Mss Eur F699/1/2/2/190

Contains docketed sets of papers, numbered 7201 to 7250, 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. 73 Private Secretary’s Correspondence, Nos. 7201 to 7300’. 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, Lewin Bentham Bowring, 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 7201, 7204, 7209, 7210, 7212, 7213, 7214, 7217, 7218, 7233, 7237, 7239, 7241, 7243, 7244, 7249, and 7250 have a red cross on them, to indicate that they ‘may be preserved’, whilst ‘the rest may be destroyed’. Note that number 7223 to 7227 were transferred to the Treasurer.

7201. Jun 1860 Letter from Sir R Shakespear, Governor General's Agent for Central India, Indore. Makes suggestions for the Mehidpore Contingent for the Governor General's approval. If the troops of the line are to garrison Augur and Mehidpore, strength particularly in native cavalry will have to be increased, either at Mhow or Neemuch. If the Contingent at Mehidpore is to be reformed, Colonel Travers should get the command on 1,000 Rupees a month, with an additional 300 Rupees for his political duties as Agent, Western Malwa.

7202. Jun 1860 Letter from Mr A H Blechynden, Secretary, Agricultural and Horticultural Society of India, Calcutta.Sends a receipt for the Governor General's subscription to the Society. Copy of reply, sending 500 Rupees. See also 5811, 7234, 8764

7203. Jun 1860 Anonymous letter, Calcutta. Against Mr Cockburn's appointment as Superintendent of the Barrackpore Park. 1 anna stamp

7204. Jun 1860 Letter from Mr A de Brignola, Secretary to the Universal Society for the Encouragement of Arts and Industry, London. Asking Lord Canning to become Honorary President of the Society. Printed prospectus enclosed. Copy of reply, refusing the honour.

7205. Jun 1860 Letter from Captain R C Wraughton, Assistant Commissary General, Calcutta. Acknowledges receipt of 13 camel trunks, which will be auctioned. Copy of earlier letter, sending 13 trunks, used for conveying the records of the Private Secretary's office during the Governor General's late tour. As these spoil quickly if not used, Private Secretary wishes to dispose of them, and obtain new ones hereafter.

7206. Jun 1860 Letter from Mrs S Richardson, Calcutta. Sends a letter to the Governor General and asks for money.

7207. Jun 1860 Letter from Mr E W Perry, Officiating Superintendent of Stationery, Calcutta. Asks for a receipt for stationery issued on indent of 19 Apr 1859. Two letters. Copy of reply, this indent does not appear to have been sent from the Private Secretary's Office.

7208. Jun 1860 Letter from Colonel G J Jameson, President, Military Finance Committee, Calcutta. Asks to be allowed to pay his respects to the Governor General before leaving India. Copy of reply, arranging interview.

7209. Jun 1860 Letter from the Honourable H Bartle Frere, Member of the Supreme Council of India, Calcutta. In reply, is glad to hear that Sir H Ward has been appointed to succeed Sir Charles Trevelyan, as he is just the officer to repair the mischief already done.

7210. Jun 1860 Letter from Lieutenant Colonel L Barrow, Officiating Chief Commissioner of Oudh, Lucknow. Asks for the Governor General's support to the Memorial proposed in memory of the late Sir H Lawrence and others connected with the siege and relief of Lucknow. Two papers. Copy of reply, the Governor General will subscribe 1,000 Rupees, and the Private Secretary 100 Rupees. See also 6892, 7336

7211. Jun 1860 Copy of a letter to the Private Secretary to the Governor of Bombay. Sending him a copy of a letter about the North West Province Police (not enclosed).

7212. Jun 1860 Letter from Mr F Gubbins, Commissioner of Benares. Gives his recommendations for the disarming of the retainers of the Maharajah of Benares, and also gives the orders of the North West Provinces Government, which the Governor General in passing Benares, desired him not to act upon. Copy of earlier letter asking for information.

7213. Jun 1860 Letter from Mr C R Lindsay, Officiating Magistrate and Collector, Futtehgurh. In reply, names the arrangements he made for the reception of Sindia, who changed his mind at the last minute, and would not come to Futtehgurh. Copy of earlier letter, asking Lindsay to call on Sindia and offer his services.

