Mss Eur F699/1/2/2/225

Contains docketed sets of papers, numbered 8851 to 8900, 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. 89 Private Secretary’s Correspondence, Nos. 8801 to 8900’. 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 8854, 8855, 8856, 8861, 8865, 8874, 8876, 8878, 8880, 8881, 8882, 8884, 8888, 8889, 8891, 8893, 8896, 8897, and 8898 have a red cross on them, to indicate that they ‘may be preserved’, whilst ‘the rest may be destroyed’.

8851. May - Jun 1861 Letter from Lieutenant E Hill, District Superintendent 2nd grade, Luckeempore Zillah Police, Oudh, Luckeempore. Applies for Major Boileau's appointment. Note from Mr Bayley. Copy of reply, though Police appointments are made by the Governor General they depend upon recommendations by the Chief Commissioner.

8852. Jun 1861 Letter from Brevet Colonel J D Macpherson, Her Majesty's late 6th Regiment, Bengal European Infantry, Calcutta. Applies for the post vacated by Lieutenant Colonel Simpson in the Military Finance Commission. Printed copies of testimonials. Copy of reply, this vacancy is not to be filled. See also 9073

8853. Jun 1861 Letter from Mr W Brett, Editor of 'The Englishman', Calcutta. Sends a copy of a special telegram announcing the appointment of the Reverend F Gall as Bishop of Madras; events in the American Civil War; and that the Duke of Newcastle will arrive in India at the end of 1861 and assume Government in Jan 1862. Endorsed: answered privately.

8854. Jun 1861 Letter from Baboo Jokendro Mohun Tagore, Honorary Secretary, British Indian Association, Calcutta. Forwards a copy of the written address to be presented to the Governor General by the Committee of the Association (not enclosed). See also 8846, 8868, 8469

8855. Jun 1861 Letter from Professor T Oldham, Superintendent Geological Survey, Calcutta. Sends a paper showing the principal Museums and collections to which additional specimens of meteoric stone would be most valuable. Copy of reply, specimens will be sent to the Institutions suggested. See also 8896, 8901

8856. Jun 1861 Letter from Lieutenant J S A H Byrne, Chandernagore. Repeats his prayer for early adjustment of his account. Refers to certain rumours about the discontented state of the Sikh Army. 12 papers. Endorsed: nonsense. See also 8747

8857. Jun 1861 Letter from Conductor W Allsopp, Officiating Superintendent of Barrackpore Park. Acknowledges with thanks the letter granting him half the proceeds of the sale of grass and hay from the Park. See also 8839

8858. Jun 1861 Letter from Mr A E L Tulloh, Calcutta. Sends a petition asking for money and employment. Copy of reply, the Governor General is unable to hold out any hope of employment. See also 8886

8859. May - Jun 1861 Letter from Captain W D Dickson, Assistant General Superintendent, Thuggee and Dacoitee, Agra. Asks for his rank and position be antedated to 7 Nov 1859. Office memorandum. Copy of reply, request refused.

8860. May - Jun 1861 Letter from Dr L H Leeds, Assistant Surgeon, 8th Punjab Infantry, Umballa. Applies for the Joint Medical Charge of Simla. Copies of testimonials. Copy of reply, the application will be considered. Telegraph Messages received number 1336; See also 9094, 9099

8861. May - Jun 1861 Letter from Mr J W Macnabb, Deputy Commissioner, Sealkote. Sends two enclosures from the Maharajah of Cashmere in reply to the Private Secretary. Abstract and translation enclosed. See also 8650, 8583, 8885

8862. Jun 1861 Letter from Mr C F Montresor, Calcutta. Sends word that he has returned to the Presidency.

8863. May - Jun 1861 Letter from Mr W Braybrooke, late Adjutant Military Police, North West Provinces, Bombay. Sends a printed copy of his testimonials, further to his request for employment. Copy of reply, there is little hope of his being appointed. See also 8704, 8932, 9139

8864. May - Jun 1861 Letter from Major J G Balmain, Deputy Commissioner, Nagpore .Asks to be allowed full pay while absent on deputation at Raiepore from Dec 1860 to Feb 1861. Note from Mr Bayley. Copy of reply, this question is now before the Government.

