IOR/L/PJ/3/1096 No.85

Contained within the papers are:

• Narratives (Nos 1 to 6) of the Government of Bengal relating to the famine in the Lower Provinces of Bengal and of the measures taken to afford relief
• Letter, dated 16th June 1866, from the Secretary to the Bengal Chamber of Commerce, regarding the placing of the balance of the Famine Fund at the disposal of the Lieutenant Governor
• Correspondence relating to the increase in crime in the Midnapore District
• Correspondence regarding the purchase of grain for importation into Orissa
• Application from the Government of Madras for pecuniary aid towards the relief of the distress which was also prevalent in the Ganjam District
• Instructions of the Lieutenant Governor of Bengal to the Board of Revenue, Lower Provinces, dated 26th June 1866
• Correspondence regarding the sum of 20,000 rupees from the Famine Relief Fund placed at the disposal of the Madras Government for the relief of the distress in Ganjam
• Papers regarding the state of the districts of the Chota Nagpore Division, and the prevalence of dacoity in the Khoordah [Khurda] Sub-division in Cuttack
• Supplement to The Calcutta Gazette, dated 8th August 1866, containing a memorial on the subject of checking drunkenness, a report on the cultivation of Cinchona at Darjeeling during the month of May 1866, and a brief sketch of the history of the famine to July 1866
• Revenue Circulars for December 1865
• Letter from R B Chapman, Secretary to the Board of Revenue, Lower Provinces, dated 8th August 1866, to Mr Mangles

The collection includes a copy of the following Public letters received from India:

• No.36 of 1866, dated 27 June 1866
• No.39 of 1866, dated 11 July 1866
• No.46 of 1866, dated 26 July 1866
• No.51 of 1866, dated 9 August 1866

The collection also includes a copy of the Despatch, No.85 of 1866, dated 9 October 1866.