Hard-coded id of currently selected item: . JSON version of its record is available from Blacklight on e.g. ??

Metadata associated with selected item should appear here...

IOR/L/PJ/3/1083 No.134

Record Id:

041-002404328

Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:

036-000810970

MDARK:

ark:/81055/vdc_100000002934.0x000001

LARK:

SLARK:

Format:

ISAD(G)

Reference (shelfmark):

IOR/L/PJ/3/1083 No.134

Title:

582: Extracts from a Narrative of the Proceedings of the Government of Bengal, in the General Department, (Miscellaneous Subjects), for the 1st Quarter of 1860

Scope & Content:

The collection consists of the following small collections of papers, each of which has a title page and an extract from the Narrative, No.12 of 1860, dated 26th May 1860:

Coll 1, Correspondence relating to the manner in which the Dinagepore [Dinajpur] Examination Committee conducted the examination held in October 1859, at which Baboos Poorno Chunder Bannerjee and Jadub Chunder Ghose were suspected of having resorted to unfair means to enable them to pass, February to May 1860
Coll 2, Correspondence regarding vernacular translations of the examination questions furnished to the Local Committees, so that anyone might record his answers in his mother tongue, December 1859 to May 1860
Coll 3, J B Shadwell, Deputy Magistrate and Deputy Collector of Sylhet, and S Nation, Deputy Magistrate and Deputy Collector of Backergunge, exempted from further examination, July 1859 to May 1860
Coll 4, Proposal by Charles Steer, Commissioner of Chittagong, that a statement of the number of marks allowed by the Board of Examiners to each Examinee be furnished to the Local Committees, December 1859 to May 1860. The related correspondence refers to the case of Baboo Ram Sunker Sen.
Coll 5, Application by Baboo Ram Narain Samoodhur for exemption from the examination which the Probationers in the Subordinate Executive Service had been called upon to undergo, January to May 1860
Coll 6, Application by Baboo Kanti Chunder Chatterjee, Deputy Magistrate and Deputy Collector of Raneegunge, for exemption from the general rules of examination prescribed for Probationers, December 1859 to May 1860
Coll 7, Correspondence regarding the defective dak travelling arrangements on the road between Carragola [Karagola] Ghat and Darjeeling, December 1859 to May 1860
Coll 8, Correspondence regarding the measures adopted for remedying the defectiveness of the Post Office arrangements for laying Palankeen Daks for travellers, December 1859 to May 1860
Coll 9, Report of the mismanagement of the Post Office of Mymensingh, February to May 1860
Coll 10, Papers regarding the robbery of the Calcutta Banghy Mail of the 3rd December 1859
Coll 11, Proposal for a sentry from the Police Battalion to guard the Post Office at Kishnaghur, December 1859 to May 1860
Coll 12, Final report regarding the robbery of the Calcutta Banghy Despatch of the 22nd September 1859
Coll 13, Correspondence relating to a misunderstanding between W M Beaufort of the Civil Service and some Military Officers resident at Berhampore, regarding a receipt for subscription to the Berhampore Library, January to May 1860
Coll 14, Authorisation given for the employment of a surveyor to trace and map the course of the rivers Koornafullee [Karnaphuli] and Sankoo up to their sources, February to May 1860
Coll 15, Complaint by W Taylor, late Commissioner of Patna, of the conduct towards him of H D H Fergusson, Commissioner of Patna, in his capacity of Legal Agent, November 1859 to May 1860
Coll 16, Grant of a certificate of naturalisation to Hadjee Jackariah Mahomed of Calcutta, Merchant, dated February 1860, with related correspondence
Coll 17, Report of the Proceedings of the Asiatic Society of Bengal, with an abstract statement of receipts and disbursements of the Asiatic Society for the year 1859 (including a list of the members of the Asiatic Society on the 31st December 1859), and a statement showing the assets and liabilities of the Oriental Publication Fund at the close of 1859
Coll 18, Sanction of the Government of India to the continuance for another year of the Government donation to the District Charitable Society of 1,200 rupees per mensem, January to May 1860
Coll 19, Report of the progress made towards the formation of the new town of Mutlah during the three months ending the 31st January 1860
Coll 20, Application by the Mutlah Association for Mr Leonard to continue in his situation as Superintendent of the Town and Port of Mutlah, February to May 1860
Coll 21, Complaint of Luckee Kant Surma and other inhabitants of Dacca of the temple of Kali at Ramna, in Dacca, having been placed by Government authorities in charge of a person unworthy to hold the office, September 1859 to May 1860
Coll 22, Correspondence regarding the debt of Goursoonder Chuckurbuttee, Deputy Post Master of Mymensingh, to the Dacca News Press, December 1859 to May 1860
Coll 23, Correspondence regarding a pamphlet containing the views of Munshi Ameer Ali and certain other Native Gentlemen of Calcutta and Patna regarding the Bill for the licensing of Trades and Professions (a copy of the pamphlet is not included in the correspondence), December 1859 to May 1860
Coll 24, Papers containing the opinions of a few selected Officers in the Bengal Presidency on the provisions of the Bill published in the Calcutta Gazette of the 3rd September 1859, entitled a Bill for the licensing of Trades and Professions, September 1859 to May 1860
Coll 25, Memorial of certain Native Inhabitants of Nuddea, representing the causes which impede the social and moral progress of the Natives, May 1860
Coll 26, Correspondence regarding items of expenditure passed by the Lieutenant Governor of Bengal during the Quarter under report, December 1859 to May 1860

Collection Area:

India Office Records and Private Papers

Project / Collection:

India Office Records

Hierarchy Record Ids:

032-000810636
036-000810970
037-000812068
040-000812095
041-002404328

Is part of:

IOR/L/PJ : India Office Records: Public & Judicial Department
IOR/L/PJ/3 : Correspondence with India
IOR/L/PJ/3/1057-1124 : Collections to Public Despatches to India
IOR/L/PJ/3/1083 : Collections to the 1860 Public Despatches to India

IOR/L/PJ/3/1083 No.134 : 582: Extracts from a Narrative of the Proceedings of the Government of Bengal, in the General Department,…

Hierarchy:

032-000810636[0003]/036-000810970[0043]/037-000812068[0027]/040-000812095[0014]/041-002404328

Container:

View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/L/PJ

Record Type (Level):

Item

Extent:

1 file

Digitised Content:

Languages:

English

Scripts:

Latin

Start Date:

1859

End Date:

1860

Date Range:

Jul 1859-May 1860

Era:

Access:

Please request the physical items you need using the online collection item request form.

Digitised items can be viewed online by clicking the thumbnail image or digitised content link.

Readers who have registered or renewed their pass since 21 March 2024 can request physical items prior to visiting the Library by completing
this request form.
Please enter the Reference (shelfmark) above on the request form.

If your Reader Pass was issued before this date, you will need to visit the Library in London or Yorkshire to renew it before you can request items online. All manuscripts and archives must be consulted at the Library in London.

This catalogue record may describe a collection of items which cannot all be requested together. Please use the hierarchy viewer to navigate to individual items. Some items may be in use or restricted for other reasons. If you would like to check the availability, contact our Reference Services team, quoting the Reference (shelfmark) above.

User Conditions:

Material Type:

Archives and Manuscripts

Legal Status:

Public Record(s)

Related Material:

For the Public letter received from India, No.59 of 1860, dated 13 June 1860, see IOR/L/PJ/3/58 pp.557-568 (includes a copy of the Narrative).

For the original Draft Despatch, No.134 of 1860, dated 31 October 1860, see IOR/L/PJ/3/1037 p.358.