2332: Bengal Special Narrative No.3, dated 20th December 1866, transmitting samples of bark of Cinchona Succirubra from the Government plantations at Darjeeling, with a view to their being analysed by Mr Howard
Scope & Content:
The collection includes a copy of the Public letter received from India, No.3 of 1867, dated 5 January 1867
2454: Remarks of Government on the report of the Commission appointed to enquire into the circumstances connected with the famine in Orissa and other parts of Bengal in 1866, with other papers relating to the famine
Scope & Content:
The collection includes a copy of the following Public letters received from India: No.71 of 1867, dated 22 April 1867 No.85 of 1867, dated 14 May 1867 No.94 of 1867, dated 29 May 1867 A copy of the Commissions Report is not included in the collection.
2639: Report by A Smith, Collector of 24-Parganas, on the state and prospects of the 24-Parganas
Scope & Content:
The collection includes a copy of the Public letter received from India, No.221 of 1867, dated 14 December 1867. The report is specifically concerned with crops and the effects of famine.
2645: Returns of the tea gardens in Sylhet and Cachar for the half-year ending 30th June 1867
Scope & Content:
The collection includes a copy of the following Public letters received from India: No.207 of 1867, dated 29 November 1867 No.223 of 1867, dated 16 December 1867 The collection also contains communications from the Government of Bengal, with Returns of the tea gardens in Sylhet for the half-ye...
2670: Final Report on the mortality caused by the famine in the Cuttack Division in the year 1866
Scope & Content:
The collection includes a copy of the Public letter received from India, No.8 of 1868, dated 9 January 1868; and a copy of the Despatch, No.53 of 1868, dated 11 March 1868. The report contains the returns of mortality caused by the famine in Orissa, and statistics of population in the district...
2975: Memorials relative to the increased rates of postage imposed on correspondence between India and the United Kingdom
Scope & Content:
The collection consists of a copy of the Financial (Separate Revenue/Post Office) letter received from India, No.15 of 1868, dated 21 April 1868; memorials from the Bengal Chamber of Commerce and the Indian Commercial Association; and letters from A M Monteath, Director General of the Post Offic...
3322: Proposed appointment of Mr Pogson's son as an Assistant to the Government Astronomer at Madras
Scope & Content:
The collection includes a copy of the Financial (Expenditure/Education and Science) letter received from India, No.103 of 1870, dated 10 March 1870; and correspondence regarding the history and operations of the Madras Observatory
3729: Letter from the Government of India, Home Department, calling attention to the manner in which requisitions for appointments to the Bengal Civil Service have been complied with in past years, and enclosing a statement on the subject, and urges the general expediency of keeping the annual additions to the service as steady as possible
Scope & Content:
The collection consists of a copy of the Public letter received from India, No.9 of 1872, dated 21 February 1872; and a statement showing the number of Covenanted Civil Servants indented for by the Government of India, and the number actually supplied, during a period of 25 years, - from 1849 to...