Mss Eur F699/1/2/2/203

Contains docketed sets of papers, numbered 7851 to 7900, 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. 79 Private Secretary’s Correspondence, Nos. 7801 to 7900’. 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 7852, 7855, 7865, 7866a, 7869, 7872, 7874, 7876, 7881, 7884, 7886, 7889, 7890, 7897, and 7900 have a red cross on them, to indicate that they ‘may be preserved’, whilst ‘the rest may be destroyed’.

7851. Oct 1860 Copy of a letter to Lieutenant Colonel R R W Ellis, Calcutta. Informing him that the Governor General will see him the same week if possible. See also 7815

7852. Oct 1860 Copy of a letter to C H Lushington Esquire Calcutta. Asking for information about the difference in the terms on which Civilians and Military Officers in Civil employ obtain furlough on sick leave with retention of appointment.

7853. Oct 1860 Letter from Captain W White, Superintendent State Yacht Establishment, Calcutta. In reply, states that all the Bholeahs can go up-river except the Band boat which he could not recommend. Suggests arrangements. Copy of reply about these. See also 7841

7854. Oct 1860 Letter from Rajah Ram Chunder Sing, Calcutta. Regrets that the Governor General declines his request for money, etc and asks for leave to appeal to the Secretary of State. See also 7817

7855. Oct 1860 Letter from Mr G Turnbull, Chief Engineer, East India Railway Company Calcutta. Sends some notes which might be of service when His Excellency addresses the meeting at Rajmahal. To the Military Secretary. See also 7764

7856. Oct 1860 Letter from Mr M Kealy, Electric Telegraph Department Ahmednuggur. Asks for a reconsideration of his case, and to be transferred to another Department. See also 7691

7857. Oct 1860 Anonymous letter, Moulmein. About an enclosed article in the 'Moulmein Advertiser' and remarks on the unbecoming conduct of the Commissioner of Moulmein. Article no longer enclosed.

7858. Oct 1860 Letter from Mr D P Stuart Menteth, Calcutta. Asks for employment in the Judicial branch of the Uncovenanted Service as Deputy Magistrate or Collector. Copy of reply, he should apply to the Lieutenant Governors.

7859. Oct 1860 Letter from Dr T Thomson, Superintendent Botanic Garden. States that the seeds for Mr Cope are now ready. See also 7694, 7779, 7790

7860. Oct 1860 Letter from Major H R Garden, Officiating Deputy Quarter Master General of the Army, Calcutta. In reply, will send a Route Book on 27 Oct. Copy of earlier letter.

7861. Oct 1860 Letter from Mr D Templeton, Assistant Secretary District Charitable Society, Calcutta. Replies about Mrs A Brown. Copy of earlier letter asking for information. See also 7941

7863. Oct 1860 Letter from Mr A R Young, Deputy Secretary to Government Foreign Department Calcutta. Asks for a copy of the Governor General's letter to Captain Hopkinson offering him the Commissionership of Assam in exchange for Moulmein, for the records. Endorsed: See Governor General to Captain Hopkinson dated 13 Oct 1860

7864. Oct 1860 Letter from Baboo Koylas Chunder Sircar, Barrackpore Park. Sends a requisition form (no longer enclosed), for repairs to the Flag Staff Bungalow.

7865. Oct 1860 Letter from Captain R Playfair, Aden. Writes on a substitute for the Income Tax. Cover only. Endorsed: See Sir George Clerk to Governor General dated 14 Oct 1860

7865a. Oct - Nov 1860 Letter from Mr George Loch, Judge Sudder Dewany Adawlut, Alipore. Asks for the Governor General's subscription to the Calcutta Boys' School. Copy of reply, sending 200 Rupees. See also 7883

7866. Oct 1860 Letter from Dr A N Magrath, late Director General of Hospitals, Madras. Being about to retire from the service, asks that his son Lieutenant H M S Magrath, 39th Madras Native Infantry, may be appointed Officiating Assistant in the Mysore Commission. Copy of reply, request refused.

