Extract of a Public Letter from Bombay. In response to complaints from East India House, Bombay have ordered new procedures for packets forwarded by express messengers.
Letter from Carlo de Rossetti to William Ramsay, Secretary of the Secret Committee. Advises of the arrival of an English ship at Suez from Bombay. Hopes to receive recompense from the Company for his services. Dated Cairo
Paper entitled 'A sketch relative to the trade of India to the Red Sea'. Considers the protection of Arab States from the French and types of goods which might be profitably traded. Marked "No.393"
Extract of a Public Letter from Bengal. Argues that the overland route was established as much for private as public intelligence. Includes list of Secret, Political, Public and Revenue departmental correspondence sent via the overland route.
Copy of statement of postage receipts on private letters by the Basra mails and of the expenses incurred, 1 May 1800 to 30 April 1802. Copy verified by George Osbourne. Dated Bombay Castle
Copy of letter from William Jones, Sub-treasurer at Fort St George, to the Chief Secretary to Government in the Public Department. Encloses statement of sums received on account of overland postage, January 1798 to November 1802. Examined by Robert Abercromby. Marked "No.5". Dated Fort St George,...
Letter from Carlo de Rossetti to William Ramsay, Secretary of the Secret Committee. Advises of the arrival of an English ship at Suez from Bombay. Hopes to receive recompense from the Company for his services. Dated Cairo
Letter from Claudius James Rich to William Ramsay. Has drawn Bill of Exchange on the Company amounting to a quarter of his salary. Dated Alexandria, 10 May 1806 [Seal, damaged] Received 30 October 1806.
Letter from Claudius James Rich to William Ramsay. Has drawn Bill of Exchange on the Company, amounting to a quarter of his salary. Dated Alexandria, 10 August 1806 Received 5 November 1806.
Letter from John Barker to William Ramsay. Advises of first Bill of Exchange drawn on the Company. Dated Antioch, 25 September 1805 Read in Court, 19 February 1806.