Mss Eur F699/1/2/6/41

491. Copy of Despatch to the Secretary of State Number 6 of 2 Apr 1860 on the general question of Government servants holding lands in India with reference to an application from Lieutenant A Ellis of the 31 Light Infantry. Printed, 3 copies. In envelope. Endorsed: ‘For a complete series see Miscellaneous number 882’.

492. Printed copies of correspondence with the Bombay Government on the subject of the Income Tax. 1. Letter from Lord Elphinstone to the President in Council, with a Minute of 16 Apr 1860 on the reduction of Military expenditure. Also letter and Minute by Mr Frere and Minute by Mr Peeves, Apr 1860. 2. Letter from the Governor General in Council to the Governor of Bombay, 16 May 1860 with Minute by Sir Henry Bartle Frere of 24 Apr. 3. Letter from Secretary to Government of Bombay to Secretary to Government of India, Financial Department, 11 May 1860, sending copies of Minutes by the Governor and Messrs Peeves and Frere protesting that the Goverments of Madras and Bombay were not consulted before the imposition of new taxes. 4. Letter from C H Lushington, Secretary to Government of India Financial Department to Secretary to Government of Bombay, 25 May, in reply to 3, above. In envelope.

493. Return of sanctioned public works expenditure for 1859-60 compared with the extent, population, and revenue of the several local Governments of India. 1860. In envelope.

494. Papers regarding appropriating certain lands for stud purposes, May 1857-Apr 1860. In envelope.

495. Printed papers relating to the Cawnpore massacres, 1858. 1. Depositions taken under the direction of Lieutenant Colonel G W Williams, Commissioner of Military Police, North West Provinces. 2. Synopsis of the Evidence of the Cawnpore Mutiny. 3. Translation of a Narrative of Events at Cawnpore by Doulat Pershad. See also Private Secretary's Letters Received item 6249.