7866a. Jul - Oct 1860 Letter from Lieutenant Colonel C A Browne, Commanding the Nagpore Force, Kamptee. Submits a Memorandum about Christianity in the Madras Native Army, and deprecates legislation on the subject. To Colonel Balfour

7867. Oct 1860 Letter from Major H R Garden, Deputy Quarter Master General of the Army, Calcutta. Sends a Route Book (Not enclosed)

7868. Oct 1860 Letter from Mrs J Bell, Calcutta. Sends a letter for the Lieutenant Governor of Bengal (No longer enclosed). Copy of reply, returning this letter. See also 7693, 7875, 7921

7869. Oct 1860 Copy of a letter to Lieutenant Colonel J Laughton, Engineers, Simla. Thanking him for his letter. The full report about the failure in the Roorkee Aqueduct shows that it is not a very serious event, the preservation of the channel and flow of water has not been endangered.

7870. Oct 1860 Letter from Captain H L Gleig, 32nd Native Infantry, Dorunda, Chota Nagpore. Asks if he will be allowed compensation for a house he was obliged to build at Dorunda. Letter no longer enclosed. Copy of reply, his letter has been transferred to the Military Department.

7871. Oct 1860 Letter from Mr E J Howard, Director General of Public Instruction in Bombay, Poona. Asks for the Governor General's patronage for an essay to be published by Dr Hang on 'Zoroaster and Arian Antiquities'. Copy of reply, the Governor General will subscribe. See also 9469

7872. Oct 1860 Letter from Mr A O Hume, Magistrate and Collector of Etawah, Mussouree. Further to his request for a grant in aid. Asks if the Governor General would send a copy of The People's Friend to the Queen for him. Copy of reply, there will be no objection to his school receiving a grant in aid. He may submit a copy of his newspaper officially. See also 7469, 7585

7873. Oct 1860 Letter from Mr P Egerton, Deputy Commissioner Umritsur. Hopes that the shawl despatched will please the Governor General. See also 7623, 7822

7874. Oct 1860 Letter from the Reverend W Kay, Principal, Bishop's College. Sends four pamphlets for the Governor General.

7875. Oct 1860 Letter from Mrs J Bell, Calcutta. Further to her request for money. Office memorandum. See also 7693, 7868, 7921

7876. Sep - Oct 1860 Letter from Mr J W Sherer, late Magistrate of Cawnpore, on leave, Leamington. Sends a letter from the Secretary of State thanking him for his services in 1857-1858. See also 7441

7877. Oct - Nov 1860 Letter from Mr C J Wingfield, Chief Commissioner of Oudh, Lucknow. Suggests that Colonel Barrow, now acting for Colonel Abbott, should be appointed Officiating Chief of Police. Copy of reply, he may be appointed temporarily. He cannot be considered entitled to hold any office of high responsibility substantively until he explains his opinions as quoted by Mr Norris in a Memorial about the Income Tax.

7878. Nov 1860 Letter from Surgeon H M Cannon, Bengal Army, Calcutta. Applies for the post of Inspector General of Prisons in the Lower Provinces. Copy of reply, he should apply to the Lieutenant Governor.

7879. Sep - Nov 1860 Letter from Mr D Allardice, London. Applies for the uncovenanted post of Commissioner of Paper Currency in Madras. To the Financial Department.

7880. Nov 1860 Letter from the Reverend L Poynder, chaplain, Calcutta. Offers his services to the Governor General for his Camp. Copy of reply, acknowledgement.

7881. Oct - Nov 1860 Letter from Mr A Swinton, Officiating Commissioner and Judge of Goruckpore. Asks for information about the Governor General's tour. Also asks for information about the proposed division of the Goruckpore District; and as he has been acting in his post for about two years, wishes to know his prospects. Copy of reply, it is very uncertain if the Governor General will visit Fyzabad, if he did so, it would be on his way down. He does not wish any of the Goruckpore people to come to Benares, but would not object to seeing Soorut Sing, who behaved very well during the Mutiny. Private Secretary thinks the question of the division of Goruckpore has been dropped, although the District is certainly very large.

7882. Nov 1860 Letter from Major J G Balmain, Madras Artillery, late Deputy Commissioner Raichore Doab, Calcutta. Sends a statement of his services, and the circumstances under which he lost his appointment in the Civil Department and asks for favourable consideration of his case. Asks for an audience. Copy of reply, the Governor General wishes Balmain to join the Commissioner of Nagpore as soon as possible. See also 5718

7883. Nov 1860 Letter from Mr G Loch, Judge, Sudder Dewany Adawlut, Alipore. Returns thanks for the Governor General's subscription to the Calcutta Boys' School .

