to improve vaccination diffusion in the Lower Provinces of Bengal
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Correspondence forwarded to the Court of Directors by the Government of Bengal, regarding measures to improve vaccination uptake throughout the Lower Provinces. Discusses the opinion of the Bengal Medical Board that legislation prohibiting inoculation [variolation] should not be enacted until an...
Arrangements for taking meterorological observations in India
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Correspondence regarding the proposals by Major General Sir J F Burgoyne, that a series of meteorological observations be made across the principal stations for European Troops and sanitorial stations across India. Involves discussion over the locations to be included, necessary equipment, and w...
This item consists of two copies of letters by the Government of Bombay and Captain Thomas Perronet Thompson. Thompson’s letter explains the role played by the Imaum of Muscat [Imam of Muscat, Sayyid Sa‘īd bin Sulṭān Āl Bū Sa‘īd] in the battle of Ash Kara [Ash Sharqiyah, during the Bani Bu Ali e...
This item consists of copies of correspondence, minutes, and consultations, cited in, or enclosed with, political letters from the Government of Bombay [Mumbai]. It is the fifth in a series of seven items on the trade in enslaved people (the others are IOR/F/4/2014/89996, 89997, 89998, 89999, 90...
Papers regarding Act XI of 1843, An Act for regulating the service of Hereditary Officers under the Presidency of Bombay
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A printed copy of the Act is included within the papers. The papers also include correspondence on the subject of gang robberies and suggested improvements in the system of Police in the Bombay Presidency.
This item consists of copies of correspondence, minutes, and consultations, cited in, or enclosed with, political letters from the Government of Bombay [Mumbai]. The correspondents are: the Government of Bombay; the Court of Directors; Captain Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf; the Go...
