IOR/L/PJ/3/1074 No.18

The collection consists of the following small collections of papers, each of which has a cover sheet, a table of contents, and an extract from the Narrative.

Collection to the Narrative of the Proceedings of the Government of Bengal, in the General Department (Miscellaneous subjects), for the 3rd Quarter of 1858, dated 11th August 1859:

• Coll 1, Periodical Reports of the Commissioners of Circuit on the public charities assisted by Government in their respective Divisions, May 1858 to August 1859.
• Coll 2, Accounts and statements relating to the Calcutta Native Hospital and its dependant Dispensaries for the year 1857.
• Coll 3, Account Current of the Prosunnoth [Prosonath] Roy Fund for the year 1857, and a statement of disbursements on account of the charitable institutions supported by that Fund at Baula [Banleah] and Natore, for the 2nd quarter of 1858.
• Coll 4, Appointment of Members of Committees of the Charitable Dispensaries and Hospitals in the Lower Provinces during the 3rd quarter of 1858.
• Coll 5, Monthly Returns of patients in the Lunatic Asylum at Bhowanipore for the months of June, July and August 1858, and the Half-yearly Report of patients in the Insane Hospital of the 24 Parganas from the 1st January to 30th June 1858.
• Coll 6, Papers regarding an increase in the wages of the Bhistis attached to the Dullunda Insane Hospital as a temporary arrangement, July 1858 to August 1859.
• Coll 7, Correspondence regarding the grant of an allowance of from 3 to 4 pice per diem for each inmate of the Dacca Insane Asylum, July 1858 to August 1859.
• Coll 8, Correspondence showing that leave obtained under Medical Certificate could not be commuted retrospectively into privilege leave, June 1858 to August 1859. The correspondence concerns the case of Doyal Chund Bysack, Sub-Assistant Surgeon at the Ooterpara [Uttarpara] Charitable Dispensary.
• Coll 9, Papers regarding the available balance of the sum sanctioned from the Urnochutter Fund for the construction of a hospital at Balasore was to be re-credited to that Fund, August 1858 to August 1859.
• Coll 10, Correspondence relating to an application for increase of pay preferred by Native Doctor Doyal Singh, attached to the charitable dispensary at Rungpore [Rangpur], November 1857 to August 1859.
• Coll 11, Papers regarding the revised Establishment for the Mitford Hospital at Dacca at a cost of 128 rupees per mensem, April 1858 to August 1859.
• Coll 12, Correspondence regarding an increase to the pay of Gopaul Khatturee, an Apprentice attached to the Gya City Pilgrim Hospital and Government Dispensary, from 3 rupees to 4 rupees per mensem, August 1858 to August 1859.
• Coll 13, Papers relating to unpassed Civil Servants who had been permitted to prosecute their studies in the Mofussil under the superintendence of Public Officers, July 1858 to August 1859. The papers concern the cases of R H Middlemass, C T Metcalfe, F G Millet, and W Kemble.
• Coll 14, Report of the Special Examination of R L Mangles and A Smith of the Civil Service, August 1858 to August 1859.
• Coll 15, Papers regarding officers exempted from the last half-yearly examination of junior civilians and others held in October 1858, August 1858 to August 1859. The papers are concerned with the cases of J A Crawford, A Smith, J W Inman and Baboo Sudanundo Jacheek.
• Coll 16, Question asked by W Taylor, Judge of Mymensingh, as to whether a civilian on furlough in India would be at liberty to engage in any business or employment while availing himself of his furlough, May 1858 to August 1859.
• Coll 17, Correspondence giving the approval of the Supreme Government to the proceedings for the relief of distressed ryots in the Districts which suffered from the innundation of 1856, September 1858 to August 1859.
• Coll 18, Temporary appointment of Assistant Surgeon H R Daniell of the Shekawattee [Shekhawati] Battalion as Post Master of Sambalpur, May 1858 to August 1859.
• Coll 19, Correspondence regarding the conversion of the Akbari Bungalow at Sooree [Suri] into a Dak Bungalow, July 1858 to August 1859.
