Mss Eur F699/1/2/2/198

Contains docketed sets of papers, numbered 7601 to 7650, 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. 77 Private Secretary’s Correspondence, Nos. 7601 to 7700’. 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 7601, 7604, 7606, 7608, 7609, 7610, 7611, 7614, 7616, 7617, 7627, 7629, 7630, 7636, 7637, 7639, 7643, and 7645 have a red cross on them, to indicate that they ‘may be preserved’, whilst ‘the rest may be destroyed’.

7601. Sep 1860 Letter from Major H L Thuillier, Deputy Surveyor General, Calcutta. In reply, about various maps. Copy of earlier letter. See also 7471, 7476, 7496, 7701

7602. Aug - Sep 1860 Letter from Mr W J Burnell, late of the Bengal Yeomanry Cavalry, Mahudpore Factory, Purneah. Asks for employment, sends copies of testimonials. Copy of reply, the Governor General regrets that he has no employment to offer.

7603. Aug - Sep 1860 Letter from Baboo Trilochun Roy, Calcutta. Sends a paper he has written on the goodness of the Deity; asks if he may use the Private Secretary's name as a reference.

7604. Sep 1860 Letter from Mr W Grey, Secretary to Government Home Department, Calcutta. Replies about Monsieur Camin, there seems to be no objection to his appointment as Emigrant Agent for the French Government, as his proceedings will be supervised by the British protectors of Emigrants. See also 7587

7605. Sep 1860 Letter from Captain W White, Superintendent, State Yacht Establishment, Calcutta. Reports that the repairs of the 'Soonamookey' have been completed. At present there is no steamer available should the yacht be required at short notice, as the 'Thames' has been despatched to Kissengunge.

7606 Sep 1860 Letter from Major H L Thuillier, Deputy Surveyor General, Calcutta. Submits the names of Lieutenant W J Stewart and Lieutenant Sir R St George for employment in the Bengal Revenue Survey and in the new Oudh Survey respectively. See also 5502

7607. Sep 1860 Letter from Mr E W Perry, Superintendent of Stationery, Calcutta. About English Mill boards, for the Private Secretary's Office. Copy of reply

7608. Sep 1860 Letter from Mr W Robinson, Member of the Police Commission, Calcutta. Asks if the Governor General wishes to see him before he leaves. The work of the Commission is in an imperfect stage, and awaits numerous returns called for. Endorsed: tomorrow Dinner

7609 Jul - Sep 1860 Letter from Mr George Whiting, Portsea, England. Asks for the Private Secretary's assistance in recovering the estate of his great-uncle, Mr Robert Holland, who died in India between the years 1811 and 1812. Letter no longer enclosed. Copy of reply, his letter has been transferred to the Home Department

7610. Aug - Sep 1860 Letter from Pundit Ishree Purshad, Deputy Collector and Deputy Magistrate, Bhanderee. Asks to be allowed to present himself to the Governor General in order to learn if the Governor General would approve of a public address from the native princes and respectable inhabitants of Hindustan in favour of the Governor General's administration.

7611. Sep 1860 Letter from Mr J Remfry, Honorary Secretary, Calcutta (Dalhousie) Institute. Sends a letter to the Governor General containing a programme of lectures etc for the session beginning 1 Oct and reporting that the Institution's name is to be changed from 'Calcutta' to 'Dalhousie' as soon as the new site is settled. Copy of reply.

7612. Sep 1860 Letter from I Kramooddeen, Calcutta. Understanding that Government allows free passages to traders who want to do business in the Andamans, asks for a free passage for himself and 4 or 5 of his men. Endorsed: Transferred to Secretary to Government Home Department.

7613. Sep 1860 Letter from Mr D Templeton, Assistant Secretary, Central Committee District Charitable Society, Calcutta. Sends a copy of the Annual Report of the Society, and asks for a donation. Copy of reply, sending 100 Rupees. See also 5103

7614. Jul - Sep 1860 Letter from Mr J R Carnac, B(engal?) Civil Service, England. Writes about his house at Murree. Copy of reply about this.

