Mss Eur F699/1/2/2/199

Contains docketed sets of papers, numbered 7651 to 7700, 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 7657, 7659, 7661, 7665, 7666, 7670, 7671, 7672, 7673, 7682, 7865, 7686, 7687, 7689, 7690, 7692, 7694, 7695, 7696, and 7698 have a red cross on them, to indicate that they ‘may be preserved’, whilst ‘the rest may be destroyed’.

7651. Sep 1860 Letter from Mr S G Eleazar, Calcutta. Wishes to know the result of his petition. See also 7620

7652. Sep 1860 Letter from Mungle Sen, Benarusee Das, Calcutta. Ask to be told the result of their application for an interview with the Governor General. Copy of reply, they should apply to Sir R Birch, in the Military Department.

7653. Sep 1860 Letter from Mr J Cartland, Registrar, Ordnance Office, Calcutta. Recommends Mr T Stubbs, Head Overseer at Chatham Island, Port Blair, for the post of Superintendent of Barrackpore Park. See also 7674, 8110

7654. Sep 1860 Letter from Mr E G Chapman, merchant, Darjeeling. Complains that Major Maitland, Commanding Officer of the Darjeeling Depot has allowed a private soldier of the name of Crawford, Her Majesty's Regiment, to keep an open shop in the lines much to his injury. Letter no longer enclosed. Copy of reply.

7655. Sep 1860 Letter from Gungadutt Jha Bhowanipore. Sends a petition from Jeonauth Jha, Bunsee Jha, and Sheik Kadir, asking for a remission of sentence of banishment to the Andaman Islands imposed for committing an affray with wounding in Zillah Tirhoot. Covering letter only.

7656. Sep 1860 Letter from Dr E B Brown, House Surgeon of the Medical College, Calcutta. Applies for the post of Chemical Examiner to the Punjab Government. Letter from Mr Aitchison. Copy of reply, no steps can be taken until a reply is received from the Secretary of State to an application for an officer.

7657. Sep 1860 Letter from Mr C Brown, Calcutta. In confirmation of his view of the state of the country, sends a letter from Mr Deverell, Manager of the Ackregunge concern, complaining that he is not allowed to sow indigo.

7658. Sep 1860 Copy of a letter to Major H L Thuillier, Deputy Surveyor General Calcutta. Informing him that there was no difficulty in appointing Lieutenant Stewart and Lieutenant Sir de L St George to the Survey. The restriction has been withdrawn. See also 5502, 7606

7659. Sep 1860 Copy of a letter to Sir R Montgomery, Lieutenant Governor of the Punjab, Murree. Sending some comments by the Governor General on the Rifle Volunteer Circular. The Governor General is anxious to avoid a number of ephemeral corps being raised, which will collapse as soon as the drill becomes boring, and the uniforms no longer new.

7660. Sep 1860 Letter from Sir R Montgomery, Lieutenant Governor of the Punjab, Murree. Reports that Colonel Taylor of the Engineers, Superintendent of the Lahore and Peshawar Road, is expected in Calcutta next month on his return from sick leave in England.

7661. Sep 1860 Copy of a letter to Mr A Grote, Calcutta. Sending a letter from Cooper of Delhi. The Governor General will be very glad if the Asiatic Society can assist Cooper in his attempt to set up a museum at Delhi. Cooper set up a museum at Amritsar some years ago, which was very successful.

7662. Sep 1860 Letter from Mr A Blackley, Calcutta. Applies for the post of Superintendent of Barrackpore Park. Letter from Major Atkinson to Sir E Campbell. Copy of reply, his application will be considered.

7663. Sep 1860 Letter from Mr John Remfry, Honorary Secretary to the Calcutta (Dalhousie) Institute, Calcutta. Sends two corrected versions of the programme of the Institute. See also 7611

7664. Sep 1860 Letter from Major General Sir R J H Birch, Secretary to Government of India Military Department Calcutta. Asks whether the number of transport train carts furnished hitherto to the Private Secretary's Office when marching with the Governor General is really required, or whether a smaller number would suffice. Private Secretary's Office memorandum.

7665. Sep 1860 Copy of a letter to Sir R Montgomery. Sending him a copy of the Confidential Circular about the collection of the Income Tax (not enclosed). Miscellaneous Bundle number 526; See also 7733. Endorsed: Sir R Montgomery to Governor General dated 5 Sep 1860

7666. Sep 1860 Letter from His Highness Maharajah Rundheer Sing of Kuppoorthulla, Landour. Returns thanks for the Private Secretary's letter of 1 Sep. He has no doubt that Sir R Montgomery will do what is necessary about Fatehabad; agrees with the Governor General about Oudh, and will do his best to carry out His Excellency's wishes.

