Abstract: This bundle consists of summaries, and partial transcripts, of secret letters received from both the President in Council (22 August 1855, Numbers 46-48) and the Government of Bombay (one undated and 29 August 1855, Number 57). The amount of detail for each entry therefore varies.The subject matter of the letters from the President in Council (folios 67-69) includes the construction of police border posts along the Burmese Frontier, a proposal to build a wall around the cantonment at Peshawar, and an update on the dispute between the Maharaja of Cashmere [Kashmir] and his nephew Jowahir Singh.The section from Bombay (folios 70-74) covers Russian objections to the export of animals from Turkish Arabia to the Crimea by the British, and proposals for raising a detachment of irregular horse or mounted police at Aden.Physical description: 1 item (8 folios)
Abstract: This bundle consists of summaries, and partial transcripts, of secret letters received from both the Governor General of India (4 July 1855, Number 5), the President in Council (3 July 1855, Numbers 38-39), and the Government of Bombay (9 July 1855, Numbers 48-52). The amount of detail for each entry therefore varies.The letter from the Governor General (folios 25-26) includes updates from Afghanistan, and a letter to be sent to the Amir of Afghanistan on the future policy of the Government of India in Central Asia.The focus of the section from the President in Council (folios 27-42r) covers the demarcation of the boundary between British India and Burma, raids into British India from Burma, the line to be taken by the Government of India in response to these raids, proposed improvements to the security of the frontier with Burma, and arrangements and instructions for a diplomatic mission to the Court of Ava. It also contains a very brief update on the Nepalese-Thibetan [Tibetan] War.The section from Bombay (folios 42v-44) focuses on proposals for the punishment of Somalis (for allegedly attacking British officers) and the blockade of Berbera. Brief updates on Muscat and Turkish Arabia are also included.Physical description: 1 item (20 folios)
Abstract: This bundle consists of summaries, and partial transcripts, of secret letters received from both the Governor General of India (22 February 1856, Numbers 8-9) and the Government of Bombay (5 March 1856, Number 9). The amount of detail for each entry therefore varies.The despatches from the Governor General (folios 85-89) include discussion of a report by Major Allen on the Northern Frontier of Pegu, a report on a visit by the Governor General (James Broun-Ramsey, Marquess of Dalhousie), accounts of Herat and Candahar [Kandahar], and opinions over the policy of Dost Mohamed [Dost Mohammad Khan, Amir of Afghanistan].The section from Bombay (folios 90-91) outlines who should be consulted over the troops that could be sent to Persia in the event of conflict between Britain and Persia.Physical description: 1 item (8 folios)
Abstract: This bundle consists of summaries, and partial transcripts, of secret letters received from both the President in Council (22 March 1855, Numbers 20-21) and the Government of Bombay (2 April 1855, Numbers 26-28). The amount of detail for each entry therefore varies.The subject matter of the letters from the Governor General (folios 91-94) includes instructions to Major Allen to adopt conciliatory measures towards tribes along the frontier between British India and Burma, and an attempted assassination attempt against a European officer in Afghanistan.The section from Bombay (folios 95-96) is mainly concerned with Britain's policy at Aden: the line to be taken with the Foutheli Chief in response to his attempt to stop traffic to Aden, and the facilitation of trade with Abyssinia/Ethiopia.Physical description: 1 item (6 folios)
Abstract: This bundle consists of summaries, and partial transcripts, of secret letters received from both the President in Council (17 July 1855, Numbers 40-43) and the Government of Bombay (26 and 28 July 1855, Numbers 53-54). The amount of detail for each entry therefore varies.The letters from the President in Council (folios 45-50) cover military clashes in the Punjab, Nepalese supply issues slowing their advance into Thibet [Tibet], a mission by the Great Lama [Dalai Lama] to Thibet, and a report of the murder of Captain Madigan (HM 84Regiment) and the subsequent trial and sentencing of six accused individuals.The section from Bombay (folios 51-53) focuses on proposed coercive measures to be taken against the Foutheli including proposed attack on Shugre and Bir Ahmed, and an offer made to the Government of Persia by the Vizier to the Governor of Meshed to march against Khiva.Physical description: 1 item (10 folios)
Abstract: This bundle consists of summaries, and partial transcripts, of secret letters received from both the Governor General of India (30 July and 17 June 1856, Number 25) and the Government of Bombay (25-26 June 1856, Numbers 48-49). The amount of detail for each entry therefore varies.The despatches from the Governor General (folios 50-53r) consists of reports of disturbances in Pegu, suggestions of policy from the Chief Commissioner for Punjab for the ‘pacification of the Peshawar frontier’, and a question raised by the Amir of Afghanistan respecting the insertion of Candahar [Kandahar] into the provisions of the Anglo-Afghan Treaty of Friendship (1855).The section from Bombay (folios 53v-54) is primarily concerned with a complaint from Lieutenant Colonel John Jacob, Acting Commissioner for Sind, over limitations placed by Government on his ability to communicate with frontier chiefs.Physical description: 1 item (6 folios)
Abstract: This bundle consists of summaries, and partial transcripts, of secret letters received from both the President in Council (8 October 1855, Number 55) and the Government of Bombay (13 and 17 October 1855, Numbers 62-65). The amount of detail for each entry therefore varies.The dispatch from the President in Council (folio 93r) is concerned with the site for the new city of Dalhousie and the construction of a lighthouse on the Alguada Reef.The section from Bombay (folios 93v-95) discusses the consequences of the peace agreement reached between the Oulaki and the Foutheli, and finding volunteers from India to serve as mounted police at Aden. It also provides brief updates on Turkish Arabia, Persia, and the Slave Trade.Physical description: 1 item (4 folios)
Abstract: This bundle consists of summaries, and partial transcripts, of secret letters received from both the Governor General of India (22 April 1856, Numbers 15-17) and the Government of Bombay (28 April 1856, Numbers 31-33). The amount of detail for each entry therefore varies.The despatches from the Governor General (folios 1-6r) include updates on the Karen people living on the border between British India and Burma, the failure of the Neringee village to hand over two of their members as demanded by the British authorities, a request from the Maharaja of Kashmir for the British to acknowledge his heir, the refusal of the Candahar [Kandahar] Sirdars to submit to Dost Mahomed [Dost Mohammad Khan, Amir of Afghanistan], murders alleged to have been committed by the village of Sungo against the Boneyr, and an attempt on the life of Khyber Khan (British Agent) while returning from Cabool [Kabul].The section from Bombay (folios 6v-8) contains a letter from Mahomed Yoosoof [Mohammad Yusuf Khan] of Herat requesting British assistance against Persia. It also discusses the arrival of Ali Moorad at Bombay and the opposition of the British authorities to his request to travel to England.Physical description: 1 item (8 folios)
Abstract: The file contains correspondence and other papers related to a number of different subjects. The principal correspondents are Captain Arnold Burrowes Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf, and Arthur Malet, Chief Secretary to the Government of Bombay. Topics covered by the file include:Import duties payable by British subjects on merchandise imported into Persia;General trade in Persia;The British annexation of Pegu [Bagu, Myanmar];The illegal opium trade from the Persian and the Arabians coast into Sind;The introduction of trading registers for Arab and Persian vessels at Karāchi.Physical description: Foliation: The foliation sequence is written in pencil, in the top-right corner of the recto of each folio. It begins on the front cover, on number 1, and ends on the inside of the back cover, on number 43. Foliation errors: ff 11A-B.Pagination: There is a pagination sequence, which is written in ink, in the top-right corners of the rectos and the top-left corners of the versos. It runs from 2 to 247 with several gaps in the sequence.