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5411: Request for the portraits of Sir William Denison, Lord Napier and Ettrick, Lord Napier of Magdala, and Sir John Strachey for the Government House at Calcutta
Scope & Content:
The collection consists only of a copy of the Public letter received from India, No.41 of 1879, dated 9 June 1879
5431: Proposed addition to Rule XII of the Rules for the Transmission of Memorials with the view of empowering the Government and Administrations in India to withhold memorials appealing against the non-exercise of a dispensatory discretion
Scope & Content:
The collection includes a copy of the Public letter received from India, No.46 of 1879, dated 30 June 1879
5448: Payments made by the Emigration Agents for the Colonies in satisfaction of claims of the Indian Treasury for remittances of Indian emigrants in the colonies paid to their relatives in India - rate of exchange on the remittances of emigrant's savings from the West Indies
Scope & Content:
The collection includes a copy of the Finance and Commerce letter received from India, No.223 of 1879, dated 28 July 1879, and a copy of the Financial letter received from India, No.139 of 1879, dated 22 May 1879
5473: Stoppage of freight payable to the owners of the Sylhet, a British vessel that conveyed return emigrants to Calcutta from Demerara - occurrence of grave irregularities on board the Sylhet during her voyage from Demerara to Calcutta - occurrence of certain irregularities in connection with the equipment and the voyage from Demerara to Calcutta of the Lightning with return emigrants
Scope & Content:
The collection includes a copy of the Emigration letter received from India, No.7 of 1879, dated 24 April 1879; a copy of the Emigration letter received from India, No.4 of 1879, dated 21 March 1879; and a copy of the Emigration letter received from India, No.3 of 1879, dated 14 March 1879
1771: Correspondence regarding a scheme of vaccine operations in the Punjab
Scope & Content:
The collection includes a copy of the Public letter received from India, No.63 of 1864, dated 29 September 1864, reporting the appointment of Assistant Surgeon A M Garden to be Superintendent of Vaccination in the Punjab.
Salary claim by J Broughton, Chemist to the Government Cinchona plantations
Scope & Content:
J Broughton submits a claim for arrears of pay, on the grounds that he was delayed in taking up his duties as Chemist because he contracted smallpox and was in quarantine. Authorised.
2155: Papers relating to the introduction into India of a system of dry earth sewage proposed by the Revd H Moule, and to a proposition for the grant to that gentleman of £500 as a reward
Scope & Content:
The collection includes a copy of the Public letter received from India, No.31 of 1866, dated 14 June 1866
247: Copy of Act XXI of 1859, passed by the Legislative Council of India on the 3rd September 1859, to provide for the exercise of certain powers by the Governor General during his absence from the Council, together with the Minutes and Resolution
Scope & Content:
The collection includes a copy of the Public letter received from India, No.94 of 1859, dated 7 September 1859
