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634: Special Narrative of the Proceedings of the Government of Bengal, No.8 (General), dated 28th April 1860, proposing the discontinuance of the Tables of Contents hitherto forwarded with each collection of papers intended for the Home Government
Scope & Content:
The collection contains a copy of the Home Department letter received from India, No.44 of 1860, dated 8 May 1860; and a copy of the Narrative
668: Copy of a communication from the Government of Bengal, together with a copy of the Government of India Resolution, ruling that until further orders, and except on Medical Certificate, Furlough shall not be allotted to any Member of the Bengal Civil Service, except on the return to India from Furlough of a Civil Servant belonging to the same Division of the Presidency to which the applicant for Furlough belongs
Scope & Content:
The collection includes a copy of the Public letter received from India, No.125 of 1860, dated 26 October 1860
742: Communications from the Director General of the Post Office in India to the Government of India regarding the manufacture of postage stamp labels in India
Scope & Content:
The collection consists of two letters from H B Riddell, Director General of the Post Office in India, to the Secretary to the Government of India, dated 3rd August 1857 and 10th December 1859
743: Special Narrative of the Proceedings of the Government of Bengal, No.18 (General), dated 27th November 1860, transmitting a report by W T Blanford, of the Geological Survey Department, on D C Mackey's Iron Works at Beerbhoom, with related correspondence
Scope & Content:
The collection includes a copy of the Home Department letter received from India, No.132 of 1860, dated 7 December 1860; and a sketch map showing the Districts adjoining the Iron Works at Mahammad Bazar, Beerbhoom, Scale: One inch = 4 miles, with colours showing the geology of the area
756: Application from T C Hope, Bombay Civil Service, (who, in common with other Officers of the Indian Civil Service absent on leave in England in 1857, was ordered to return to India before the expiration of his leave,) to be permitted to take the unexpired portion of that leave, on half pay, at any future time, in continuation of privilege leave
Scope & Content:
The collection includes a copy of the Public letter received from India, No.3 of 1861, dated 5 January 1861
772: Special Narrative of the Proceedings of the Government of Bengal, No.9, dated 20th June 1860, transmitting an indent for stationery for the year 1861
Scope & Content:
The collection includes a copy of the Separate Revenue letter received from India, No.18 of 1860, dated 10 July 1860
839: Special Narrative of the Proceedings of the Government of Bengal, No.1 (Medical), dated 8th March 1861, transmitting a memorial from Baboo Doorga Churn Gupt, late Native Doctor of Burhee, praying for re-admission to the public service
Scope & Content:
The collection includes a copy of the Public letter received from India, No.21 of 1861, dated 26 March 1861
903: Correspondence with the Government of Bombay and the Director General of the Post Office, arising out of a proposition submitted by Mr Leighton, late Officiating Post Master General of Bombay, that the Mails from Europe to India should be sorted on board the Steamers on the voyage between Suez and Bombay
Scope & Content:
The collection includes a copy of the Post Office letter received from India, No.1 of 1861, dated 14 January 1861
935: Communication from the Superintendent of the Geological Survey of India in which he reports the progress made by the Geological Survey party in Pegu and the Tenasserim and Martaban Provinces of British Burma during the past season of their operations, and estimates the time likely to elapse before the survey of these Provinces can be completed
Scope & Content:
The collection consists of a copy of the Public letter received from India, No.35 of 1861, dated 6 June 1861; and a letter from T Oldham, Superintendent of the Geological Survey of India, to W Grey, Secretary to the Government of India, dated the 28th May 1861
957: Special Narrative of the Proceedings of the Government of Bengal, No.2, dated 4th June 1861, requesting that all unexecuted Indents for stationery may be cancelled
Scope & Content:
The collection includes a copy of the Public letter received from India, No.39 of 1861, dated 14 June 1861