7214. Jun 1860 Letter from Captain C H Dickens, Officiating Secretary, Public Works Department. Replies about the rent of Lowther Castle. Four papers, including abstract of expenditure. Copy of earlier letter asking for information. See also 7178, 7191

7215. Jun 1860 Copy of a letter to Monsieur Lombard, French Consulate, Calcutta. Returning him an issue of Le Moniteur.

7216. Jun 1860 Letter from Mr C Beadon, Secretary to Government Foreign Department, Calcutta. Sends vernacular translations of some of the copies of the Queen's Proclamation required (No longer enclosed); will send more. Copy of earlier letter, the Governor General is so pleased with the Portfolio of the vernacular translations of the Queen's Proclamation, he wishes more copies to be prepared; asks for various translations. List of 17 languages

7217. Jun 1860 Copy of a letter to Lieutenant Colonel G Williams, Allahabad. His reports of the Cawnpore and Meerut evidence do not seem to have been received yet from the North West Provinces Government. They must be sent up by the local government and then via the Governor General to the Secretary of State. After this the depositions may be given to the Press. See also 7012, 7098

7218. Jun - Sep 1860 Letter from Mr H K Grenfell, Private Secretary to the President, India House. Acknowledges the Private Secretary's letter about the Portfolio of Proclamations. Remarks that Her Majesty the Queen already has a copy of the collection, made at the India Office from the various translations sent home from the various Presidencies. Copy of earlier letter. See also 7228

7219. Jun 1860 Copy of a letter to the Collector of Sea Customs, Calcutta. Asking him to grant a permit for a parcel containing the Portfolio of Proclamations, for the Queen.

7220. Jun 1860 Letter from Lieutenant G F S Browne, Deputy Commissioner, Saugur. Replies about Mr Good. Copy of letter, asking for information about Good, and what office he holds. Letter from Good, to Mr Panioty, of the Private Secretary's Office, offering Panioty 2,000 Rupees if he can obtain for Good the post of Superintendent of Barrackpore Park. Endorsed with a note by Panioty, and a note by Canning. ½ anna stamp

7221. Jun 1860 Copy of a letter to Mr T H Tronson, Acting Superintendent, Peninsular and Orient Steam Navigation Company, Calcutta. Sending him a package for the Private Secretary to the Secretary of State for India

7222. Jun 1860 Letter from Mr J Eede, Officiating Civil Auditor, North West Provinces, Allahabad. Asks for a post in the Imperial Audit Office in the Presidency. Letter no longer enclosed. Copy of reply, his letter has been transferred to the Secretary to Government Financial Department.

7228. Jun 1860 Copy of a letter to the Private Secretary to the Secretary of State, India House, London. Sending a Bill of Lading. See also 7218

7229. Jun 1860 Letter from Colonel G J Jameson, President of the Military Finance Commission, Calcutta. Sends a Report with suggestions for the preparation of Annual Departmental Estimates, and of the General Expense Estimate. Cover only.

7230. Jun 1860 Letter from the Reverend J Richards, Secretary Calcutta Seamen's Mission, Calcutta. As a second clergyman is expected from England for the Mission, and as the procuring of a floating church is contemplated, asks for the Governor General's subscription. Copy of reply, sending 100 Rupees. See also 1159, 1166, 1821, 2626, 4303, 4343, 8875

7231. Jun 1860 Letter from Mr G H Brookes, late in charge of the River Police, 24 Pergunnahs, Howrah.Asks what orders have been passed on his petition. Copy of reply, he should apply to Mr Grey.

7232. Jun 1860 Letter from Mr J W O'Sullivan, Ex-Editor, Phoenix, Calcutta. Asks for employment in the new currency organisation. Copies of three testimonials. Copy of reply, application noted, very few vacancies are still in the Governor General's gift.

7233. Jun 1860 Letter from Messrs R C Lepage and Company, Calcutta. Submitting a memorandum of the cost of the Book of Proclamations, will undertake a further six sets. Copy of earlier letter about the Portfolio. See also 7538

7234. Jun 1860 Letter from Mr A H Blechynden, Secretary, Agricultural and Horticultural Society, Calcutta. Acknowledges the Governor General's donation to the Society. See also 7202

7235. Jun 1860 Letter from the Reverend J Richards, Secretary to the Seamen's Mission, Calcutta. Returns thanks for the Governor General's donation.

7237. Jun 1860 Letter from Mr D W Taylor, Manager, Zemindary and Indigo Concerns, Raneegunge. Asks for the grant of a Jagheer in consideration of his services to Government, especially in 1857. Has applied to the Deputy Commissioner of Lucknow for 5,000 acres of waste land. One enclosure. Copy of reply, request refused.

7238. Jun 1860 Letter from Mr G F Kellner, Proprietor of Burdwan Railway Hotel. Asks for the address of Captain R A Chadwick Copy of reply. Private Secretary does not know the address.