8865. Jun 1861 Letter from Mr A Grote, Member of the Revenue Board, Calcutta. Returns thanks for the fragment of the Dhurumsala meteorite, and for the promise of another fragment for the Museum. Asks what is being done about communications about to be established with China via Assam. Copy of earlier letter; copy of reply, about the route to China. See also 8608, 8643, 8655, 8872

8866. Jun 1861 Letter from Captain H Howe, Officiating Master Attendant, Calcutta. Protests against a recommendation that another officer should officiate as Master Attendant, while he acted as Superintendent of the Dock Yard. Letter no longer enclosed. Copy of reply, his letter will be considered in the Home Department.

8867. Jun 1861 Letter from Messrs Berners and Fergusson, solicitors for Lalla Jotee Persad Rao Bahadoor, Calcutta. Send the award made between their client and the East India Company on 18 Feb 1859. Cover only. Endorsed: Transferred to Secretary to Government Military Department. See also 8941

8868. Jun 1861 Copy of a letter to Baboo Joteendro Nauth Tagore, Calcutta Sending him a copy of the Viceroy's reply to the address of the British Indian Association. See also 8846, 8854, 8869

8869. Jun 1861 Copy of a letter to Mr W Grey, Calcutta. Sending the address of the British Indian Association, and a copy of His Excellency's reply. See also 8846, 8854, 8868

8870. Jun 1861 Letter from Sir A de H Larpent, Calcutta .In reply, will wait upon the Governor General. Copy of earlier letter.

8871. Jun 1861 Copy of a letter to Lieutenant Colonel H Bruce, Calcutta. Informing him that the Governor General wishes him to go to Bombay by the steamer of the 9 Jun; he will receive instructions, and the Governor General will see him.

8872. Jun 1861 Copy of a letter to Mr C U Aitchison, Calcutta. Returning papers about the meteorite. See also 8608, 8642, 8655, 8865

8873. Jun 1861 Letter from Mr George Norton, on behalf of Mr J L Thornton, Deputy Collector of Baitool, Calcutta. Asks for a grant of a Jagheer. Cover only. Endorsed: Transferred to Secretary to Government Foreign Department

8874. May - Jun 1861 Letter from Major R L Taylor, Political Agent Meywar, Neemuch. With reference to an anonymous letter which purports to have been written from Saloombur by the Rao Sahib to the Indore Minister, explains the state of feeling between the Rana and his Thakoors, and hopes, if allowed, to mediate successfully between the Rana and the Saloombur Chief. Copy of reply, the Governor General does not approve of unofficial negotiations; he should submit his proposals to Government. Nothing has come of an earlier report that the Rao Sahib wished to surrender. See also 8778, 8796

8875. Jun 1861 Letter from the Reverend J Richards, Secretary, Calcutta Seamen's Mission, Calcutta. Asks for the Governor General's donation to the Mission. Printed enclosure. Copy of reply, sending 100 Rupees. See also 7230

8876. Jun 1861 Letter from Lieutenant Colonel C Douglas, Officiating Director General of Telegraphs in India, Calcutta. Replies about the cipher message from the Lieutenant Governor of the Punjab to the Governor General. Two letters. Copy of earlier letter, complaining that the message ends abruptly in mid-sentence. Telegraph Messages received number 1330; See also 3831, 3903

8877. Jun 1861 Copy of a letter to the Manager of the 'Madras Examiner', Madras. Asking him to send copies of the paper to the Governor General.

8878. Jun 1861 Letter from Mr S J Becher, Officiating Commissioner of Benares. Asks if the Shahzada Suhadeo Sing has obtained the permission of the Governor General to take charge of his Jagheer in Oudh, or to pass the hot weather at Benares. Hopes to despatch the tiger skin and head shortly. Copy of reply, the Governor General sees no objection to Shahzada Suhadeo Sing remaining in Benares during the hot weather. See also 8741, 8972

8879. Jun 1861 Letter from Lieutenant Colonel C Hinde, 65th Native Infantry, Dinapore. Writes further to his application for employment in Nepal. Copy of reply, the Governor General does not intend to fill up the post immediately. See also 8689

8880. Jun 1861 Letter from Dr J M Honigberger, Calcutta. Sends a copy of his 'Thirty-Five Years in the East' (not enclosed). Has just applied to the Maharajah of Cashmere for the balance of 27,281 Rupees due to him. Directs attention to his cure for cholera (tincture of quassia) and sends a newscutting about it. Endorsed: answered privately. See also 8888

8881. Jun 1861 Letter from Lieutenant Colonel C Douglas, Officiating Director General of Telegraphs in India, Calcutta. Says he has called for the missing words of the telegraph. Copy of reply. Telegraph Messages received number 1330; See also 8876, 8890

8882. Jun 1861 Letter from the Reverend A B Spry, Calcutta. Sends a circular about lighting St John's Church by gas. Copy of reply, the Governor General prefers oil lighting in the Church.

