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3294: Amended rules for the encouragement of the study of Oriental languages among the junior members of the Bengal Civil Service, together with a copy of the connected correspondence
Scope & Content:
The collection includes a copy of the Public letter received from India, No.37 of 1870, dated 6 April 1870
3328: Correspondence on the subject of the working of the rule fixed for the proportion of female emigrants to male at 40 to 100, with reports from the Agents of the various colonies showing the difficulty experienced by them
Scope & Content:
The collection includes a copy of the Public (Emigration) letter received from India, No.9 of 1870, dated 25 January 1870; and a copy of the Public (Emigration) letter received from India, No.32 of 1870, dated 15 March 1870
3401: Special Narrative No.3, dated 25th March 1870, of the proceedings of the Government of Bengal regarding the despatch to England of four civil insane patients on board the ship Portia
Scope & Content:
The collection includes a copy of the Public letter received from India, No.48 of 1870, dated 26 April 1870; and contains details of the cases of the four patients: John Ford, H S Eldred, James Madden, and Mrs Jessie Augustine. Also included is the Articles of Agreement made and entered into b...
3404: Annual report on emigration to the colonies for the year 1869-70 by J G Grant, Officiating Protector of Emigrants at Calcutta
Scope & Content:
The collection includes a copy of the Public (Emigration) letter received from India, No.86 of 1870, dated 5 August 1870. This letter also requests that the India Office make enquiries as to why no emigrants had returned to India from Jamaica since the year 1848, and reports that the despatch ...
3412: Letter from the Government of India, Home Department, requesting a copy of the last Cattle Plague Report published by the Veterinary Department of Her Majesty's Privy Council, for the use of the Indian Cattle Plague Commission
Scope & Content:
The collection consists only of the Public letter received from India, No.105 of 1870, dated 20 September 1870
3415: Papers on the subject of cattle disease in the Lower Provinces of Bengal, generally and especially in Assam
Scope & Content:
The collection includes copies of the Public letters received from India, No.54 of 1870, dated 17 May 1870, and No.57 of 1870, dated 20 May 1870. The collection also contains the following papers: Bengal Medical Proceedings for June to December 1869 A paper by Dr K McLeod, Civil Assistant Sur...
3461: Papers regarding the levy of octroi duties for municipal purposes, and the prohibition of the levy by municipalities of octroi on articles of through trade
Scope & Content:
The collection includes a copy of the Public letter received from India, No.4 of 1871, dated 18 January 1871; and a copy of the Despatch, No.13 of 1871, dated 2 March 1871