7884. Oct - Nov 1860 Letter from Mr J H Batten, Civil and Sessions Judge of Cawnpore, on duty, Mynpoory. Sends a Memorandum (no longer enclosed) by Mr W Edwards on the trade of Russia with China. Suggests that the time has come for Lord Elgin to be asked to take steps to help British subjects trading in Central Asia, or in tracts north of the Himalayas. Refers to the savage state of the political and trading relations with the Chinese along the whole Himalayan frontier, whilst Russia is making the best use she can of her Chinese frontier. Batten hopes that the threatened famine in the North West Provinces has been averted; but in Central Doab the harvest is below average, and in the Northern Doab, Moradabad and Bijnore the Khureef is almost a total failure. The late rain has not fallen above Cawnpore. Regrets that the Ganges Canal is not in better working order. Copy of reply, grateful acknowledgement. See also 8663

7885. Oct 1860 Letter from Mr E C Bolst, Assistant General Treasury, Calcutta. Asks to be appointed to the Paper Currency Department. Copy of reply, he should apply to Mr Temple. See also 7080

7886. Oct 1860 Letter from Major C R Browne, late Commissioner Leia Division, Calcutta. Sends a letter testifying to his services. See also 7816, 7835, 7847

7887. Oct 1860 Letter from Mr W Grey, Secretary to Government Home Department Calcutta. Replies about the power of making an appointment as Superintendent of the Botanic Gardens. No 1747; See also 7849, 8002, 8510

7888. Oct - Nov 1860 Letter from Mr A Brandreth, Settlement Office Jheelum, Calcutta. Asks to be introduced to the Governor General.

7889. Oct - Nov 1860 Letter from Mr R J Richardson, Mozufferpore, Tirhoot. Asks when the Governor General may be expected at Patna or Dinapore. Copy of reply, he will be informed later.

7890. Oct - Nov 1860 Letter from Mr J Remfrey, Honorary Secretary Calcutta Dalhousie Institute. Asks for information about the site of the new Institute building.

7891. Nov 1860 Copy of a letter to the Collector of Sea Customs, Calcutta. Asking for a permit for a box of cashmere shawls and Khyberee knives to be sent to Lord Clyde in England, by the 'Nubia'.

7893. Oct - Nov 1860 Letter from Mr T H Bullock, Deputy Commissioner Raichore Doab, Lingasoogoor. Having just sent in his own request to be allowed to resign, asks for an appointment in the Hyderabad Commission for his son, Lieutenant R Bullock, 9th Madras Native Infantry. Copy of reply, His Excellency is unable to make any promise, as the restoration of the Raichore Doab and the Western District to the Nizam will cause a reduction of the numbers of officers in the Commission of the Assigned Districts.

7894. Nov 1860 Letter from Mr E W Perry, Superintendent of Stationery, Calcutta. Writes about inkstands.

7895. Nov 1860 Letter from Colonel W Thomson, Commissary General Calcutta. Writes about camel trunks for the Private Secretary's Office. Four papers. Copy of earlier letter; copy of reply

7896. Nov 1860 Copy of a letter to Captain W White, Clerk to the Government Boat Office. Notifying him that the Private Secretary has sent some office furniture for the 'Jaboona'.

7897. Nov 1860 Letter from Mr A Money, Collector of Government Salt Chokies. Sends a prospectus of a new lime light, invented by Mr Colles, and asks if the Governor General will allow the light to be exhibited on the grand staircase of the Government House on 9 Nov. Copy of reply, the Governor General has no objection, provided the light is outside the house, and that the apparatus is not too cumbersome.

7898. Nov 1860 Copy of a letter to Mr H D Sandeman. Sending the Governor General's subscription to the Calcutta Band. See also 7846

7899. Nov 1860 Copy of a letter to Captain H B Urmston, Sujalkot. Asking him to send an enclosure to Dewan Jowla Sahai at Jummoo. See also 7770

7900. Nov 1860 Letter from Mr G W Kellner, 2nd Assistant Accountant General Calcutta. Submits a paper about the Uncovenanted Service Memorial, and a copy of the Memorial (both printed). Copy of reply, grateful acknowledgement.