7667. Sep 1860 Letter from Captain D Presgrave, 59th Native Infantry, Benares. Applies for the post of Deputy Superintendent, Port Blair. Copy of reply, acknowledgement. See also 8240

7668. Sep 1860 Letter from Mr J Hills, indigo planter, Neechindepore. Forwards a set of rules by which he proposes to conduct his concerns, subject to suggestions by Government. Gives his views on the causes of the disturbances in the indigo districts. Letter no longer enclosed. Copy of reply.

7669. Sep 1860 Letter from Mr C E H Webb, late Superintendent of the General Financial and Political Departments of the North West. Provinces Government Secretariat, Allahabad. Submits an appeal for justice, with regard to his summary dismissal. Covering letter only. Copy of reply, his Memorial has been transferred to the Home Department.

7670. Sep 1860 Letter from Captain C Chamberlain, District Superintendent Oudh Police, Simla. Sends an article which appeared in the Friend of India stating that he had furnished one of the Proprietors of the Oudh Gazette. with information of the alleged oppressions; denies the allegation. Regrets that his name is so frequently brought forward.

7671. Sep 1860. Letter from Colonel R Baird Smith, Mint Master, Calcutta. Returns thanks for the meteorological reports of the North West Provinces. Unless there is heavy and general rain in the North West Provinces within the next 12 or 14 days, the Khureef crops will almost, if not entirely, perish.

7672. Sep 1860 Letter from Mr A R Young, Officiating Secretary to Government Foreign Department, Calcutta. States that there has been no official report about the Nana; and that Mr Beadon's letter to Colonel Ramsay must have been founded on a private letter from Mr Bridgman of Goruckpore to Dr Payne.

7673. Sep 1860 Letter from Mr John Deffel, Calcutta. Is unable to ascertain whether there is any statement published in Calcutta showing the number of indigo factories in Bengal, and the particulars of the extent of their cultivation.

7674. Sep 1860 Letter from Dr T Thomson, Superintendent Royal Botanical Garden. Writes about Mr Stubbs' qualifications as a gardener. One enclosure. Copy of earlier letter, asking for information. See also 7653, 8110

7675. Sep 1860 Copy of a letter to Mr R H Davies, Secretary to Government of the Punjab, Murree. Asking him to order a copy of the Punjab Gazette to be sent to the Governor General.

7676. Sep 1860 Letter from Messrs Hunter and Company, Calcutta. In reply, says that as 3 pairs of horses will be required for the carriage to convey boxes to and from Barrackpore owing to the badness of the road, the charge will be at the rate of 250 Rupees per month. Will attend to the Private Secretary's instruction

7677. Sep 1860 Copy of a letter to the Collector of Customs, Calcutta. Asking him to grant a permit for 2 packages containing a volume of the Vernacular Translations of the Queen's Proclamation of 1 Nov 1858, to be transmitted to England by the Peninsular and Oriental Company's Steamer 'Candia'. See also 7678

7678. Sep 1860 Copy of a letter to Mr T H Tronson, Acting Superintendent Peninsular and Oriental Company, Calcutta. Asking him to send two packages to England, for A Panizzi Esquire , British Museum, and for the Right Honourable John Evelyn Denison, London. See also 7677

7679. Sep 1860 Letter from Baboo Koylass Chunder Sircar, Barrackpore Park. Reports the purchase of certain articles for the Park; asks for orders about Mrs Sharp's demand for payment for scythe handles. Cover only

7680. Sep 1860 Letter from Mr O Wood, Assistant Commissioner Simla. Returns thanks to the Governor General for his favourable order on Wood's Memorial, thereby placing the uncovenanted service on the same footing as the covenanted for pay as Assistant Commissioner.1/2 anna stamp

7681. Sep 1860 Letter from Captain W D Dickson, in charge of 3rd Native Infantry Depot, Malligaum. Asks to be allowed to take charge of the Agra Assistantship during the cold weather.

7682. Sep 1860 Letter from Colonel G Balfour, President, Military Finance Commission, Calcutta. Sends a copy of the Military Finance Commission's letter to the Police Commission. Printed.

7684. Sep 1860 Letter from Mr C De Vere, Calcutta. Asks the Governor General to attend a performance of the Maidam Circus. Copy of reply, request refused.

