Mss Eur F699/1/2/2/221

Contains docketed sets of papers, numbered 8651 to 8700, 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. 87 Private Secretary’s Correspondence, Nos. 8601 to 8700’. 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 8655, 8658, 8659, 8666, 8667, 8670, 8675, 8682, 8684, 8686, 8687, 8690, 8691, 8692, 8692a, 8693, 8696, 8697, 8698, and 8699 have a red cross on them, to indicate that they ‘may be preserved’, whilst ‘the rest may be destroyed’.

8651. 1861 Memo that Kour Luchmun Singh, Deputy Collector, Etawah was recommended by Mr Hume for good services during the Mutiny, for a reward. Endorsed: See Governor General to Mr Edmonstone dated 21 April 1861, number 70.

8652. Apr 1861 Letter from Mr W Allsopp, Officiating Superintendent of Barrackpore Park. Reports damage done to the buildings in the Park by a gale.

8653. Apr 1861 Letter from Mrs M D Foord, Jaulnah. Asks for various appointments for her husband, Lieutenant H H Foord, Executive Engineer 4th class. Letter no longer enclosed. Copy of reply, her letter has been transferred to the Public Works Department. See also 9502

8654. Apr 1861 Letter from Captain T C Anderson, Adjutant General's Office, Calcutta. Sends a pamphlet to the Governor General called: 'Hints for the Formation of a Geographical Garden for the Diffusion and Promotion of Education in India'. See also 8662

8655. Apr 1861 Letter from Mr R Saunders, Deputy Commissioner, Kangra, Dhurmsala. Writes about aerolite for transmission to Vienna, Lady Canning and Sir C Wood. Enclosed is a letter from the Imperial Geological Institute of Austria, and a printed pamphlet about meteors (in German). See also 8608, 8643, 8865, 8672

8657. Apr 1861 Letter from Mr J W O'Sullivan, Ex-Editor, Phoenix, Calcutta. Further to his request for employment. Copy of reply, acknowledgement. See also 7232

8658. Apr 1861 Letter from Mr W S Seton Karr, Secretary to Government of Bengal, Calcutta. In reply, writes about the swearing in of the Volunteers. One enclosure. Copy of earlier letter, a Magistrate must be sent to Dum Dum to swear in the Volunteers at once.

8659. Apr 1861 Letter from Colonel A P Phayre, Commissioner of Pegu, Prome. Writes about a proposed road from Rangoon to the North East Frontier, passing through the Shan States to a town beyond the Cambodia River. If a paying railroad were practicable, it would be an immense advantage commercially. Much attention has been paid to this in England, Phayre thinks inquiries should be instituted. To Mr Beadon. Note by Lord Canning. See also 8932

8660. Apr 1861 Letter from Captain E St George, Officiating Secretary to the Board of Examiners, Calcutta. Forwards a petition of Mahomed Lukeef Khan, late Principal Sudder Ameen of Goruckpore, asking to be restored to his post, or to be granted a pension. Letter and petition no longer enclosed. Copy of reply, the papers have been transferred to the Home Department. See also 8505

8661. Apr 1861 Copy of a letter to Lieutenant Colonel H Bruce, Calcutta. Asking him to call on the Governor General before his Report is dealt with officially.

8662. Apr 1861 Letter from Captain T O Anderson, Adjutant General's Office, late 12th Native Infantry, Calcutta. Asks the Governor General to subscribe to a work dedicated to the Commander in Chief detailing the war services of all the officers of the Bengal Army. Copy of reply, the Governor General will take a copy. See also 8654

8663. Apr 1861 Letter from Mr W Edwards, Civil and Sessions Judge, Benares. Sends a receipt. Asks for a copy of his own pamphlet on the Amoor and Trans Himalayan Trade with China, as his own copy was burnt. See also 7884

8664. Apr 1861 Copy of a letter to Captain L Pelly, Calcutta. Telling him that the Governor General cannot hold out any hope of his appointment as Secretary to Government in the Foreign Department. Governor General's Book number 1956

