IOR/L/PS/5/388, ff 260-882

This part of the volume consists of copies of enclosures to a despatch from the Government of Bombay Secret Department to the Secret Committee, Number 93 of 1840, dated 31 October 1840. The enclosures are numbered 3-244 and are dated 13 January to 31 October 1840. Enclosure numbers 20-31, 121-26, 234-37, and 241-43, listed in the abstract of contents, are not included in this item, as noted on folio 261. The enclosures mostly consist of correspondence, and relate to the Euphrates Expedition, and affairs in various places, including Sinde [Sindh, also spelled Scinde in this item], Cutch [Kutch or Kachchh], Pahlunpore [Palanpur], Kishm [Qeshm], Egypt, Afghanistan, Muscat and Nepal.

The enclosures concern matters including:

• The request of the Superintendent of the Indian Navy for permission to engage an Acting Master and an Acting Second Master for each of the steam vessels employed on the River Euphrates, in addition to the Lieutenant in Command, Henry Blosse Lynch, due to a lack of commissioned officers
• The objections of the Bombay Military Board to twelve bills in Commander Lynch’s expenses, due to the nature of the charges not being in accordance with the rules of the Indian Navy
• The scale of pay and allowances for Lieutenant Lynch, the commissioned and warrant officers, and engineers of the Euphrates Expedition under his command
• The position in which the Superintendent of the Indian Navy should consider Commander Lynch, while he is commanding the Euphrates Expedition
• A private letter from Lieutenant Campbell, in charge of the Euphrates steam flotilla, to the Political Agent in Turkish Arabia [Ottoman Iraq], Lieutenant-Colonel Robert Taylor, regarding the strength of the crews of the vessels on the rivers of the Mesopotamia, and suggesting that the Superintendent of the Indian Navy be instructed to supply the needs of the Euphrates flotilla as far as lies in his power
• The survey of the western side of the Indus by Captain Le Messurier, and his request to be provided with surveying instruments
• The Political Agent in Lower Sinde [Sindh, also spelled Scinde in this item], Captain James Outram, forwarding specimens of the depreciated currency introduced at Hyderabad, and the Assay Master’s report on the specimens
• The proceedings of the Political Agent in Cutch regarding a representation made by the Rana of Parkhur [Nagarparkar] to the Ameers [Amīrs] of Sinde
• The request of the Rao of Cutch that the position of Civil Surgeon at Bhooj [Bhuj] is not abolished
• The allowance to be assigned to the state prisoner Ghoolam Hyder Khan [Ghulām Ḥaydar Khān]
• The question of whether the value of the boat and cargo belonging to the Sheik of Kishm [Shaikh of Qeshm], which have been seized under the embargo ordered against his vessels, is sufficient to cover the demand of Government against him
• The Political Agent in Turkish Arabia forwarding intelligence received from Syria to the Government of India
• The opinion of the Resident in the Persian Gulf on the measures which it would be advisable to adopt for establishing an overland communication via Bagdad [Baghdad] and Constantinople [Istanbul], in the event of a rupture of relations with the Pasha of Egypt
• The Accountant General, Bombay forwarding certain statements required by the Government of India of the expenses incurred on account of the force from the Bombay Presidency employed in Afghanistan and Sinde
• The Commissary General, Bombay, forwarding two documents containing information on the resources of Kurrachee [Karachi] and Sukkur and their dependencies to the Government of Bombay
• Additional military aid placed at the disposal of the Government of Bombay by the Government of Madras
• The sending of reinforcements of troops for service in Sinde
• Measures adopted for obtaining camp followers for the use of the force moving to Sinde, and the purchase of camels for service in Upper Sinde.

The primary correspondent is the Chief Secretary to the Government of Bombay, Lestock Robert Reid. The various other correspondents, mostly military and political officials, include: the Superintendent of the Indian Navy, Captain Robert Oliver; the Political Agent in Cutch, Peter Melvill Melvill; the Political Agent in Lower Sinde, Major James Outram; the Secretary to the Government of India; the Bombay Military Board; the Quarter-Master General of the Bombay Army, Lieutenant-Colonel Neil Campbell; the Political Commissioner and Resident for Guzerat [Gujarat], W S Boyd; and the Political Superintendent, Pahlunpore [Palanpur], C B Prescott.