• Coll 20, Report by Dr W C B Eatwell, Principal of the Medical College, on an accident which occurred in the Medical College Hospital, by which a European patient lost his life by falling from one of the balconies, with correspondence relating to the measures proposed for preventing a recurrence of such accidents in future, July 1858 to August 1859.
• Coll 21, Correspondence relating to the site selected for the proposed hospital at Howrah, and to the disposal of the old materials of the Jail walls, August 1857 to August 1859.
• Coll 22, Measures adopted for breaking up a system of relationship which existed amoung the Amlah of the Superintendent of Darjeeling, May 1857 to August 1859. Includes a list of those employed in the Establishment of the Superintendent of Darjeeling, with details of appointment, relationship to anyone else employed in the Establishment, private occupation or trade, and landed property or holdings.
• Coll 23, Correspondence regarding the authorisation for the discontinuance of the publication in the Bengali Government Gazette of the weekly statement showing the price of rice only, August 1858 to August 1859.
• Coll 24, Government sanction for the entertainment of two additional Dak Runners, at 3 rupees each per mensem, for the Office of the Assistant Commissioner in the Heeranpore Division of the Sonthal [Santal] Parganas, April 1858 to August 1859.
• Coll 25, Correspondence relating to the recovery of a debt stated to have been incurred by J Macleod, Deputy Collector of Sarun, June 1858 to August 1859.
• Coll 26, Report from the Officiating Accountant, Government of Bengal, representing the difficulty experienced by his Establishment in the preparation of the Returns of the Post Office Department, in consequence of the introduction of the system under which the several Post Masters in Bengal were required to furnish their Monthly Cash Accounts to the Post Master General, in whose Office they were consolidated into a general return for submission to the Accountant, with related corresponence and proceedings, November 1854 to August 1859.
• Coll 27, Correspondence showing that Baboo Prosunno Coomar Mitter, Native Teacher of Medicine in the Medical College, who had been removed from his appointment on account of his insubordinate conduct towards the Principal of that Institution, had been reinstated upon his having expressed contrition for what he had done and upon the favourable representation of Dr Eatwell and the Director-General of the Medical Department, May 1858 to August 1859.
• Coll 28, Correspondence relating to Government paper having been used by Messrs Samuel Smith & Co, Contractors for Government printing, for printing the Acts of the Legislative Council contrary to the terms of their Agreement, August 1858 to August 1859.
• Coll 29, Request by the Committee of the Temporary Cholera Hospital for the services of one or two Sub-Assistant Surgeons, May 1858 to August 1859.
• Coll 30, Papers showing that the privileges of naturalisation had been conferred, under Act XXX of 1852, upon John Pandeli Sagrandi, a Native of Syra in Greece, and a Member of the Firm of Ralli Brothers and Co, Merchants of Calcutta, May 1858 to August 1859.
• Coll 31, Request by J A Crawford, Superintendent of Stamps, to have a monthly credit of 1,000 rupees at the General Treasury, to enable him to meet the contingent disbursements and the Registry fees paid from his Office, July 1858 to August 1859.
• Coll 32, Petition of the Native Establishment of the Government Offices at Bhulloah praying for a modification of Sections VI to VIII of the Uncovenanted Service Absentee Rules, February 1858 to August 1859.
• Coll 33, Application from David Bonham for a free passage to England, as a distressed British subject, June 1858 to August 1859.
• Coll 34, Petition from Eliza Daly, widow of the late George Daly, House Surgeon at the Medical College Hospital, praying for a suitable provision for herself and her daughter, July 1858 to August 1859.
• Coll 35, Items of expenditure passed by the Lieutenant Governor during the 3rd quarter of 1858.