8665. Apr 1861 Copy of a letter to Mr J F Leary, Librarian to the House of Lords, London. Sending a letter returned from England which enclosed a bill of lading for a portfolio sent to the House of Lords. See also 7989

8666. Apr 1861 Letter from Sir R Montgomery, Lieutenant Governor of the Punjab, Lahore. Sends a letter from Captain James, reporting that nothing more of importance has transpired about the fakir. He does not believe anything occurred beyond the treasonable talk to the Guide Sepoys; his seizure however was necessary. Sir Sydney Cotton considers this incident a reason for bringing the Guides under the Peshawar command. Montgomery regrets Barnes' decision to return to the Punjab, which upsets all the plans for future appointments. Telegraph Messages Sent number 909, 912; Telegraph Messages received number 1314,1316 See also 8647, 8656, 8693

8667. Apr 1861 Letter from Mr G C Barnes, Calcutta. Will be glad to wait on the Governor General before leaving Calcutta, if required to do so. Asks what message he may take to Oomeid Singh of Bughat. Has gone through the Adoption Rolls, and believes the chiefs should receive formal written recognition of their rights.

8668. Apr 1861 Letter from Rao Kishen Rao Shahail, late Moonsiff Damooh, Saugor. Will apply to the Foreign Secretary for a copy of the Governor General's letter to the Secretary of State about the writer's present to the Queen. Has sent a copy of his work on Indian Trades and Customs for the Private Secretary. See also 8448

8669. Apr 1861 Letter from Major H Finch, 31st Native Light Infantry, Shajehanpore. Applies for the post of Officiating Cantonment Joint Magistrate of Shajehanpore. Copy of reply, he should apply to the Lieutenant Governor.

8670. Apr 1861 Copy of a letter to Mr A W Wollaston, Government translator, Allahabad. Sending a translation of the Governor General's address to the Oudh Talookdars, given to the Private Secretary by Maharajah Man Singh. It appears to Private Secretary to be better than the official translation.

8671. Apr 1861 Letter from Mrs S Richardson, Calcutta. Sends an appeal for money (Not enclosed). Copy of reply, she should apply to the District Charitable Society. See also 8679

8672. Apr 1861 Letter from Mr J P MacVitie, Bareilly. Sends a petition asking for employment. He was one of the Volunteers who covered the retreat at Arrah in Jul 1857. Copy of reply, there are no vacancies. He should apply to the Lieutenant Governor of the North West Provinces.

8673. Apr 1861 Letter from Ensign F Dwyer, on half pay, 88th Foot, Almorah. Hopes that something may be done for him. Sends a copy of a letter from Lord Raglan. See also 8604, 8835

8674. Apr 1861 Letter from Dr J J T Lawrence, Assistant Surgeon, 17th Irregular Cavalry, Camp, Attok. Asks for an appointment in the Hills. Copy of reply, most of the Hills appointments are in the gift of the Lieutenant Governors; apart from this, there are many officers with greater claims than Lawrence. See also 7489

8675. Apr 1861 Letter from Major C Hervey, General Superintendent for the Suppression of Thuggee and Dacoitee, Jubbulpore. In reply, about Captain Dickson's appointment. Hopes that Lieutenant Walcott may be allowed to act for Lieutenant Ward at Jubbulpore. Should the Government agree with the Civil Finance Commission to abolish the Department it would hardly be worthwhile ordering these arrangements. The present uncertainty is bad for the Department. He is anxious about his own prospects. Mentions his services in Persia. One enclosure about Dickson. Copy of reply, about Dickson's appointment. The question of the Department's future is not yet settled. See also 6332, 6519, 6576, 6713, 8550, 8623, 8685, 8838, 8937

8676. Apr 1861 Letter from Colonel G Balfour, President, Military Finance Commission, Calcutta. Explains that illness prevented his attending the Governor of Madras.

8677. Feb - Apr 1861 Letter from Mr C P Wiltshire, London. Sends sample sheets of an improved method of stencilling. Enclosed: 4 metal plates, and 6 papers, and envelope.

