IOR/L/L/8/125

Various contracts and correspondence relating to the running and expansion of Indian railway lines on behalf of the Secretary of State in Council of India by the Great Indian Peninsula Railway Company Limited, and the Indian Midland Railway Company Limited. The contracts seem to culminate with Great Indian Peninsula Railway Purchase Act 1900, which returns possession to the British Government.

This file includes:Great Indian Peninsula Railway Purchase Act 1900: An Act to provide for the vesting of the Railways and other property of the Great Indian Peninsula Railway Company in the Secretary of State in Council of India and for other purposes; Memorandum on the Amalgamation of the Great Indian Peninsula and Indian Midland Railways; Great Indian Peninsula Railway Company Report, dated 1 Jul 1900, on purchase by annuity and projected working arrangements;Contract dated 22 Dec 1879 for the working of the East Indian Railway Company; Contract dated 14 Nov 1899 of the East Indian Railway Company modifying the Principal Contract of 22 Dec 1879; Contract dated 2 Oct 1885 with the Indian Midland Railway Company Limited; Contract dated 18 Mar 1890 handing over the Sindia State Railway to the Indian Midland Railway Company Limited; Contract dated 20 Apr 1894 as to the working of the Bhopal State Railway; Contract dated 13 Jun 1896 with reference to the Saugor Katni Extension; draft contract for the working of the Great Indian Peninsula and Indian Midland Railways by the Great Indian Peninsula Railway Company; draft contracts with annotations for the handing over of the Indian Midland Railway to the Secretary of State; Draft contract as to the working of the Rajputana-Malwa Railway; and associated papers and correspondence.