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IOR/H/760
Title
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)
Date
1848-1852
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(1) pp. i-xi, Index to H/760 and 761. (2) pp. 1-31, Papers relating to the Board and its Officers 31st March 1849 --16th April 1851, including, pp. 1-21, letter from H. M. Elliott (Secretary with the Governor-General) constituting the Board 31st March 1849. (3) pp. 33-62, Papers relating to Finance 4th Nov. 1850 to 31st May 1852. (4) pp. 63-109, Papers relative to the Currency of the Punjab 31st Jan. to 11th Nov. 1850, including, pp. 68-75, Assay Report by W. Greenway (Bullion Depôt and Assay Master) 4th Sept. 1849; pp. 87-96, Memorandum on the withdrawal of old Coins by P. Melvill (Secretary to the Board); pp. 97-105, Note by J. A. Dorin (Secretary) -- Oct. 1850. (5) pp. 111-205, Papers relating to Civil and Criminal Justice 11th June 1849 to 12th Feb. 1851, including, pp. 131-92, Brief account of the Judicial Administration of the Lahore Division by R. Montgomery (Commissioner of the Lahore Division) 10th July 1850, with Notes on the classes of men who chiefly commit crime in the Lahore Division and Memorandum on the Land Tenure in the Lahore Division. (6) pp. 207-18, Papers relating to Cis Sutlej Civil and Criminal Justice 9th and 23rd May 1849. (7) pp. 219-355, Papers relating to the Development of the resources of the Punjab 30th May 1849 to 19th Oct. 1852, including, pp. 225-33, Report on the Husli Canal by Major R. Napier (Durbar Chief Engineer) 30th Feb. 1848, with Sketch; pp. 253-6, Report on the Khanwah Canal by Lieut. C. J. Stewart (Engineer) 6th Sept. 1849, with Sketch; pp. 260-80, Report on Capt. Cunningham's Scheme for the distribution of the water of the Guggur and Sursoota Streams by Lieut. D. Briggs (Superintendent, Hindustan and Thibet Road) 1st Feb. 1852; pp. 301-3, Memorandum on the Baree Doab by Lieut-Col. R. Napier (Civil Engineer, Punjab), n.d; pp. 308-55, Report on the Inundation Canals by Lieut.-Col. R. Napier 11th Sept. 1852. (8) pp. 359-420, Papers relating to Education 20th Nov. 1850 to 16th April 1852, including, pp. 364-89, Letter from R. Montgomery to P. Melvill 8th Nov. 1850 on the state and requirements of Education in the Lahore Division, and, pp. 390-4, Minute by Lord Dalhousie 26th Dec. 1850. (9) pp. 421-512, Papers relative to the Lahore, Leia, Peshawur, Mooltan, Jhelum and Cis-Sutlej Establishments 9th Aug. 1849 to 20th July 1850. (10) pp. 513-637, Papers relative to Excise and Customs 2nd June 1849 to 19th June 1851, including, pp. 513-33, Brief Sketch of their former and present state by J. Christian (Secretary to the Board) 2nd June 1849; pp. 577-87, Minute to Lord Dalhousie 19th Dec. 1849 on Excise in Salt; pp. 588-90, Minute by Lord Dalhousie 14th Sept. 1850 on Huzara Salt; pp. 592-605. Report on the Salt Mines by H. A. Carne (Collector of Salt Revenue in the Punjab) 17th Jan. 1851; pp. 627-37, Rules for the Realization and Protection of the Revenue derived from the Salt Mines in the Scind Sagur Doab and at Kalabagh.

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Former volume no.15
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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)