File S&C 24/1881 - Request by John H Bell for copies of the printed notification concerning the rhea prize competition issued by the Government of India in 1877, and for a few pieces of dry rhea stems
File S&C 61/1881 - Papers regarding the wreck of the SS Penguin
Scope & Content:
The papers relate to the value of the Government cargo salvaged from the SS Penguin, the charges incurred after the stores had been transferred from the wreck, and the claims of the officers and crews of the two vessels which rendered assistance. Includes crew lists for the two vessels (a ligh...
File S&C 54/1881 - Covering letters forwarding to the Government of Bombay the designs received from the Admiralty for the flags to be used by the trustees of the Port of Bombay
File S&C 7/1881 - Correspondence regarding the complaint by Sir William Thomson of certain ommissions in the published volume of Tide Tables for Indian Ports for 1881
Scope & Content:
Includes a printed copy of a "Preliminary Note on a new Tide-Predicter" by E Roberts, from the Proceedings of the Royal Society, No.197, 1879.
File S&C 16/1881 - Draft letter to agents regarding the sale price of volume 3 of the Rajputana Gazetteer
Scope & Content:
Includes a letter from the Royal Geographical Society, dated 6th January 1881, acknowledging the present to it of a copy of volume 3 of the Rajputana Gazetteer