Collection to the Narrative of the Proceedings of the Government of Bengal, in the General Department (Miscellaneous subjects), for the 4th Quarter of 1858, dated 1st September 1859:

• Coll 36, Periodical Reports of the Commissioners of Circuit on the public charities assisted by Government in their respective Divisions, July 1858 to September 1859.
• Coll 37, Petition of Ram Gobind Shaw, Moodee attached to the Insane Hospital of Dacca, to be reimbursed for the loss sustained by him in supplying rations at the contract rates, September 1858 to September 1859.
• Coll 38, Account Current of the Funds of the Prosonath Fund Committee, and a statement of disbursements on account of the Prosonath Dispensary at Bauleah [Banleah] and the School and Dispensary at Natore, from July to September 1858.
• Coll 39, Returns of patients in the lunatic asylum at Bhowanipore for the months of September, October and November 1858.
• Coll 40, Correspondence regarding the alleged neglect of duty by the Committees of the Bhowanipore and Allipore Charitable Dispensaries, September 1858 to September 1859.
• Coll 41, Papers relating to unpassed Civil Servants who had been permitted to prosecute their studies in the Mofussil under the supervision of Public Officers, October 1858 to September 1859. The papers concern the cases of H Beveridge and P A Humphery.
• Coll 42, Report of the results of the examination of junior civilians and others held in October 1858.
• Coll 43, Application by E Drummond for promotion to the 2nd Grade of Joint Magistracies without reference to the date on which he passed by the 2nd or higher standard, November 1858 to September 1859.
• Coll 44, Correspondence regarding the unbecoming tone of a letter addressed by Stephen Lushington, Officiating Joint Magistrate of Chumparun [Champaran], to the Government of Bengal, September 1858 to September 1859.
• Coll 45, Correspondence regarding the improper tone of a letter addressed by O Toogood, Officiating Magistrate of Monghyr, to J A Crawford, Superintendent of Stationery, August 1858 to September 1859.
• Coll 46, Correspondence relating to certain changes proposed in the constitution of the subordinate staff of the Medical College Hospital, the distribution of their duties, and the maintenance of discipline therein, November 1857 to September 1859.
• Coll 47, Papers regarding the proposition by Dr Eatwell, for raising the dietary allowance for European and Native patients of the Medical College Hospital, to eight and two annas each, respectively, per diem, September 1858 to September 1859.
• Coll 48, Sanction given to the allowance of eight annas per diem for each European patient of the Medical College Hospital as a temporary measure, October 1858 to September 1859.
• Coll 49, Annual Report of the Medical College Hospital for the year 1857, and the Annual Report of the Eye Infirmary for the 1st April 1857 to the 31st March 1858.
• Coll 50, Correspondence relating to the test of qualifications of Native doctors appointed to the charge of minor dispensaries, November 1856 to September 1859.
• Coll 51, Correspondence informing J Stephen in reply to his letter to Government, that the Calcutta Gazette was not supplied gratuitously to the Editors of newspapers, and that the Electric Telegraph Department was not under the orders of the Government of Bengal, November 1858 to September 1859.
• Coll 52, Correspondence regarding a modification to No.23 of the Pilot Rules, and instructions for Commanders of vessels to land Mails addressed to Kedgeree at Kedgeree and bring all other Mails to Calcutta, September 1858 to September 1859.
• Coll 53, Mr Sweeny, an Uncovenanted Assistant, who conducted for a period the duties of the Superintendent of Stationery, permitted by the Supreme Government to draw the full acting allowance which a Civil Servant appointed to act for the Superintendent would have received, July 1858 to September 1859.
• Coll 54, Correspondence regarding the transmission of the Bengali Gazette to the Ooryah Translator by letter Dak, October 1858 to September 1859.
• Coll 55, Report of the Government Lithographic Press, with certain Statements relating to the operations of the Press, for the year 1857-58.
• Coll 56, Correspondence regarding medicines to be supplied at prime cost from the Government Stores for the use of the inhabitants of Peeplee [Pipli] in the Cuttack District, November 1858 to September 1859.
• Coll 57, Application from Ram Chunder Patter, Assistant Record Keeper in the Vaccine Department, for a pension, May 1858 to September 1859.
• Coll 58, List of the Lots in the proposed town of Mutlah, sold by H Leonard, Superintendent of the Town and Port of Mutlah, at public auction on the 20th December 1858.
• Coll 59, Correspondence relating to the contract with Messrs Samuel Smith & Co for the execution of Government Printing Work, which ceased on the 1st July 1858, March 1858 to September 1859.
• Coll 60, Application by F J Mouat, Inspector General of Jails in the Lower Provinces, for an exception to be made in favour of his Office to the general rule by which the salaries of Peons in the Government Offices at the Bengal Presidency are to be regulated, August 1858 to September 1859.
• Coll 61, Sanction given for the sum of rupees 6,758-12 to be written off to Profit and Loss, being the value of postage stamps lost in transit or plundered during the disturbances in the Upper Provinces in the months April to July 1857.
• Coll 62, Correspondence instructing the Superintendent of Stationery to supply Thomas Oldham, Superintendent of the Geological Survey of India, with printing paper for publishing the Memoirs of the Geological Survey, December 1858 to September 1859.
• Coll 63, Papers relating to the Steamer Semiramis of the Indian Navy being made available for the conveyance of the Lieutenant Governor of Bengal to Pooree [Puri], November 1858 to September 1859.
• Coll 64, Items of expenditure passed by the Lieutenant Governor of Bengal during the fourth quarter of 1858.