7615. Sep 1860 Letter from Mr W S Halsey, Secretary to the Finance Commission, Calcutta. Asks for employment in the North West, mentioning Dehra Dun and Kumaon, his health having failed in Bengal. See also 7625

7616. Sep 1860 Letter from Mr W S Seton Karr, Officiating Secretary to the Government of Bengal, Calcutta. Sends part of the Report of the Indigo Commission (not enclosed). See also 7621

7617. Sep 1860 Letter from the Honourable Sir H B Frere, Member of the Supreme Council of India, Calcutta. Sends a letter from Mr Brett, Managing Proprietor of the 'Englishman' asking for information about the taking of the Taku Forts.

7618. Sep 1860 Letter from Colonel C Hinde, Calcutta. Asks for an audience; he is much poorer for being out of active employment for such a very long time. Copy of reply, would he please state his business in writing. See also 7624

7619. Aug - Sep 1860 Letter from Lieutenant Colonel H Vetch, Deputy Commissioner of Assam, Gowhatty. Applies for the post of Commissioner of Assam. Also letter of Apr 1861 asking for the return of testimonials. Copy of reply to application.

7620. Sep 1860 Letter from Mr S G Eleazer, Calcutta. Sends a Memorial (no longer enclosed) from an inhabitant of Rangoon offering for sale to Government a 1st class allotment in Rangoon. Copy of reply, his Memorial has been sent to the Foreign Department. See also 7651

7621. Sep 1860 Letter from Mr W S Seton Karr, Officiating Secretary, to the Government, of Bengal Calcutta. Asking the Private Secretary to help Mr Fergusson; says he has 8 copies of the Indigo Commission Report ready. See also 7616

7622. Sep 1860 Letter from Captain E St George, 1st European Bengal Fusiliers, Barrackpore. Applies for the post of Assistant in the Rajpootana Agency. Copy of reply, acknowledgement. See also 7760

7623. Sep - Oct 1860 Letter from Mr P Egerton, Commissioner Umritsur, Dalhousie. In reply, has written to Captain Farrington about the shawl required for the Governor General. Copy of earlier letter. See also 7822, 7873

7624. Sep 1860 Letter from Lieutenant Colonel C Hinde, Bengal Army, Calcutta. Asks for Civil or Military employment; says he has been put to great expense by the late orders of Government, ordering him to China, and then ordering him back to Rewah, where he was placed at the disposal of the Commander in Chief and another officer.

7625. Sep 1860 Letter from Mr W S Halsey, Secretary to the Finance Commission, Calcutta. Wishes to know if the Governor General would consent to his exchanging posts with Mr Manderson or Lord Hay. Copy of reply, his request will be borne in mind, and His Excellency will write to the Lieutenant Governor. Endorsed: Governor General to Mr Edmonstone

7626. Sep 1860 Letter from Mr D Templeton, Assistant Secretary, Central Committee District Charitable Society, Calcutta. Acknowledges with thanks the Governor General's donation of 100 Rupees. See also 5103, 7613

7627. Sep 1860 Letter from Mr A R Young, Deputy Secretary to the Government of India Foreign Department, Calcutta. In reply, says that none of the papers required by the Private Secretary has been printed; he will have copies made. A statement of the expenses of the Governor General's march in 1859/60 is being prepared. Copy of earlier letter.

7628. Sep 1860 Letter from Mr R F Kiernan, Calcutta. Sends a letter to the Governor General asking for money. Copy of reply, request refused, he should apply to the District Charitable Society.

7629. Aug - Sep 1860 Letter from the Honourable H B Devereux, Civil Service on leave, London. Understanding that if the Government of India should modify or withdraw its censure on him, the Secretary of State would cancel the order for Devereux's removal from the office of Judicial Commissioner of Mysore, states that he proposes to extend his leave.

7630. Sep 1860 Letter from Mr C H Brown, Calcutta. Wishes to submit to the Governor General some letters from some of the Managers of Indigo concerns, showing a deplorable state of affairs, and proving that the wishes of Government are not carried out.

7631. Jul - Sep 1860 Letter from Surgeon J Wood, Retired List, London. Sends a copy of a letter from the Commissioner of Delhi about his claims to compensation for losses sustained in consequence of the Mutiny; asks for the Private Secretary's aid to obtain an early decision. Letter no longer enclosed. Copy of reply.

7632. Sep 1860 Letter from Captain J McKennie, Deputy Master Attendant, Madras. In reply, will be grateful for any employment which will bring him more salary (Letter from Mr Morehead enclosed).