7685. Sep - Oct 1860 Letter from Captain J K Couper, Deputy Superintendent of Studs, Buxar. Believes that no head is required for the Stud Establishment, and that each Deputy Superintendent should receive orders direct from Government. Would divide the Studs into two Divisions, North West and Central, the Kurnaul Remount Depot might be attached

7686. Sep 1860 Letter from Colonel R Baird Smith, Mint Master, Calcutta. Is glad to hear comforting news of the rains; but Major Brownlaw who was out in Camp in the Muzuffernuggur and Meerut Districts gives a sad picture of the distress out of reach of canal water.

7687. Sep 1860 Letter from Mr F Gubbins, Commissioner of Benares. Forwards a copy of a report made by him to the Lieutenant Governor North West Provinces on the loyal feeling of some of the most wealthy and respectable classes of Benares in respect of the Income Tax. Copy of reply, grateful acknowledgement.

7688. Sep 1860 Letter from Mr A J Pearce, Hooghly. Sends a Memorial about his services before and during the Mutiny, and asks for employment. Copy of reply, request refused, he should apply to the local Governments.

7689. Sep 1860 Letter from the Reverend P J Jarbo, chaplain, St James District, Calcutta. Asks for the Governor General's support towards a scripture reader. Copy of reply, sending 50 Rupees. See also 7690, 7702

7690. Sep 1860 Letter from the Venerable Archdeacon J H Pratt, Calcutta. In reply, believes that Dr Jarbo's proposal is worthy of support. Copy of earlier letter. See also 7689, 7702

7691. Sep 1860 Letter from Mr H Kealy, Assistant Electric Telegraph Department, Ahmednuggur. Sends an appeal against his removal from the Electric Telegraph Department addressed to Mr Grey. Printed Copy of reply, his appeal will be disposed of in the Home Department.

7692. Sep 1860 Letter from Colonel A P Phayre, Commissioner of Pegu, Rangoon. Is collecting the required information about teak timber for the Admiralty, but in consequence of the absence of the Superintendent of Forests, Dr Brandis, the report cannot be sent at present. Captain Stanley was pleased with the prospect of a trip up-river.

7693. Sep 1860 Letter from Mrs J Bell. Having learnt from Allahabad that her late husband's creditors have seized the small amount of compensation awarded to her, appeals for redress. 1/2 anna stamp. Copy of reply, request refused. See also 7868, 7875, 7921

7694. Sep 1860 Letter from Mr H Cope, Umritsur. Asks for tree seeds from the Barrackpore Park for the Umritsur nursery. Was obliged to delay the despatch of the silk cocoons on account of the heavy rains. Copy of reply, he may have the tree seeds, if he sends further details.

7695. Sep 1860 Letter from Colonel Sir R Shakespear, Governor General's Agent for Central India, Indore. Sends a memorandum by Major Aitken which shows the expenditure and receipts from the cultivation of 1 Beegah of opium, in 1818 and also at the present day. Has also obtained information from the Nawab of Jowrah.

7696. Sep 1860 Letter from Mr Colin J Mackenzie, Officiating Magistrate of Baraset. Asks to be allowed plants and shrubs from the Barrackpore Park for his station. Copy of reply, the Governor General has no objection.

7697. Sep 1860 Letter from Lieutenant C D J Dodd, Her Majesty's 8th Bombay Native Infantry, late Officiating Assistant Political Agent, Kutch, Bhooj in Kutch. Further to his application for political employment. See also 7488

7698. Sep 1860 Letter from Captain W Osborne, Political Agent, Rewah. Says that the cost of building the Agency house at Rewah will be much more than was expected; asks if he should submit a fresh estimate, or a supplementary estimate. The Rajah's foot is still very bad. Osborne hopes he will ask for Dr Abbott to attend him

7699. Sep 1860 Letter from Ensign P Dwyer, Her Majesty's 33rd Foot, Nynee Tal. Asks if he has any hope of employment if he passed the vernacular examination, and if he obtained the sanction of the Home Government, to his remaining in India on half-pay. Copy of reply, the Governor General can make no promise for so distant a date.

7700. Sep 1860 Letter from Mr E Carrington, Assistant to Mr C H Marks, Freight Broker, Calcutta. Asks for an interview with the Private Secretary to inquire about a petition sent by Sir C Wood to the Governor General at the desire of the distressed parents of Mr Samuel Carrington, who was sentenced to two years imprisonment for an assault on a native.