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Mss Eur C179/3

Record Id:
040-004583053
Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
032-002265418
MDARK:
ark:/81055/vdc_100195067243.0x000001
LARK:
SLARK:
Format:
ISAD(G)
Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur C179/3
Title:
Papers for the years 1862 to 1863
Scope & Content:
The folder includes minutes and notes on the following subjects:
  • Resignation of Mr Coryton, the Recorder of Moulmein.
  • Claim by Kunderpessur Singh to pension enjoyed by his father and grandfather.
  • Conduct of Mr Sconce and Mr Beckett.
  • Powers of the Judicial Commissioner, Central Provinces, to inflict capital punishment.
  • A Bill to provide for the better guardianship of minors (Bombay).
  • Employment of young civilians in the Legislative Office.
  • A Bill to regulate the administration of civil and criminal justice, and the superintendence of police and conservancy within the limits of military cantonments.
  • Altering the Penal Code.
  • Colonel Bruce to enquire into the Police and Frontier Preventive Forces.
  • Under-payment of the lower Judicial Officers and an increase of the Munsiffs stipend in Bengal.
  • Reform of the Bengal Judicial Establishment.
  • Agricultural contracts in Oudh.
  • Modification of Act IX of 1850 in the Establishment of the Bangalore Small Cause Court.
  • Unconditional release of five prisoners.
  • The study of Persian for Honors.
  • Language tests for young civilians.
  • A Bill to enable the Comptoir D'Escompte of Paris to sue and be sued in the name of the Indian Agencies of the said Company.
  • An Oudh Talukdar's bequest to his son-in-law.
  • Compensation for land taken up for public purposes under Act VI of 1857.
  • Proposal for enlarging the jurisdiction of the Presidency Towns, Small Cause Courts.
  • Proceedings of Inchi Wan Ahmed against the Tumengong of Johore [Temenggung Johor].
  • Establishment of a Recorder's Court at Rangoon, and the appointment of Dr W H Clarke as a Recorder of the said Court from 1st January 1864.
  • Question whether the Rajputana Court of Vakils has jurisdiction in the frontier districts of the Chiefs of Gwalior and Indore.
  • St Paul's School at Calcutta.
  • Juvenile prisons and reformatories.
  • Establishment of a High Court in Rangoon.
Also included is a "Narrative of the Course of Legislation during the official year 1862-1863".
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Project / Collection:
India Office Private Papers
Hierarchy Record Ids:
032-002265418
040-004583053
Is part of:
Mss Eur C179 : Papers of Sir Henry James Sumner Maine (1822-1888), Legal Member of the Governor-General's Council 1862-1869

 

Mss Eur C179/3 : Papers for the years 1862 to 1863
Hierarchy:
032-002265418[0003]/040-004583053
Container:
View / search within Archive / Collection: Mss Eur C179
Record Type (Level):
File
Extent:
1 folder (112 folios)
Digitised Content:
Languages:
English
Scripts:
Latin
Start Date:
1862
End Date:
1863
Date Range:
1862-1863
Era:
CE
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