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3465: Correspondence regarding the large share of postage paid by India on the Galle and Calcutta line, and the claim of Her Majesty's Post Office to the entire excess, 3d a half oz., on covers sent by French Packet
Scope & Content:
The collection includes a copy of the Financial (Separate Revenue/Post Office) letter received from India, No.19 of 1870, dated 8 July 1870; and a copy of the Financial (Separate Revenue/Post Office) letter received from India, No.30 of 1870, dated 25 October 1870
3498: Returns of labourers who emigrated from Calcutta to British and Foreign Colonies from the year 1861 to the end of March 1870, the number who returned to India during the same period, and the amount of their savings and remittances
Scope & Content:
The collection includes a copy of the Public letter received from India, No.90 of 1870, dated 5 August 1870
3508: Special leave on private affairs, in continuation of privilege leave, granted to A M Monteath, Director General of the Post Office of India, to enable him to proceed to England to study the details of the English postal system with a view to introduce improvements into the Post Office in India
Scope & Content:
The collection includes a copy of the Financial (Separate Revenue/Post Office) letter received from India, No.4 of 1871, dated 29 March 1871
3571: Arrangements for the observation of the total eclipse of the sun expected to occur on December 11-12, 1871
Scope & Content:
The collection includes a copy of the Public letter received from India, No.84 of 1871, dated 28 July 1871; and a copy of the Public letter received from India, No.74 of 1870, dated 24 June 1870, with correspondence regarding equipment required by Professor Airy of the Royal Observatory, Greenwi...
3612: Emigration of Natives of British India to Cayenne in French Guiana, and a recommendation of the appointment of a British Consul at that place
Scope & Content:
The collection includes copies of the following Public letters received from India: No.113 of 1869, dated 21 December 1869 No.1 of 1868, dated 2 January 1868 No.27 of 1868, dated 10 February 1868 The collection also includes correspondence regarding the high mortality among Indian emigrants in ...
3621: Papers regarding the death-rate among emigrants in depot, and the mortality on the voyage to all colonies, except Jamaica, during the season 1869-70
Scope & Content:
The collection includes a copy of the Emigration letter received from India, No.3 of 1871, dated 14 July 1871; and correspondence regarding the long detention of labourers in the Jamaica Emigration Depot at Calcutta during the season 1869-70
3651: Correspondence showing that the Bombay Rules regarding the certificate of age to be produced by Native candidates for the Indian Civil Service had been adopted in all the other Provinces in India, and published in the local gazettes
Scope & Content:
The collection includes a copy of the Public letter received from India, No.109 of 1871, dated 29 November 1871
3655: Inspection reports and returns of labourers employed in tea gardens in Cachar for the year ending 31st December 1870, and the review of them by the Lieutenant Governor of Bengal
Scope & Content:
The collection includes a copy of the Emigration letter received from India, No.16 of 1871, dated 29 November 1871
3659: Papers showing that the donations prescribed in the orders of the 24th March 1870 are not assignable to a civilian for passing in the vernacular language of the District in which he was born or educated
Scope & Content:
The collection includes a copy of the Public letter received from India, No.112 of 1871, dated 20 December 1871
3671: Correspondence setting forth the reasons for which it was deemed advisable to postpone the General Census in the North Western Provinces to the night of the 18th January 1872
Scope & Content:
The collection includes a copy of the Department of Revenue, Agriculture and Commerce (Statistics) letter received from India, No.1 of 1872, dated 5 January 1872