Telegram regarding India Mutiny Bill; Old Charter limits to be omitted; proposed transportation and imprisonment for fourteen years 'in case of natives'
Emigration to Surinam (Dutch Guiana); Proposal from the new Consul for a Commission of Enquiry from British Guiana into treatment of coolies in Surinam to secure ten years' indenture instead of five
Emigration to French Guiana (Cayenne): Proposal of FO for deputising an official, not resident in the colony, to tour the plantations seeing to the well-being of the coolies; virtual refusal of French Government to comply
Emigration to Guadeloupe; Departure of the Oncle FÈlix with 439 time-expired Indians for Pondicherry and put back in a hurricane; irregularities in connection with departure; sickness and mortality among passengers
Emigration to Réunion and French colonies: Decree from the French Government to regulate the whole question as a condition precedent to the British Government's decision as to whether to continue emigration