IOR/L/PJ/3/1068 No.62

The collection consists of the following small collections of papers, each of which has a title page, an extract from the Despatch from the Government of India to the Secretary of State for India, in the Home Department (Public), dated the 16th December 1858, No.28, and a table of contents:

• Coll 1, Reports of the examinations of junior unpassed civil servants held in the months of December 1857, and January to March 1858.
• Coll 2, Correspondence regarding W Young, R Wall, E Fairlie and C T Metcalfe, junior civil servants who had failed to pass the language examinations within the prescribed time, December 1857 to December 1858.
• Coll 3, Orders issued for C Robertson, a junior civil servant who had been serving for a time in Bengal, to proceed to Benares for employment under the Government of the North Western Provinces, January to December 1858.
• Coll 4, Grants of leave of absence to W Blunt, C W Moore, Henry Carre Tucker, Frederick H North, and Henry Lushington, January to December 1858.
• Coll 5, Alterations made in the Madras Rules for the examination of junior civil servants, and for granting honours in pursuance of the orders of the Government of India, dated the 28th July 1857, October 1857 to December 1858.
• Coll 6, Suspension of Rules for the examination of junior civil servants in the North Western Provinces [no papers on file].
• Coll 7, Correspondence regarding the date from which the time allowed to young civil servants under the rules for passing, should be computed, January to December 1858.
• Coll 8, Correspondence reporting that no furloughs, except on sick certificate, were to be granted during 1858-59, but that privilege leave could be granted in special cases at the discretion of the local government, October 1857 to December 1858.
• Coll 9, Application from Lieutenant Colonel H Drummond, on his return to India, to be permitted to rejoin his appointment in Kumaon, where he was formerly employed in conducting mineral enquiries, and in connection with the Iron Works, November 1857 to December 1858.
• Coll 10, Report of the arrival in India of William Sowerby to take up the post of Superintendent of the Iron Smelting Works at Dechowrie (or Dechowree) in Kumaon, February to December 1858.
• Coll 11, Report of the discovery by Assistant Surgeon Evezard, in Civil Medical charge of Mergui, of a vein of Galena [lead ore] in the Sownlore Creek, Tenasserim River, January to December 1858.
• Coll 12, Report by Thomas Oldham, Superintendent of the Geological Survey of India, of the result of his recent official visit to Europe, dated 18th December 1857.
• Coll 13, Correspondence regarding arrangements connected with the Geological Survey and Museum, including the appointment of Mr Loftus, one of the assistants of the Geological Survey of India, to take temporary charge of the Museum and Survey Office, February to December 1858.
• Coll 14, Correspondence relating to a specific for the cure of diarrhoea and dysentry discovered by Lieutenant J Frederick Pogson, European Invalid Battalion, September 1857 to December 1858.
• Coll 15, Proposed establishment of Charitable Dispensaries throughout the Lower Provinces of Bengal, October 1857 to December 1858.
• Coll 16, Application from Dr A C Macleod, 17th Regiment Madras Native Infantry, for an extra allowance for performing the civil duties of the station of Futtehpore [Fatehpur], November 1857 to December 1858.
• Coll 17, Correspondence relating to the translation of a pamphlet in the Dutch language on the cultivation of the quinine yielding cinchona tree in Java, which was presented by His Excellency the Governor General of Netherlands India, January 1857 to December 1858.
• Coll 18, Enquiry from R Drummond whether he and his family were entitled to a free passage per Government Steamer from Allahabad to Calcutta, November 1857 to December 1858.
• Coll 19, Resolution regarding the passage of certain ladies and children from Allahabad and Benares to Calcutta, February 1858.
• Coll 20, Correspondence with Mr Longueville Clarke, of the Calcutta Bar, on the subject of certain assertions made by him at a meeting of the Indian Reform League, in regard to the petition to the Queen, praying for the recall of Lord Canning, February to December 1858.
• Coll 21, Application of Dr Edward Balfour for the patronage of the Government of India to a work entitled the Cyclopaedia of India and of Eastern and Southern Asia, November 1857 to December 1858.
• Coll 22, Application of the Ceylon Government for a further supply of mahogany seeds, February to December 1858.
• Coll 23, Proposal made by the Public Works Department for the adjustment of stationery and telegraph charges incurred by the Executive Officers, between the Central Office of Account and the Department concerned, December 1857 to December 1858.
• Coll 24, Correspondence regarding the revival of the passport system in the Madras Presidency, October 1857 to December 1858.
• Coll 25, Application of the Director of His Highness the Rajah of Travancore's Magnetic Observatory at Trivandrum for the loan of one of the maunscript copies of the magnetic observations made at Simla in the years 1843-1845, January to December 1858.
• Coll 26, Sanction given to the promotion of a Havildar of the Bengal Police Corps named Huzaroo for distinguished conduct in the engagement with the mutineers of the Ramgarh Battalion at Chuttra [Chatra] on the 2nd October 1857, October 1857 to December 1858.
