IOR/F/4/2022/91106

General subjects: proposed relaxation of the rules for the selection and appointment of native Judges, and correspondence regarding the examinations of candidates for Munsifships (includes a statment showing candidates names, family residence and past employment in the service of Government, pp.24-26) - orders issued by the Governor General (includes a letter to the Secretary to the Government of the North Western Provinces on the subject of measures to be taken to ascertain in what manner relief can best be afforded by Government in the event of drought, pp.55-58) - plans of ferry boats by Dr J McCosh, Officiating Garrison Assistant Surgeon, Fort William, which he considered might be advantageously adopted in India (includes two sketches showing types of ferry boats in use in Europe on the rivers Rhone and Po, p.60, the letter accompanying the sketches is on pp.58-59) - further correspondence on the subject of ferries and bridges (includes a report by R B Otto, Quarter Master General, dated 1st September 1826, on a new model of pontoon bridge by Major Blanshard of the Royal Engineers, with a view to its adoption in India should it be applicable to Indian warfare, pp.71-84, enclosing a colour sketch of a flying bridge in use on the Moota Moolah [Muta Mula] River at Poona, p.85, and a colour sketch of the mode of conveying basket boats proposed by Lieutenant Colonel Dalrymple of the Artillery, p.87)