Decision of the Bombay Government to abandon the plan to erect brick bridges at Ounde and Panowli on the Bombay-Poona high road and instead to construct a wooden bridge over the Muta river near Dapuri
Misconduct of James Ralph, Paymaster of the Aurangabad Division of the Nizam's Army - his raising of funds for the payment of the troops, without previous official sanction - his attempt to establish a bank at Aurangabad in his son's name, etc - question what measures should be taken against him
Memorandum by the Controller of Steam Vessels [[Captain James H Johnston] on trials made on 13 Mar 1840 on board the Jumna, of specimens of Chapra and Palamau coal and of Palamau anthracite - he is ordered to carry out further experiments
Memorial to the Bombay Government from some of the inhabitants of Bombay praying that the whole of the funds realized by the sale of the former theatre may be appropriated for the erection of a new one (with associated correspondence) - suggestion of James Farish that the funds be appropriated fo...
Measures taken to protect the walls of Surat city from the floods of the river Tapti - question of the best means of protecting the city of Surat in general from the ravages of floods
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).
Jamsetjee JeeJeebhoy [given as Jamsetji Jijibhoy] informs the Bombay Government that he has paid into the General Treasury his donation of one lakh of rupees towards the establishment of a medical college, general hospital and dispensary at Bombay.