• Coll 27, Correspondence reporting the measures adopted for carrying out the suggestions of the late Lieutenant Colonel A Hope, Her Majesty's 93rd Regiment, Highlanders, regarding arrangements for the Bullock Train parties on the Grand Trunk Road, December 1857 to December 1858.
• Coll 28, Correspondence regarding the conveyance of officers' baggage and military stores by Bullock Train, and the necessity for a strong police on the Grand Trunk Road, December 1857 to December 1858.
• Coll 29, Offer by the Directors of the Bengal Coal Company of assistance in the way of materials or workmen, in the event of its being determined to erect barracks for European soldiers at Raneegunge [Raniganj], January to December 1858.
• Coll 30, Correspondence regarding a panic among workmen in Calcutta on the passing of Act No.VI of 1858 authorising the impressment of labour for the construction of buildings for the European troops in India, and for work urgently required for military purposes, January to December 1858.
• Coll 31, Representation by Messrs John Ogilvy Hay and Co of Akyab, of the inconvenience experienced by them in consequence of an order issued by the Magistrate for the discontinuance of their Lithographic Press under Act No.XV of 1857, although that Press was only used for printing private commercial circulars to correspondents in Europe, July 1857 to December 1858.
• Coll 32, Proposal to establish a Treasury at Rajmahal for the convenience of the East Indian Railway Company, January to December 1858.
• Coll 33, Correspondence regarding the salary of Captain J R Pughe, Commandant of the Purnea Military Police Corps, and the position of Lieutenants appointed to the Purnea Corps, February to December 1858.
• Coll 34, Correspondence regarding the forwarding to England of 40 copies of No.51 of the Calcutta Review by the Government of Bengal on the ship Countess of Elgin in April 1856, March 1857 to December 1858.
• Coll 35, Application by T P MacVittie to be examined in Hindustani, selecting his own test books, not complied with, March to December 1858.
• Coll 36, Messrs S C Bayley and W Butler, Assistants in the District of Behar, vested, as a special case, with the powers of Joint Magistrate and Deputy Collector, to enable them to commit for trial under Acts XI and XIV of 1857, February to December 1858.
• Coll 37, Proposal for Captain Bradford to accompany the troops marching from Cawnpore towards Etawah, Mynpooree [Mainpuri] and Futtehgurh [Fatehgarh], as a Deputy Magistrate, December 1857 to December 1858.
• Coll 38, Temporary appointments made consequent on the advance of the army to Fatehgarh, December 1857 to December 1858.
• Coll 39, Appointment of E C Bayley as Magistrate and Collector, but his services to be retained temporarily in the office of the Secretary to the Government of the Central Provinces, December 1857 to December 1858.
• Coll 40, Proposal to transfer C Jackson, on his return from leave, from the Board of Revenue to the Sudder Court, and to confirm Mr Muir in his stead in the Board of Revenue, November 1857 to December 1858.
• Coll 41, Correspondence regarding the salary of R Alexander, Commissioner of Rohilkhand, who was compelled to leave his post and take refuge at Nynee Tal [Naini Tal], December 1857 to December 1858.
• Coll 42, The Rohilkhand Terai, skirting the Kumaon Hills, placed temporarily under the Commissioner of Kumaon, January to December 1858.
• Coll 43, Correspondence relating to the purchase from G S Dick of his estate at Mirzapur for Company's Rupees 40,000, September 1857 to December 1858.
• Coll 44, Papers regarding a payment of 2,500 rupees made by the Collector of Ghazipur to the proprietors of the steamer Dinapore for the conveyance to Ghazipur of treasure from the Hoorongotta steamer, which was aground below that station, December 1857 to December 1858.
• Coll 45, Correspondence regarding a dispute between Dr J Scott, a Private Medical Practitioner at Penang, and K B Stewart Robertson, Deputy Commissioner of Police, regarding a carriage sold by the latter to the former, October 1857 to December 1858.
• Coll 46, Correspondence regarding an office Establishment for the Commissioner on special duty in the Meerut Division, December 1857 to December 1858.
• Coll 47, Correspondence regarding a salary to Mohurrirs employed in noting traffic on roads in the Benares District, December 1857 to December 1858.
• Coll 48, Sanction given to the appointment of three extra Khullasies to be in charge of the office tents of the Lieutenant Governor of the Central Provinces, December 1857 to January 1858.
• Coll 49, Payment to T H Hockly, Commander of the steamer Jumna, of his bill for subsisting certain refugees from Allahabad, November 1857 to December 1858.
• Coll 50, Allowance passed to Dr Skipton, a medical officer in the service of the Assam Company, for professional attendance on the Naval Brigade at Sibsagar, December 1857 to December 1858.
• Coll 51, Travelling allowance passed to those gentlemen who accompanied T E Ravenshaw, Officiating Joint Magistrate of Pabna, for the protection of Serajgunge [Sirajganj], November 1857 to December 1858. Includes a short report by Ravenshaw on the measures taken to restore confidence and maintain order in the Pabna District, dated 30th November 1857.
• Coll 52, Sanction given to the Marching Establishment for the Royal Naval Brigade, Sarun Field Force, November 1857 to December 1858.