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330: Copy of a letter from the Government of the North Western Provinces, with enclosure, showing the result of the measures which had been taken for disarming the Doab, and the districts north of the Ganges
Scope & Content:
The collection includes a copy of the Public letter received from India, No.139 of 1859, dated 3 December 1859. The enclosure is a tabular statement of arms surrendered from commencement of disarming operations up to 30th June 1859 in the North Western Provinces (Goruckpore [Gorakhpur], Agra, ...
593: Report by H B Riddell, Director General of the Post Office of India, on the communication from the Assistant Secretary of the London Post Office regarding the registration of letters passing between India and certain Colonies and Foreign countries
Scope & Content:
The collection includes a copy of the Post Office letter received from India, No.12 of 1860, dated 21 July 1860
1049: Request by the Asiatic Society of Bengal for a reconsideration of the order issued by Her Majesty's Government directing the discontinuance of the series of Volumes which had been for some years past in course of publication containing Classified Catalogues of the Zoological Collections in the late India House Museum
Scope & Content:
The collection consists of a copy of the Public letter received from India, No.40 of 1861, dated 14 June 1861; and a letter from the Honorary Secretary to the Asiatic Society of Bengal, to the Secretary of State for India, dated the 1st June 1861
1279: Sanction of an expenditure of 90 rupees per mensem, on account of the establishment required by the Consular Agent at Pondicherry, for the protection of British subjects emigrating to French Colonies
Scope & Content:
The collection consists of a copy of the Financial letter received from India, No.104 of 1862, dated 15 July 1862; and a tabular statement showing the expenditure
1549: Notification of the death of the Earl of Elgin and Kincardine, Viceroy and Governor General of India, on the 20th November 1863 at Dharmsala in the Punjab
Scope & Content:
The collection consists of a copy of the Public letter received from India, No.54 of 1863, dated 21 November 1863; and a copy of the Notification in The Calcutta Gazette Extraordinary, Saturday, November 21, 1863
1759: Report on the proposal made by the French Post Office for the transmission of commercial and legal documents, and patterns of merchandise, in the closed mails exchanged, by British packet, between France and the French Establishments in India
Scope & Content:
The collection consists of a copy of the Post Office letter received from India, No.8 of 1864, dated 22 August 1864; and a letter from A M Monteath, in charge of the Office of Director General of the Post Office of India, to A P Howell, Officiating Under Secretary to the Government of India, dat...
2122: Letter from the Government of India, Home Department, enquiring whether the English Inland Pattern Post is used by the general public for the transmission of small parcels, or whether it is restricted in its use to the transmission by the trading and mercantile community of bona fide samples and patterns
Scope & Content:
The collection consists only of a copy of the Post Office letter received from India, No.2 of 1866, dated 22 February 1866
2329: Narratives Nos 1 to 7 of the Government of Bengal, with connected papers, relating to the famine in the Lower Provinces of Bengal
Scope & Content:
The collection includes a copy of the following Public letters received from India: No.14 of 1867, dated 5 February 1867 No.17 of 1867, dated 9 February 1867 Included within the connected papers are: Narratives (Nos 1 to 8) of the Proceedings of the Board of Revenue and the several Local Offi...
2343: Narratives Nos 8 to 25 of the Government of Bengal, with connected papers, relating to the famine in the Lower Provinces of Bengal
Scope & Content:
The collection includes a copy of the Public letter received from India, No.28 of 1867, dated 21 February 1867. Included within the connected papers are: Narratives (Nos 9 to 29) of the Proceedings of the Board of Revenue and the several Local Officers and Committees for the relief of distress...