IOR/L/PJ/3/1094 No.86

The collection contains the following papers:

• Report on the state of the Districts of the Jhansi Division with regard to the possible occurrence of famine
• Reports on the state of the Ajmere and Mhairwarra [Ajmer-Merwara] Districts, and the Districts of the Rohilkhand Division with regard to the possible occurrence of famine
• Report on the state of the Districts of the Agra Division with regard to the possible occurrence of famine
• Report by C R Lindsay, Officiating Commissioner of Gorakhpur, on the result of his enquiries regarding the failure of crops in the Gorakpur District, with a colour sketch map of Parganas Ruttunpore [Ratanpur], Bansi and Russoolpore Ghous, showing the main roads of the Parganas and the area comprising the Tuppahs which had suffered most severely from drought; and a Report on the state of the Districts of the Benares Division with regard to the possible occurrence of famine
• Report on the agricultural prospects of the Districts of the Allahabad Division with regard to the possible occurrence of famine
• Report on the agricultural prospects of the Districts of the Meerut Division with regard to the possible occurrence of famine
• Extension of the period of employment on special duty of Surgeon-Major T C Jerdon from the 1st March 1865 to the 28th February 1866
• Grant of a leave of absence on Medical Certificate for a period of four months to Sir Robert Napier
• Appointment of George Noble Taylor as an Ordinary Member of the Council of the Governor General of India
• Covering letter transmitting 20 copies of "Medical Reports upon the character and progress of Leprosy in the East Indies, being answers to Interrogatories drawn up by the Royal College of Physicians, London" [Reports not present]
• Grant of a leave of absence on Medical Certificate for a period of six months to Mr Maine
• Letter from the Government of India, Home Department, reporting that they had received 50 copies of the 5th Volume of the New Edition of Professor H H Wilson's works
• Rules for the guidance of the Protector, Medical Inspector of Emigrants and Colonial Emigration Agents at the Port of Calcutta, under the provisions of Act XIII of 1864; and Rules for the guidance of all persons concerned in the Emigration of Native Labourers from Calcutta to British and Foreign Colonies
• Appointment of William Nathaniel Massey as an Ordinary Member of the Council of the Governor General of India, following the resignation of Sir Charles Trevelyan
• Notification, dated 17th April 1865, directing that, until further notice, the Council of the Governor General shall assemble at Simla
• Appointment of General Sir William Mansfield, Commander-in-Chief of Her Majesty's Forces in India, as an Extraordinary Member of the Council of the Governor General of India
• Correspondence regarding an Aerolite [Meteorite] which fell in the Gorakhpur District on the 19th January 1865
• Communication from the Secretary to Government, Straits Settlement, regarding the tables intended for presentation to their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales
• Correspondence regarding the proposed despatch from Port Blair of 50 convicts of the mutineer class for service as soldiers at Sarawak
• Report, dated 1st May 1865, by T Anderson, Superintendent of the Royal Botanical Gardens, Calcutta, on the damages sustained by the Botanical Gardens in the Cyclone of the 5th October 1864
• Correspondence regarding the survey of the Peninsular and Oriental Company's Steamer Rangoon

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

• No.3 of 1865, dated 17 January 1865
• No.6 of 1865, dated 25 January 1865
• No.13 of 1865, dated 8 February 1865
• No.15 of 1865, dated 14 February 1865
• No.17 of 1865, dated 20 February 1865
• No.19 of 1865, dated 22 February 1865
• No.20 of 1865, dated 7 March 1865
• No.21 of 1865, dated 8 March 1865
• No.22 of 1865, dated 10 March 1865
• No.24 of 1865, dated 17 March 1865
• No.28 of 1865, dated 18 March 1865
• No.29 of 1865, dated 24 March 1865
• No.30 of 1865, dated 31 March 1865
• No.34 of 1865, dated 10 April 1865
• No.37 of 1865, dated 17 April 1865
• No.38 of 1865, dated 27 April 1865
• No.42 of 1865, dated 27 May 1865
• No.44 of 1865, dated 2 June 1865
• No.45 of 1865, dated 5 June 1865
• No.50 of 1865, dated 28 June 1865

The collection also includes a copy of the Post Office letter received from India, No.1 of 1865, dated 10 January 1865.