8678. Apr - May 1861 Letter from Lieutenant J S A H Byrne, Chandernagore .Asks for an interview with the Governor General. See also 8646, 8695

8679. Apr 1861 Letter from Mrs S Richardson, Calcutta. In reply, writes further to her appeal for money. Two papers. See also 8671

8680. Apr 1861 Letter from Lieutenant Colonel H Vetch, late Deputy Commissioner of Assam, Alipore. States his services, asks for an audience. Printed enclosure. Copy of reply, arranging interview.

8681. Apr 1861 Letter from the Honourable E Drummond, Accountant General to the Government of India, Calcutta. Sends a letter to the Governor General about his application for leave (not enclosed). Governor General's Book number 1964, 1965

8682. Apr 1861 Letter from Mr W Seton Karr, Officiating Secretary to the Government of Bengal, Calcutta. Sends extracts from demi-official letters from Mr Montresor and his Assistant about rent cases. Four enclosures. Endorsed: note by Lord Canning.

8683. Apr - Jun 1861 Letter from Mr C B Saunders, Officiating Commissioner of Mysore, Nundydroog. Does not believe that Major Grey wrote the letters to Government about the restoration of Mysore to the Rajah. Though the Rajah avers that the money now being raised is to be expended on the most legitimate objects, there can be no doubt that the Rajah expects his request to be granted by the Home Government (rather that the Government of India) because of the presents he is now sending home. Gives all the information he has been able to gather about Major Grey. Refers to the circumstances under which the Rajah is supposed to have bought Sir M Cubbon's property, and suggests the property be bought outright for the Mysore Government as official residences for the Commissioner. Copy of earlier letter asking for information about Grey. Endorsed: Governor General to Sir C Wood 7 July 186l; See also 8683a, 8684, 8690

8683a. Apr 1861 Copy of a letter to Mr C U Aitchison, Calcutta. Sending a paper (not enclosed) to be kept with the correspondence of the Maharajah of Mysore. See also 8683, 8690

8684. Apr 1861 Letter from Mr C U Aitchison, Under Secretary to Government Foreign Department, Calcutta. Returns Mr Forbes' letter (no longer enclosed) and will have a further search for the English letter of the Rajah of Mysore referred to in Forbes' letter. Private Governor General's Book number 1971; See also 8683, 8683a, 8690

8685. Apr 1861 Copy of a letter to Mr C U Aitchison, Calcutta. About Captain Dickson's appointment. See also 6332, 6576, 6579, 6713, 8550, 8623, 8675

8686. Apr 1861 Letter from Colonel G Balfour, President, Military Finance Commission, Calcutta. Gives some information about Lord W Bentinck's Secret Minute calling for Reports on the Military occupation of India. Believes there are useful Reports on the records of the Government of India prepared for Lord W Bentinck. Sends some Army lists to show the absentees from British Infantry Regiments on the Madras establishment. Also sends the Report on Recruiting, and a printed Report on the payment of Special Bounty to soldiers of limited service, to induce trained soldiers to remain in India. See also 8687

8687. Apr 1861 Copy of a letter to Major General Sir R Birch. Asking for a Minute of Lord W Bentinck of 29 Jun 1832 calling for Reports on the Military occupation of India. Also the reply to this from Madras, of 1834. See also 8686

8688. Apr - May 1861 Letter from Mr James Chopin, Calcutta. Sends a letter to the Governor General asking for support for The Christian Intelligencer. Copy of reply, the Governor General cannot support the periodical without seeing a copy.

8689. Apr - May 1861 Letter from Lieutenant Colonel C Hinde, 65th Native Infantry, Calcutta. Applies for the post of Assistant at Khatmandu, sends printed testimonials. Copy of reply, his application will be considered. See also 8878

8690. Apr 1861 Letter from Mr H Forbes, Member of the Legislative Council of India, Calcutta. With reference to his conversation with the Governor General about Mysore affairs, and a Major Grey who is supposed to have drawn up the Rajah's application, says he is informed that Major Grey had come to Madras with a power of attorney from the Rajah under which he had obtained possession of the Rajah's Government securities, and was raising money upon them. Observes that it is evident what the Rajah will be led to believe as to the destination of the money, and that until the question of the future Government of Mysore is settled, the Rajah will be plundered on all sides, and the good name of the Government will suffer. Alludes to the case of Mr Butt, the MP and the Nawab of Surat, and says that he knows of one occasion when 50,000 Rupees were taken from the Rajah of Tanjore under the pretence that it was given to Lord Elphinstone. To Sir H B E Frere. See also 8683, 8684; Governor General's Book number 1791

