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3000: Correspondence regarding the death of a worker named Bundhoo at the Burtal Tea Garden in Cachar, caused by ill treatment on the part of Mr Colvin, a European Assistant
Scope & Content:
The collection includes a copy of the Public letter received from India, No.7 of 1869, dated 11 January 1869
3052: Report of the Commissioners appointed to enquire into the state and prospects of tea cultivation in Assam, Cachar and Sylhet (Calcutta: Calcutta Central Press Company Limited, 1868)
Scope & Content:
The collection includes a copy of the Public letter received from India, No.29 of 1869, dated 14 April 1869; and correspondence between the Government of India and the Bengal Government on the subject
3060: Correspondence relative to the refusal of the Officers of the 13th Bengal Cavalry to pay Octroi duties on certain mess stores, and the subsequent grant of a sum of money to them in reimbursement of law charges incurred in resisting the demand
Scope & Content:
The collection includes a copy of the Public letter received from India, No.30 of 1869, dated 19 April 1869; and a copy of the Lucknow Octroi Schedule for 1865-66, 1866-67 and 1867-68
3068: Further correspondence on the question of providing a separate depot, or depots, for up-country emigrants, at a place or places removed from Calcutta
Scope & Content:
The collection includes a copy of the Public letter received from India, No.31 of 1869, dated 19 April 1869
3183: List of the principal objects of architectural and artistic interest found to exist in the Lower Provinces of Bengal, together with correspondence relating to the carrying out of experiments in training men for the purpose of obtaining casts of the most important works of ancient architecture
Scope & Content:
The collection includes a copy of the Public letter received from India, No.82 of 1868, dated 18 June 1868
3197: Instructions to the Local Governments and Administrations in India as to the mode in which the proposed General Census of India in 1871 should be taken
Scope & Content:
The collection includes a copy of the Public letter received from India, No.92 of 1869, dated 23 November 1869; a specimen of the census form filled up for an imaginary family; and related proceedings. Also included is the report by A C Lyall, Commissioner of West Berar, on the census taken in t...
3213: Memorial from M Vurthoo Pillay appealing against his removal from the appointment of Deputy Postmaster of Porto Novo, in the Madras Presidency, with a report by the Director General of the Post Office
Scope & Content:
The collection includes a copy of the Financial (Separate Revenue/Post Office) letter received from India, No.24 of 1869, dated 14 December 1869. Also includes a plan of the Post & Sub Magistrates Office.
3242: Correspondence connected with the refusal of the Government of Melbourne to release the Master and Agents of the ship River Boyne from a bond which they were compelled by the Melbourne authorities to enter into for the maintenance of William Turpie, an insane person sent by the Bengal Government in that vessel to Melbourne in August 1868, to the care of his brother-in-law, W R Smith, of that colony
Scope & Content:
The collection includes a copy of the Public letter received from India, No.100 of 1869, dated 7 December 1869; and a statement of the case of William Turpie.
3400: Inspection reports and returns of labourers employed in the tea gardens in Sylhet, Cachar, and Assam for the half year ending 31st December 1869, and the Resolution of the Lieutenant Governor of Bengal thereon
Scope & Content:
The collection includes a copy of the Public letter received from India, No.88 of 1870, dated 5 August 1870