7633. Sep 1860 Copy of a letter to Captain C H Dickens, Officiating Secretary to Government Public Works Department Calcutta. Asking for copies of the following papers, for the Private Secretary's Office Guarantees to Private Companies: Governor General's Minute of Nov 1858 and all printed papers. Attock Tunnel: Despatch to Secretary of State. Completion of Larhore and Peshawar

7634. Sep 1860 Copy of a letter to Mr W Grey, Secretary to Government Home Department. Asking for copies of the following papers, for the Private Secretary's Office. Disarming Act of 1860: Despatches to Secretary of State, Reports from Local Governments, and letters to and from Local Governments.

7635. Sep 1860 Letter from Baboo Kylas Chunder Sircar, Barrackpore Park Sircar. Asks for the number of guards to be increased to its former strength, or for permission for 2 extra chowkeedars for the cookhouse at Barrackpore.

7636. Sep 1860 Letter from Mr E O Bradford, Superintendent Settlement, Oudh, Landour. Refers to his services during the Mutiny, and asks if the Governor General would support his application to the Secretary of State for restoration to the service. Copies of testimonials. Copy of reply, request refused.

7637. Sep 1860 Letter from Mr C J Wingfield, Chief Commissioner of Oudh, Lucknow. Sends a cartoon received by him on 5 Sep, after the style of Punch, showing apparently another Mutiny. Had it been communicated to the Press, it would have been accepted as a convincing proof of disaffection and a panic would probably have followed.

7638. Sep 1860 Letter from Victoria de Lefebure, Calcutta. Asks for a reply to an earlier letter. Copy of reply, request refused.

7639. Sep 1860 Letter from Memorandum by L Bowring Esquire. About the publication of the Indigo Commission's Report

7640. Sep 1860 Letter from Mr L B D'Mello, Calcutta. Asks for some charity. Copy of reply, request refused. See also 7575

7641. Sep 1860 Letter from Ensign P Dwyer, Her Majesty's 88th Regiment, Nainee Tal. Asks for employment. Copy of reply, request refused. See also 7699, 8604

7642. Sep 1860 Letter from Major W C Erskine, Commissioner of the Jubbulpore Division, Jubbulpore. Asks for political employment under the Governor General. Copy of testimonials, printed. Copy of reply, application noted, no promise can be made.

7643. Sep 1860 Letter from Mr T H Kavanagh VC, Assistant Commissioner in Oudh, on leave, Calcutta. Sends a copy of a book just published by him, entitled 'How I won the Victoria Cross'. Copy of reply, thanking him for the book. Several passages of the book are criticised, as being misstatements of fact.

7644. Sep 1860 Letter from Mrs Isabella Johnson, Calcutta. Asks for employment for her husband either in the Commissariat Department or in the Calcutta Police. Copy of reply, application should be made to the heads of the Commissariat and Calcutta Police.

7645. Sep 1860 Letter from Lieutenant Colonel A Huyshe, Artillery Regiment, Meerut. Since his last letter, there has been no change in the feelings of the local Europeans; he has no doubt that discharge will be demanded by nearly all the men when amalgamation is announced. The men are unreasonable.

7646. Sep 1860 Letter from Captain E H D Macpherson, Aide de Camp to the Lieutenant Governor of Bengal, Alipore. Has just sent the Lieutenant Governor's answer to the Governor General. Major Plowden has gone to sea for a three weeks' trip.

7647. Sep 1860 Copy of a letter to the Proprietor of the 'Indian Field', Calcutta. Informing him that the Governor General's subscription has already been paid.

7648. Sep 1860 Letter from Mr F Cooper, Deputy Commissioner, Delhi. Asks that the Governor General obtain for him the aid of the Asiatic Society in Calcutta towards a Museum which he is endeavouring to establish in Delhi. Cover only.

7649. Sep 1860 Letter from Mr P S Melvill, Commissioner Trans Sutlej Division, Dhurumsala. Begs that Captain S Mainwaring's name may be brought to the notice of His Excellency for an appointment as 2nd Assistant to a Resident, or similar post.

7650. Sep 1860 Letter from Koomwar Kali Kishun Roy, Cossipore. Asks for an interview with the Private Secretary in order to ask for honours for himself for his contribution to native education, similar to the honours granted to his father and grandfather. Copy of reply, granting an interview.