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Correspondence regarding the claim of Commander H B Lynch of the Indian Navy for an allowance of freight upon the Sind booty conveyed in the steam frigate Auckland, under his command, from the mouth of the Indus to Bombay
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The correspondence also refers to a similar claim made by Commander Young respecting Crown treasure on board the Company's Sloop of War Elphinstone.
The file contains memoranda, with some correspondence and copy telegrams, relating to the supply of horses, mules and ponies for the cavalry, infantry and artillery in Mesopotamia [Iraq] (the supply of animals for the Mesopotamia Campaign was undertaken by the Government of India). Notably cove...