7239. Jun 1860 Letter from Sir R Shakespear, Governor General's Agent for Central India, Indore. Further to appointing a Commandant for the Bhopal Levy, repeats that neither Captain Peyton nor Captain Cross are the officers for the job. Was much pleased with the copy of the Governor General's letter to Major Meade. Reports the death of Mr Jennings, of Mayne's Horse, in a skirmish with some robbers. See also 6974.

7240. Jun 1860 Letter from Lieutenant E B Clay, 66th Light Infantry, Pay Master, Camel Corps, Agra. As the Camel Corps to which he is attached is about to be broken up, offers himself for any employment. ½ anna stamp. Copy of reply, application noted, no vacancies at present. He should apply also to the Military Secretary. See also 6780

7241. Jun 1860 Letter from Captain W F B Lawrie, Commissary of Ordnance, Nagpore Force, Seetabuldee. Forwards two copies of the Report of the Seetabuldee Lectures (still enclosed). Copy of reply, grateful acknowledgement, the Governor General approves of Lawrie's measures to instruct and amuse the soldiers. See also 6042, 6474, 7171

7243. Jun 1860 Letter from Captain J W Osborne, Political Agent, Rewah. States that Lieutenant A G Rennington is Commandant of the Banda District Police, and is drawing better pay than he would as 2nd Assistant at Rewah, but otherwise he would have applied for him. Asks for Lieutenant R T Snow, 7th Madras Native Infantry, to be nominated 2nd Assistant. The Maharajah of Rewah is expected in from Govingurh, to be attended by Dr Abbott. His Highness has ordered the different disaffected Sirdars to live in certain towns, all separate, so that they cannot combine without his knowledge. Reports that Mr Oldham will have a geological survey party at Rewah next cold season. Has sown a quantity of a new seed, which is expected to supersede the sugar cane in Rewah. Telegraph Messages Sent number 790, 795; Telegraph Messages received number 1184; See also 7144, 7246, 7258

7244. Jun 1860 Copy of a letter to Mr C J Wingfield. In reply to Wingfield's remarks on the inadvisability of levying an Income Tax on the landholders in Oudh. His Excellency believes that there is nothing special in their case which would make it expedient to place them on a different footing from landholders in the North West Provinces and the Punjab. In both these cases the faith of the Government is pledged only to the maintenance for a fixed period of a stipulated rate of assessment, while the obligation on the landholders is to pay so much Land Tax and no more. As regards the perpetual settlement in Bengal, the same holds good, except that the duration of the assessment is unlimited. Further comments about the taxes. The landholders may be told that the tax will not have a retrospective effect, but that it will be collected with the November rents. See also 7068, 7197.

7245. Jun 1860 Copy of a letter to Messrs Lepage and Company. Sending payment for the Portfolio of Proclamations.

7246. Jun 1860 Letter from Captain W Osborne, Political Agent, Rewah. As it seems his earlier letter has miscarried, repeats that Lieutenant Rennington would lose financially by moving to Rewah as 2nd Assistant; that Lieutenant Gompertz is provided for; that he has applied for Lieutenant Snow. Copy of earlier letter; copy of reply. Snow has been appointed. Telegraph Messages Sent Number 790, 795; Telegraph Messages received number 1184; See also 7144, 7248, 7243

7247. Jun 1860 Letter from Sir G Clerk, Governor of Bombay. Gives Mr Inveraritz's views about the Income Tax as applicable to Sinde. Cover only. Endorsed: See Sir G Clerk to Governor General dated 7 Jun 1860

7248. May - Jun 1860. Letter from Sir Charles Wood, Secretary of State for India, London. Sends a letter from Lord Clarendon on behalf of Lieutenant W Phaire. Cover only. Endorsed: See Sir C Wood to Governor General dated 10th May 1860. See also 8959

7249. Jun 1860 Letter from Major A Strange, 7th Madras Cavalry, Astronomical Assistant, Great Trigonometrical Survey of India, Vizagapatam. His services having been replaced at the disposal of the Madras Government for regimental duty in consequence of his promotion to Major, states the circumstances under which the late Court of Directors were pleased to concede the recommendation of the Surveyor General that he, Strange, should continue in the Survey after his promotion; fears his removal now may be due to his having unconsciously forfeited the good opinion of the Governor General. One enclosure. Copy of reply, he will hear the Governor General's decision officially through the Military Department. See also 7288, 7512, 7600

7250. Jun 1860 Letter from Mr T P Manuel, Hooghly. Sends an unbound copy of his Ikhwan-oos-suffa in English, and asks permission to dedicate the work to the Governor General. Copy of reply, the Governor General will take two more copies of the work, but does not wish it to be dedicated to him. See also 7095, 7448