Copies of extracts from correspondence between Governor General of India dated 10th January 1882 and SOS dated 23 March 1882, to be laid before Parliament (by order of HM)
Scope & Content:
[file includes publication on Corporal Punishment and Mortality in Indian Jails]
Emigration to Réunion: Despatch from Lord Lyons:- Emigration of Indian coolies to Réunion to be stopped in October, 1882, unless French Government complies with Indian Government's conditions
Enquiry into flogging of 11,000 prisoners in Bengal jails between January 1879 and March 1880; condemnation of Sir Ashley Eden, Lt-Governor of Bengal, 'under whose tenure of office these floggings took place'
Emigration to Guadeloupe; Further particulars in connection with the abortive voyage of the Oncle FÈlix in 1880, despatched with returning coolies for India
Emigration to Surinam: Renewed application of the Netherlands for extension from 5 to 10 years of the final contract entitling Indian coolie immigrants to a free return passage to India