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4098: Request from the Government of India that instructions be given to all newly appointed Members of the Bengal Civil Service allotted to the North Western Provinces, Punjab and Oudh, and who intend to come out via Bombay, to enquire at the Bombay Secretariat for orders as to their destination
Scope & Content:
The collection consists of a copy of the Public letter received from India, No.71 of 1873, dated 23 October 1873; and a copy of the instructions given to each newly appointed civilian member of the Bengal Civil Service
4173: Memorial from Hit Pershad, late a copyist in the Sultanpur Deputy Commissioner's Office in Oudh, praying for the grant of a pension, or for further employment in the Public Service in India
Scope & Content:
The collection includes a copy of the Public letter received from India, No.10 of 1874, dated 13 February 1874
4166: Annual Report of J G Garrow Grant, Protector of Emigrants at Calcutta, on Colonial and Foreign Emigration for 1872-73, with the orders of the Government of Bengal thereon
Scope & Content:
The collection includes a copy of the Emigration letter received from India, No.31 of 1873, dated 2 October 1873
4196: Opinion of the Government of Bengal and the Government of India in respect of the services rendered to the State by Colonel Henry Hopkinson, late Commissioner of Assam
Scope & Content:
The collection includes a copy of the Public letter received from India, No.14 of 1874, dated 13 March 1874
4267: A M Monteath, Director General of the Post Office of India, on furlough in England, to be employed in conducting enquiries and negotiations connected with the Indian Post Office - Director General of the Post Office of India instructed to enter into negotiations with the Netherlands Government regarding the proposals for improved postal relations between the Netherland Indies and Her Majesty's possessions in Asia
Scope & Content:
The collection includes a copy of the Financial (Separate Revenue/Post Office) letter received from India, No.9 of 1874, dated 15 May 1874; and a copy of the Financial (Separate Revenue/Post Office) letter received from India, No.5 of 1874, dated 13 March 1874
4345: Provision which should be made for the wife of R G Melvill, who was recently dismissed from the Bengal Civil Service
Scope & Content:
The collection consists only of the Public letter received from India, No.48 of 1874, dated 4 August 1874; and a copy of the Despatch, No.174 of 1874, dated 29 October 1874.
4365: Report by the Government of Bengal on the excessive mortality on the Shah Jehan, conveying Indian labourers to Mauritius in April to May 1873 - Question of the suitability of Flat Island, Mauritius, as a quarantine station
Scope & Content:
The collection includes a copy of the Emigration letter received from India, No.25 of 1874, dated 30 June 1874; and a copy of the Emigration letter received from India, No.36 of 1874, dated 28 July 1874
4532: Application from B H Ellis, late an Ordinary Member of the Council of the Governor General, for permission to resign the Bombay Civil Service with retrospective effect from the 1st May 1871
Scope & Content:
The collection includes a copy of the Public letter received from India, No.33 of 1875, dated 27 May 1875