8691. May 1861 Copy of a letter to Mr C H Lushington, Calcutta. Sending him some papers (not enclosed). Governor General's Book number 1962; See also 8692, 9898

8692. May 1861 Copy of a letter to Mr G Ackland, Ishera Yarn Mills, Hooghly. Acknowledging receipt of his letter about the case of Bholanauth Chuckerbutty, which will be dealt with by the Governor General in Council. Governor General's Book number 1962; See also 8691, 9898

8692a. Apr - May 1861 Note by Professor T Oldham. On coal in the Tal river on the left bank of the Godavery. Telegraph messages received number 1322; Miscellaneous Bundle number 37; See also 8696, 8698, 8722, 8794, 8821

8693. Apr - May 1861 Letter from Sir R Montgomery, Lieutenant Governor of the Punjab, Jheylum. Has telegraphed to say that the 24th (Pioneers) should not be reduced, and now gives his reasons. The Commander in Chief has all the correspondence about the 10th Punjab Infantry. Telegraph Messages Sent number 907, 909, 910, 912; Telegraph Messages received number 1314, 1316, 1321; See also 8646. 8666

8694. Apr - May 1861 Letter from Sir R Shakespear, Governor General's Agent for Central India, Indore. Writes about appointments in the Agency. Telegraph Messages Sent number 911, 914; Telegraph Messages received number 1315, 1319. See also 8578

8695. May 1861 Letter from Lieutenant J S A H Byrne, Chandernagore. Further to his request for an interview with the Governor General. Two letters. Copy of reply, request refused. See also 8678

8696. May 1861 Letter from Major E K Elliot, Commissioner of Nagpore, Seetabuldee. In reply, says the best map of the Godavery will be found in Haig's report on the navigation of that river. The course of the Tal river is not shown on any map. The coal referred to by the Private Secretary is not in the Tal, but in the bed of the Godavery; it is no better than the coal found in the Chindwarah district. The supply of wood along the banks of the Godavery for fuel is inexhaustible. Is glad the amalgamation of Jubbulpore with Nagpore has been shelved for a season. Is anxious to know if he is to have an Inspector General of Police. Copy of earlier letter, asking for a map of the Godavery and Tal rivers; coal has been discovered. Copy of reply, the Governor General will answer his letter of 5 Apr as soon as possible, but the Government is crippled by the breakdown of Beadon and Laing, it being illegal to take in temporary Members of Council in place of those on sick leave. He is to have an Inspector of Police. Telegraph Messages received number 1322; See also 8597, 8692a, 8698, 8722, 8794, 8821, 8928

8697. May 1861 Letter from Mr R Temple, Chief Commissioner of Paper Currency, Calcutta. Has obtained Mr Laing's permission to join Mr Barnes, who is lying very ill at Burhee. Governor General's Book number 1975

8698. May 1861 Letter from Major H L Thuillier, Officiating Surveyor General, Calcutta. Says he has no information at all about any transfers of territory on or near the Godavery, between the Nizam and the British Government. Cannot find the Tal river. Copy of reply, about the land transferred to and from Sindia. Also gives a brief account of other exchanges of territory. Telegraph messages received number 1322; See also 8692a, 8696, 8722, 8794, 8821

8699. May - Jun 1861 Letter from Misur Gyan Chand, Umritsur. Sends an account for three shawls. Copy of reply, sending payment, and asking for a further shawl; piece of material enclosed. Copy of further reply. See also 8952

8700. Apr - May 1861 Letter from Lieutenant E K Paske, Deputy Commissioner, Goojrat. Asks for payment for some inlaid steel work made by the armourers of Toojrat, purchased by the Governor General and staff. List of purchases enclosed. Note that payment was made.