Mss Eur F699/1/4/7/45

Bundle of letters from Sir George Clerk, to Sir Henry Bartle Frere, Charles Canning, and others, including memorandum and other enclosures, regarding report of the Military Commission and other matters. Consists of:

12 letters from George Clerk to Sir Henry Bartle Frere, Sep 1861-Mar 1862, with envelopes. Enclosures include: copy of letter from Mr Addin? Secretary to Government at Fort St George, 10 Sep 1861; printed letter from A. Kinloch Forbes, Oct 1861; extract from report of Mr Gibbs, Special Commissioner for Income Tax, 25 Sep 1861; extract of letter from agent at Tientsin, undated; and telegram dated 8 Mar 1862. Also letter from addressed to Mr Forbes, 5 Nov 1861, from C. M. (unidentified), in envelope addressed from Clerk to Frere.

4 letters from George Clerk to Charles Canning, 19 Feb 1861-24 Jan 1862. Letters dated 8 Jan 1861 and 12 Apr 1861 are registered. Enclosures include: extract of letter to Sir George Clerk from Major Taylor, Camp Audeypore, 21 Nov 1860; copy of letter from Mr Davidson, collector at Poona, 10 Apr 1861, together with statement showing the traffic of cotton by Bhore Ghat during the week 1-7 Apr 1861.

Memorandum from A Robertson, Acting Chief Secretary to the Government of Bombay, to William Grey, Secretary to the Government of India, no. 4047, 17 Sep 1861, regarding reduction in rate of duty on malwa opium.

Copy of letter from George Clerk to Lieutenant Colonel H. Bruce, Police Commission, 2 Dec 1861.

Letter from George Clerk to Claudius Erskine, 12 Jan 1862, forwarded to Frere 22 Jan 1862.