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- IOR/H/761
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- Correspondence between the Government of India and the Board of Administration for the affairs of the Punjab (Lieut.-Col. Sir H. M. Lawrence, President, C. G. Mansel and J. Lawrence, Members)
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1849-1853
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(1) pp. 639-71, Papers relative to Fruit and Forest Trees 28th July 1851 to 23rd July 1852, including, pp. 639-57, letter from Sir Henry Elliott (Secretary with the Governor-General) to the Board 28th Feb. 1851 and Letter from P. Melvill to Elliott 17th Jan. 1852 regarding the supply of Fruit and Forest Trees to the Punjab. (2) pp. 673-706. Papers relative to Hill Forests 27th July 1851 to 11th April 1852, including, pp. 678-85, Letter from Major H. E. Longden (Ravee Timber Merchant) to Lieut.-Col. Napier 25th Sept. 1851 on Chumba Hill Timber; pp. 685-95, Minutes by Lord Dalhousie 2nd and 20th Feb. 1852; pp. 695-706, Letter from W. Jameson (Superintendent, Botanical Gardens, N.W.P.) to C. Allen (Secretary to Government of India) 11th April 1852 on the Conservancy of the Hill Forests. (3) pp. 707-25, Papers relative to Gardens 21st April to 29th Oct. 1849, Soldiers' Gardens, Agri-Horticultural Society. (4) pp. 727-62, Papers relative to the Geology of the Punjab, 20th Jan. to 16th Sept. 1851, including, pp. 727-47, Report by William Purdon (in charge of the Geological Survey of the Punjab) on the country from the North-East of Jhelum to Noorpoor 20th Jan. 1851, Rock Salt and Gypsum, Coal; pp. 748-54, Report by Dr. A. Fleming (in charge of Punjab Geological Survey) on the Punjab Salt Range 30th April 1851; pp. 756-61, Report by Dr. Fleming on Kalabagh Coal 25th Aug. 1851. (5) pp. 763-4, Capt. D. Ross (Commissioner and Superintendent, Leia Division) to P. Melvill 22nd July 1850, Gold in the sand of the Indus. (6) pp. 767-848, Papers relative to Grass Preserves 17th July 1850 to 18th April 1851, including, pp. 785, 836, Report on the Grass Preserves in the Punjab by Edward Prinsep (Assistant Commissioner in charge of Grass Preserves) 17th April 1850. (7) pp. 851-77, Papers relative to Jails 21st Jan. 1851 to 17th Feb. 1853. (8) pp. 879-86, Papers relative to Jhelum Inundations 19th to 31st Aug. 1849. (9) pp. 887-917, Papers relative to Ancient and other Monuments of the Punjab 17th April 1851 to 27th Aug. 1852, including, pp. 909-13, Capt. W. H. Larkins' (Deputy Commissioner) description of a Marble Tomb at Thaneswar 25th Nov. 1852. (10) pp. 917-1010, Papers relative to Police 30th April 1849 to 20th Jan. 1852, Military, Civil and Preventive, including, pp. 962-84, Report by Major Neville Chamberlain (Commandant of the Punjab Police) 6th March 1851 on the management and working of the Military Police. (11) pp. 1011-68, Papers relative to the Punjab Irregular Force 17th April 1849 to 15th Feb. 1851, including, pp. 1049-52, Memorandum by Brig. J. S. Hodgson (Commanding Punjab Irregular Force) 6th Dec. 1850, and, pp. 1059-68, Final Orders by the Governor-General 15th Dec. 1851. (12) pp. 1071-8, Papers relative to Putteedaree Estates 31st Dec. 1850 and 7th Feb. 1851. (13) pp. 1079-1116, Papers relative to Revenue Settlements and Surveys 14th Aug. 1849 to 31st March 1851, including Minutes by C. G. Mansel (Senior Member of the Board 29th June 1850) and J. Lawrence (Junior Member) 30th July 1850. (14) pp. 1117-49, Papers relative to Village Boundaries 17th May 1849 to 15th Aug. 1850, including Sketch of Estate Tenure by G. J. Christian (Secretary to the Board) 17th May 1849. (15) pp. 1151-82, Papers relative to Sanatoria 23rd Nov. 1850 to 13th Feb. 1852, including, pp. 1163-9, Report of a Committee (Lieut.-Col. R. Napier, R. Montgomery, Commissioner, Lahore Division; Major H. E. Longden, Executive Officer, Husli Canal; R. H. Davis, Settlement Officer, Baree Doab; and J. White, M. D., Assistant Surgeon, 13th Irreg. Cavalry) for choosing the site for a Sanatorium. (See (22) below.) (16) pp. 1183-209, Papers on Statistics. Memorandum by Lieut. H. B. Lumsden (Officiating Deputy Commissioner) on the Peshawar District 26th June 1850, and Report by Lieut. J. W. Younghusband (Captain of Police) on the South-West Frontier of the Derajat. (17) pp. 1211-8, Statistics of Rum Manufacture, n.d. (18) pp. 1222-40, Papers relative to Tea Cultivation 8th Sept. and 14th Oct. 1852, including Letter from William Jameson (Superintendent, Botanical Gardens, N.W.P.) 12th June 1852, Tea Nurseries in the Kangra Valley. (19) pp. 1241-4, Punjab Civil List, n.d. (20) pp. 1247-8, Memorandum of the different denominations of Jaghires and Grants in land or money to various classes in the Punjab since the date of annexation. (21) pp. 1251-60, H. B. E. Frere (Commissioner in Sind) to Viscount Falkland (Governor, Bombay) 28th Nov. 1851, Report on Sind Salt Trade. (22) pp. 1263-72, Final Report by W. G. W. Clemenger on the climate, &c., of the proposed Sanatorium in the Chumba Hills 13th Oct. 1852. (See (15) above.)
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- British Library: Asian and African Studies
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- Former volume no.17
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- Public Record(s)
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- English
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- 1 volume
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Correspondence between the Government of India and the Board of Administration for the affairs of the Punjab (Lieut.-Col. Sir H. M. Lawrence, President, C. G. Mansel and J. Lawrence, Members)