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4316: Rejection of the iron emigrant ship Ganges for want of a collision bulk-head, and the rule requiring all emigrant ships from Bengal to be classed as A1 at Lloyd's or some other Underwriting Agency
Scope & Content:
The collection includes a copy of the Emigration letter received from India, No.24 of 1874, dated 30 June 1874
4319: Report on Immigration into Reunion for 1873 by F Blunt, Her Majesty's Acting Consul, Reunion - Letter from the Government of India, Department of Revenue, Agriculture and Commerce, regarding the form of report to be obtained from British Consuls in Foreign Colonies where Indian immigrants are employed; and the concession to British Consuls of the powers of inquiry and visitation as required by the Government of India
Scope & Content:
The collection includes a copy of the Emigration letter received from India, No.21 of 1874, dated 16 June 1874; and a copy of the Emigration letter received from India, No.26 of 1874, dated 30 June 1874
4321: Dates of departure from Calcutta and of arrival at Trinidad of emigrant vessels - Dates of departure from Calcutta and of arrival at Demerara, British Guiana, of emigrant vessels - Adoption of the 31st January as the latest date of departure from Calcutta of emigrant vessels for Jamaica
Scope & Content:
The collection includes a copy of the Emigration letter received from India, No.30 of 1874, dated 7 July 1874; a copy of the Emigration letter received from India, No.31 of 1874, dated 14 July 1874; and a copy of the Emigration letter received from India, No.32 of 1874, dated 14 July 1874
4341: Memorial from Charles Eugene Groser, late a Section Writer in the Office of the Secretary to the Government of India, Home Department, in which he appeals against the orders of the Government of India declining to interfere in the matter of his dismissal from his appointment
Scope & Content:
The collection includes a copy of the Public letter received from India, No.54 of 1874, dated 25 August 1874
4355: Ill treatment of Indian labourers in the Straits Settlements, and enactment of a law for the regulation of emigration to that colony
Scope & Content:
The collection includes a copy of the Emigration letter received from India, No.19 of 1874, dated 9 June 1874. Also includes a copy of the Despatch, No.173 of 1874, dated 29 October 1874.
4381: Correspondence on the subject of the survey of emigrant vessels at the Port of Calcutta, and an order promulgated by the Master Attendant requiring all vessels taken up for the conveyance of emigrants be docked for the purpose of survey
Scope & Content:
The collection includes a copy of the Emigration letter received from India, No.38 of 1874, dated 28 July 1874
4410: Letter from the Government of India, Foreign Department, regarding the claim of Gela Ram and others to the Estate of the late Hemraj Vokatrio, and enquires what prospect there is of a decision being given in the case, and whether anything can be done by Her Majesty's Government to expedite a settlement
Scope & Content:
The collection consists only of the Foreign letter received from India, No.22 of 1874, dated 21 July 1874
4440: Letter from the Government of India, Foreign Department, regarding the claim of Gela Ram and others to the Estate of the late Hemraj Vokatrio pending before the Russian Courts, and enquires whether there is any prospect of an early decision in the case
Scope & Content:
The collection consists only of the Foreign letter received from India, No.1 of 1875, dated 15 January 1875
4435: Report on Immigration in Reunion and the laws and regulations connected therewith, by Captain F T Blunt, Inspector of Immigrants, Mauritius, and late Her Majesty's Acting Consul in Reunion, dated 27 September 1874
Scope & Content:
The collection includes a copy of the Emigration letter received from India, No.5 of 1875, dated 8 January 1875