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5412: Charge on account of additional house and table necessaries for the residence of the Lieutenant Governor of Bengal at Belvedere
Scope & Content:
The collection includes a copy of the Financial letter received from India, No.117 of 1879, dated 17 April 1879. Also includes a copy of the Despatch, No.85 of 1879, dated 11 September 1879.
5454: Condition of the Indian emigrants at Reunion, the opposition of the colonists to all reform, and the suggested removal of the Indian subjects from the island
Scope & Content:
The collection consists only of a copy of the Emigration letter received from India, No.12 of 1879, dated 15 May 1879
Mewa Singh, murderer of Mr Hopkinson. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography Head-and-shoulders full-face and right profile portraits of Mewa Singh. Mewa Singh was executed in January 1915 for the murder of the immigration inspector Charles W. Hopkinson at Vancouver in October 1914.
Kartar Singh, accused of conspiracy to murder. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography Head-and-shoulders right profile and full-face portraits of Kartar Singh, a member of the Hindu Committee during the 'Komagata Maru' incident and later accused of involvement in the murder of immigration officer Charles W. Hopkinson at Vancouver.
748: Collection to Public Despatch, No.36 of 1861, dated 23 March 1861
Scope & Content:
The collection consists of the following small collections of papers: Coll 1, Correspondence regarding the Native doctor for the new Dispensary at Goordaspore [Gurdaspur], September 1858 to January 1859. Coll 2, Correspondence regarding the medical treatment of the patients in the Leper Asylum ...
Extracts from a Narrative of the Proceedings of the Government of Bengal, in the General (Education) Department, for the 3rd Quarter of 1857
Scope & Content:
The collection consists of the following small collections of papers, each of which has a title page, a table of contents, and an extract from the Education Narrative, No.27, dated 3rd December 1857: Coll 1 (Vol 1), Papers regarding the redistribution of grants to certain schools, October 1856 ...