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2636: Appointment of a Central Committee at Calcutta to take into consideration the question of adopting a uniform system of weights and measures throughout India
Scope & Content:
The collection includes a copy of the following Public letters received from India: No.126 of 1867, dated 11 July 1867 No.127 of 1867, dated 11 July 1867 The collection contains reports of the Local Governments and Administrations, together with a Resolution of the Government of India, dated 2...
2657: Communication from the Government of Bengal, together with a Report and Return of Labourers employed in the District of Nowgong for the half-year ending 30th June 1867
Scope & Content:
The collection includes a copy of the Public letter received from India, No.228 of 1867, dated 30 December 1867. The Return includes a list of deceased workers, with date and cause of death; a list of absentee workers other than convicted deserters; and a list of convicted deserters.
2687: Letter from E C Baylay, Secretary to the Government of India, Home Department, to H Merivale, Under Secretary of State for India, regarding publications issued under the authority of the Master of the Rolls to be procured for the Library of the Government of India
Scope & Content:
The collection consists only of the Secretary's letter received from India, No.49 of 1867, dated 24 December 1867
2735: Abstracts of reports received from the Government of Bengal, regarding the actual results of the rice harvest and the prospects of the rubbee crops in the Lower Provinces on the 1st January 1868
Scope & Content:
The collection includes a copy of the Public letter received from India, No.51 of 1868, dated 28 March 1868
2738: Government of India resolution on the subject of conserving ancient structures or their remains, and other works of art in India, and on obtaining casts and photographs of the most important works of ancient architecture in India
Scope & Content:
The collection consists only of an extract from the Proceedings of the Government of India, in the Home Department, (Public), under the date the 24th February 1868
2761: Bengal Special Narrative (Education), No.2 of 1868, dated 3rd April 1868, with a Memorial and connected papers on the subject of the salary and allowances of Dr C O Woodford, an Uncovenanted Medical Officer in Calcutta
Scope & Content:
The collection includes a copy of the Public letter received from India, No.64 of 1868, dated 25 April 1868
2883: Provisional acceptance by the Government of India of the offer of the British India Steam Navigation Company to contract for a fortnightly line of steamers between Calcutta and Bombay and intermediate ports on a subsidy of 10,000 rupees per mensem
Scope & Content:
The collection includes a copy of the Financial (Separate Revenue/Post Office) letter received from India, No.22 of 1868, dated 17 August 1868
2899: Introduction of a Sea Sorting Establishment for the mail steamers plying between Bombay and Suez at a monthly cost of 3,240 rupees
Scope & Content:
The collection includes a copy of the Financial (Separate Revenue/Post Office) letter received from India, No.21 of 1868, dated 8 August 1868; and a copy of the Financial (Expenditure/Post Office) letter received from India, No.140 of 1868, dated 18 June 1868
2924: Correspondence regarding the expediency of fixing the due date of the arrival of the English mail steamers at Bombay at least two days earlier during the monsoon season
Scope & Content:
The collection consists of a copy of the Financial (Separate Revenue/Post Office) letter received from India, No.24 of 1868, dated 26 September 1868; and a letter from A M Monteath, Director General of the Post Office of India, to the Secretary to the Government of India, Financial Department, d...