Mss Eur F699/1/2/2/57

Contains docketed sets of papers, numbered 1351 to 1375, consisting of correspondence, relating to applications for posts and other matters. These papers were originally included in one bundle of one hundred docketed sets of papers, labelled ‘No. 14 Private Secretary’s Correspondence, Nos. 1301 to 1400’. Each numbered set of papers usually consists of an original letter sent to the Private Secretary to the Governor General, or to the Governor General, a copy of the reply from the Private Secretary, Gerald Chetwynd Talbot, and any other papers. In addition, for each set of papers, either on the back of the original letter, or on a separate sheet of paper, is written the number of the set of papers, the year, the name of the writer of the original letter, the official position and location of the sender, the date the letter was despatched, the date it was received, the date it was answered, any cross references to other papers, and a brief summary of the letter. Numbers 1352, 1357, 1358, 1360, and 1374 have a red cross on them, to indicate that they ‘may be preserved’, whilst ‘the rest may be destroyed’.

1351. January 1857. Letter from Mr J S A H Byrne, Calcutta. Asks for some employment. See also 1334.

1352. December 1856 to January 1857. Letter from Mr F Wilson, Couryallah. About Himalayan game birds. Copy of reply, acknowledgement. References as for 1350 above.

1353. December 1856 to January 1857. Letter from Capt D S Dodgson, 30th Native Infantry, Brigade Major of Benares. Has forwarded a small model of a Hindu temple at Benares.

1354. January 1857. Letter from Lieutenant A G St J Mildmay, 3rd Bombay European Regiment Assistant to the Governor General's Agent, Rajputana, on leave, Bombay. Asks for promotion. Copy of reply, application noted. See also 1375.

1355. January 1857. Letter from Lieutenant C G Gunning, 37th Madras Native Infantry, Madras. Has passed the staff examination, and asks for an appointment, 1/2 anna stamp. Copy of reply, application noted.

1356. January 1857. Letter from Mr J A Craigie, Civil and Sessions Judge, Saugor and Nerbudda territories, Camp Hushangabad. Asks for employment under the Government of India, would like to succeed Mr Bushby at Hyderabad. Sends a return on the duties of his office. Copy of reply, application noted, many men more highly qualified for Bushby's post. Note from Mr Edmonstone.

1357. December 1856 to January 1857. Letter from Lord William Hay, Deputy Commissioner, Simla.

About the transport of the Himalayan pheasants to Calcutta. Copy of earlier letter about this. Telegraph Messages Sent number 40, 65. Telegraph Message Received number 63. Governor General's Book number 200, 210, 225. See also 919, 965, 982, 1016, 1042, 1059, 1085, 1103, 1169, 1251, 1267, 1270, 1271, 1263, 1338, 1350, 1352, 1357, 1356, 1414.

1356. November 1856 to January 1857. Letter from Mr D Mitchell, Secretary to the Zoological Society, London. Returns thanks to the Governor General for the measures taken to secure Himalayan birds; and hopes for a similar collection in 1858. Copy of reply about the expense involved in this; the present experiment has cost about £250. Telegraph Messages number 40, 65. Governor General's Book number 209, 210, 225. See also 919, 965, 982, 1016, 1042, 1059, 1035, 1103, 1169, 1251, 1267, 1270, 1271, 1283, 1338, 1350, 1352, 1357, 1358, 1414, 1428, 3429, 1430, 1431, 1489, 1490, 1491.

1359. January 1857. Letter from Lieutenant Colonel W E Baker, Secretary to Government Public Works Department, Calcutta. Asks to be excused from Council; Mr Longridge will be in town tomorrow. Memorandum from Private Secretary.

1360. December 1856 to January 1857. Letter from Lieutenant Colonel H M Durand, Officiating Superintending Engineer, Calcutta. About routes in Persia. See also 1222, 1298.

1361. January 1857. Letter from Lieutenant Colonel W B Thomson, Deputy Commissary General, Calcutta. Forwards a letter from Colonel Ramsay. Copy of reply, application forwarded to Major Bouverie.

1362. January 1857. Letter from Mr Ali Ben Son Alle, Calcutta. Asks permission to give a concert under Lady Canning's patronage. Copy of reply, refused.

1363. January 1857. Letter from His Highness Prince Gholam Mohomed, Russapuglah. Encloses a letter from Lady Talbot de Malahide to his address (no longer enclosed). Endorsed: answered privately.

1364. January 1857. Letter from Major H L Thuillier, Calcutta. Forwards 9 sets of Bushire plans. Copy of reply, acknowledgement. See also 1365.

1365. January 1857. Letter from Major H L Thuillier, Calcutta. Forwards the remaining copies of the Bushire plans. See also 1364.

1366. January 1857. Letter from Captain H R James, Officiating Secretary to the Chief Commissioner, Lahore. Forwards a transcript of a message sent to the Private Secretary earlier by telegraph (no longer enclosed). Copy of reply, acknowledging letter, and annexing earlier reply to the telegraph. Telegraph Message Sent number 49. Telegraph Message Received number 43.

1367. January 1857. Letter from Major L H Hamilton, Private Secretary to the Lieutenant Governor, Alipore. About the vacancy caused by Captain Dalton. See also 1310, 1544.

1368. January 1857. Letter from Lieutenant J Emerson, 26th Native Infantry, 'Mirzapore' Steamer, off Coommercolly. Applies for the Pension Paymastership of Barrackpore. Copy of reply, offering him the appointment of Junior Assistant to the Commissioner of Assam. Telegraph from Emerson, offer refused. See also 1281, 1416.

1369. January 1857. Letter from Lieutenant T E Kennion, Artillery, Dum Dum. States that a battery in Oudh or the Punjab would be preferable to a small civil appointment. See also 1215, 3026.

1370. January 1857. Letter from the Hon J A Dorin, Calcutta. Recommends Lieutenant J T Bushby, 67th Bengal Native Infantry, for civil employment in the Bengal Presidency with a letter from Bushby, son of the late Resident at Hyderabad. Copy of reply, his name will be laid before the Governor General. See also 1866.

1372. January 1857. Letter from Captain W J M Hastings, 47th Madras Native Infantry, Assistant Commissioner Mullapore, in Oudh. Asks for a transfer to the Mysore Commission. Copy of reply, acknowledgement. Copy of letter to Cubbon that Hastings has applied for transfer.

1373. January 1857. Letter from Mr H V Lillicrap, late Her Majesty's 8th Foot, Jullundur

Asks for employment. Copy of reply, refused. See also 1450.

1374. January 1857. Letter from Mr C C Jackson, Officiating Chief Commissioner in Oudh, Camp, Mullapore. Replies about the observatory at Lucknow. Copies of 3 letters to Jackson, about the astronomical observations at Lucknow, and also introducing Mr Robert Cameron, a merchant going to Lucknow on his own affairs. See also 1111, 1162, 1176, 1331, 1422, 1483.

1375. January 1857. Letter from Lieutenant A G St J Mildmay, 3rd Bombay European Regiment, Assistant Agent to the Governor General Rajputana, Bombay. Asks to be appointed Deputy Commissioner in Oudh. Copy of reply, application noted. See also 1354, 1487.