8883. Jun 1861 Letter from Mr R Temple, President of the Civil Finance Commission, Calcutta. Asks when he should call on the Governor General, and whether his expenses will be paid by Government on his trip.

8884. Jun 1861 Letter from Mr G U Yule, Officiating Chief Commissioner of Oudh, Lucknow. Writes about vacancies in the Oudh Commission. There is no clue yet to the Oonao murders. Suspects some of the Zemindars must be in league with the murderers; hopes the next batch of cases will lead to a discovery. Trusts that orders may soon be issued to the Oudh Government about the Income and Licence Taxes for the current year. Copy of earlier letter about vacancies in the Commission. Copy of reply, instructions will soon be issued about the taxes. See also 8983, 8985

8885. Jun 1861 Letter from Mr J W Macnabb, Deputy Commissioner, Sealkote. Has forwarded the letter to Dewan Jowalah Suhai. Copy of earlier letter. See also 8861, 8583

8886. Jun 1861 Letter from Mrs A E L Tulloh, Calcutta. Sends a petition asking for employment for her husband. Copy of reply, request refused. See also 8858

8887. Jun 1861 Letter from Miss C M Sinclair, Calcutta. Asks for a reply to her petition. Copy of reply, she should apply to the Financial Department.

8888. Jun 1861 Copy of a letter to Mr W Grey, Calcutta. Sending an extract about Dr Honigberger's supposed remedy for cholera. See also 8830

8889. Jun 1861 Letter from Mr J Hume, Magistrate of Southern Division, Calcutta Police. Asks for support of a paper to be entitled the 'Indian Empire', two printed enclosures. Copy of reply, the Governor General will take three copies a week. See also 8904

8890. Jun 1861 Letter from Conductor W Allsopp, Officiating Superintendent, Government Park, Barrackpore. Reports receipt of plants for the Park. Two letters. Note from Lady Canning. Copy of reply.

8891. Jun 1861 Letter from Mr R Temple, on special duty, off Kedgeree. Returns the papers about the Thuggee Department with comments on the proposed abolition of the Department. See also 9864

8892. Jun 1861 Letter from Mr J H Dugdale, Calcutta. Writes about payment of table money to Mr Danvers, Commander of the 'Juboona' during the period he was in charge of the State Yacht 'Sonamookhee'. 4 papers. Copy of reply, the claim seems inadmissible. See also 8899

8893. May - Jun 1861 Letter from Mr J Talboys Wheeler, Professor of Moral Philosophy and Logic in the Madras Presidency College, Madras. Is not able to say when his work on the Madras records will be completed. Has had considerable experience of the working of the Public Record Office in England, and his services might be useful if a similar Record Office were to be established in Calcutta. Draws attention to the distinction between official records and Government records and how they may best be disposed of. See also 8803, 9156

8894. Jun 1861 Letter from Lieutenant J T Bushby, Assistant Commissioner, West Berar, Booldanah. Applies for the new post of Judge of the Small Cause Courts in the Upper Provinces. Copy of reply, acknowledgement. See also 8978, 8987

8895. May - Jun 1861 Letter from Lieutenant F Bishop, 33rd Madras Native Infantry, on leave, London. Repeats his request for staff employment. Copy of reply, there are so few vacancies, it is impossible to grant his request. See also 8220

8896. Jun 1861 Copy of a letter to Mr E C Bayley, Secretary to Government Foreign Department. Sending specimens of meteorite. Lady Canning would like a copy of the papers on the subject.

8897. May - Jun 1861 Letter from Mr J W Kaye, Secretary, Political and Secret Department India Office, London. Sends a Bill of lading for boxes of Insignia of the Star of India. Copy of reply, acknowledgement of receipt of boxes. See also 8900, 8907, 8946

8898. Jun 1861 Letter from Mr W S Atkinson, Secretary, Asiatic Society, Calcutta. Returns the fragment of the meteoric stone. See also 8865

8899. Jun 1861 Letter from Mr D Tapley, Officiating Secretary to the Superintendent of Marine, Calcutta. Replies about Mr Dugdale's mess bill. Copy of earlier letter about this.

8900. Jun 1861 Copy of a letter to Captain T H Tronson, Peninsular and Oriental Office, Calcutta. Sending a Bill of Lading for 4 boxes addressed to the Governor General. See also 8897, 8907