Mss Eur F699/1/2/6/74

701. Papers relating to the Order of the Star of India. 1. Copy of letter from the Secretary of State to the Governor General on the institution of the order. The Viceroy to be Grand Master, first and principal knight. 3 May 1861. 2. Printed copy of the Calcutta Gazette Extraordinary of 5 Jul 1861 containing the Letters Patent establishing the order. In envelope. 3. Copy of the statutes of the order. 4. Copy of a letter from the Grand Master to the Secretary of State for India, 10 Jul 1861, grateful acknowledgment of 1 (above). 5. Copy of a letter from the Secretary of State for India to the Grand Master, 10 May 1861, sending enclosed list of Indian Princes who are to become KSI (Order of the Star of India). 6. Copy of the Queen's Warrant for a KSI, with blank for name. 7. Copy of the Queen's Warrant dispensing with the Regulations relating to personal investiture, with blank for name. 8. Copy of covenant made with each Knight, that he will restore the insignia of the order if he ceases to be a knight by death or any other reason. 9. Copy of letter from the Grand Master to the Secretary of State for India, 28 Jul 1861 in reply to 5 (above). 10. Copy of circular, 15 Jul 1861 forwarding copy of 2 (above) and a copy of the letter of the Grand Master to certain chiefs enclosing the grant of their Knighthoods, also a summary of the statutes, and instructions for the recipients' guidance in carrying out Her Majesty's intentions. Addressed to certain Residents and Agents.11. Copy of circular to the Nizam, Scindia, and other native Princes and chiefs, 13 Jul 1861 announcing the institution of the Order,and informing them that Her Majesty has been pleased to nominate them to be a Knight. 12. Copy of circular to Colonel Davidson and others (as in 10, above) 27 Jul 1861, naming the Chiefs and others who are to become KSI, and reporting that the Governor General will hold an investiture on 1 Nov. Gives instructions about the return of the insignia. 13. Abstract of the statues, with Urdu and Persian translations enclosed. 14. Extract from the London Gazette of 25 Jun 1861 announcing the establishment of the order, and the names of the members. 15. Copy of a letter from the Secretary of State for India to the Grand Master, 18 Jul 1861, about the insignia. In envelope.

702. Printed pamphlet 'Nil Darpan; or, the Indigo Planting Mirror' A Drama, translated from the Bengali by a Native. Calcutta, 1861. Also a pamphlet on the history of the 'Nil Durpan' with the account of the trial of the Reverend J [James] Long of the Church Mission for the libel in printing the 'Nil Durpan' [Nil Darpan]; reprinted from the Englishman, Jul 1861. In envelope.

703. Printed copy of letter from James Hills, indigo planter to the Secretary to Government, of Bengal of 27 Jul 1861 commenting on Mr [Charles] Montresor's reports to Government on rent and indigo matters. In envelope.

704. Copy of a memorandum by S Laing suggesting amendments in the Customs Tariff and Stamp Act.

705. Memorandum by S Laing regarding the Madras Army. Copy. 16 Jun 1861.

706. Copies of papers relating to the Standing Orders of the Legislative Council of India Minutes by T B Macaulay, A Ross, K T Prinsep, May - Jun 1835. Standing Orders as approved by Council 6 Jul 1835. Resolution by the Government of India 6 Jul 1835 on the procedure for drafting laws. [1861?]. In envelope.