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              GB 891 HME-HME/1-HME/1/5 · File · [1827-1853]
              Part of Papers of Sir Henry Miers Elliot

              Four unbound manuscript pages for Elliot's 'A History of India', printed by the Oriental Lithographic Press, Calcutta:

              • Appendices III A and III B: Diagrams depicting unknown, labelled items, probably hill towns, surrounded by notes in Arabic and one other, as yet undeciphered, script
                *. Item labelled 'No.VIII', probably an appendix: Diagrammatic map depicting a town and its buildings, numbered and labelled in Arabic.
              • Item labelled 'No.XV - Number 1': Printed table and map for the 'Village of Mouza Sooltanpoor, Purgunuh of Noh Jheel, Zilla Muttra', labelled in English. The table shows a brief, surveyed description of the area, which includes the number of houses and wells, amount of land covered by buildings, the cost of various items, the general caste of inhabitants, and the depth of water
              GB 891 HME-HME/8-HME/8/5 · File · 1805 - 1845
              Part of Papers of Sir Henry Miers Elliot

              Extracts relating to Maafee and Talookdaree Tenures - the documents within this volume are:

              • Maafee Tenures in Bundelcund, 12 June 1835.
              • Maafee Registration - series of correspondence, 1834-1835.
              • Respecting necessity of producing Sunnuds - correspondence, 1836.
              • Paper of Enquiries.
              • Board's letter on the General Question, J.G. Deedes, 15 April 1836.
              • Behar Petition, N.H. Macnagten, 29 August 1836.
              • Board on the General question, J.G. Deedes, 29 April 1836.
              • Respecting Settlement with and Pension to the Maafeedars, H.M Elliot, 16 June 1837, E. Thornton, September 1838, and Elliot, 1838.
              • Lakhirajdar has no claim to Shamilat, 1 September 1845.
              • Powers of Lord Lake and the Mahratta Amils, J. Muir, 6 July 1836.
              • Relating to the Seal of Madhajee Scindia, H. Unwin, 6 April 1839.
              • Prescriptive possession under Hookamee Grants, J. Thomason, 11 September 1837.
              • Board's power to modify decision of Commissioner.
              • Shah Alums Seals, 22 September 1837.
              • Ba. Furzundan, H.J. Orson, 19 September 1837
                *. On Bijnore Resumptions, 15 December 1836.
              • Despatch from the Honorable the Court of Directors of 21 April 1841.
              • Private correspondence with H. Lushington, 1845-1846.
              • List of reigns of former Kings.
              • Mr Fortescue on Delhi Jageers, 4 December 1819.
              • Circular Order of 28 August 1838.
              • Subsettlements in Maafee Estates, 11 October 1845.
              • A Maafee Sunud.
              • Mr Thomason's orders respecting Talookas, 17 January 1844.
              • Board on the General question of Talookdarees, 6 December 1842.
              • On the Communities of Sheorajpoor, 26 December 1837.
              • Correspondence respecting Munchunna and the General question of Talookdarees, 1841-1842.
              • Talooka of Munchunna, 5 December 1805.
              • Board on the Talooka of Etawa.
              • The Court of Directors on Bombay Talookdars, 17 September 1841.
              • On bringing and respecting rights in Talookas, 1845.
              Elliot Henry Miers 1808-1853 sir
              GB 891 HME-HME/8-HME/8/3 · File · 1788 - 1844
              Part of Papers of Sir Henry Miers Elliot

              Extracts Relating to Survey and Settlement. The documents found within this volume are:

              • Captain Waugh on combining Revenue and Trigonometrical Surveys, 29 January 1844.
              • Lord Auckland on the present mode of Survey and Settlement, 1838.
              • Captain S.A. Abbott on Hudbust and Khusreh Survey.
              • On Excitement Occasioned by survey.
              • General Principles of Settlement, particularly with reference to Geruckpoor.
              • Board on leases in Kumaon, 1834-1836.
              • Extract from Mr. H. MacKenzie's Minutes on Revenue Settlement of the 3rd of October 1837.
              • Board's instructions respecting Delhi Settlements.
              • Comparison between the Madras Ryotwarry System and the Revenue System in the NW by Mr Thomason.
              • Comparison between the Madras Ryotwarry System and the Revenue System in the NW by Mr H.M. Eliot.
              • Applications of Average Rates, 16 September 1836.
              • On fixing the rent rates of Ryots.
              • Mode of ascertaining rate where rents are taken in kind, dated 18 October 1839.
              • Mode of preparing the population returns, 20 February 1840.
              • Rent Rolls of Calpee, 28 April 1843.
              • Different Coinage on which Juma of early Settlements recorded, 1810.
              • On deduction from assets, 1811.
              • Survey previous to Permanency, 1814.
              • Government on Permanent Settlement, 1815.
              • Board on revocation of Permanent Settlement, 1817
              • Extract from Consultation No. 15, 2 January 1841, on Pergunnah Meerut.
              • Government on the Settlement of Bundelcund, 1811.
              • Board of Commissioners Report on Bundelcund, 1817.
              • Government on the Settlement of Bundelcund, 1817.
              • Collector's Report on the Settlement of Allygush, 1806.
              • Board of Commissioners on the Settlement of Allygush, 1817.
              • Board of Commissioners on the Settlement of Moradabad, 1815.
              • Board of Commissioners on the Settlement of Moradabad, 1817.
              • Abstract of the General Observations on the Memorandum of H. Mackenzie in Revenue Appendix.
              • Printed Extract from a Memorandum of Mr H. Mackenzie, 1819-1820.
              • Mr Thomason on Benares Survey, 28 February 1842.
              • Survey operation especially in Benares, 27 April 1841.
              • Board on the opposition to the Benares Survey.
              • Mr F. Currie's view of Benares Settlement, 14 August 1838.
              • Extract from the Resolution of Government of 11 April 1788.
              • Extract from a letter from the Collector of Azingurh, 30 October 1835.
              • A few remarks on Mr Jonathan Duncan's Settlement of the Benares Provinces by Mr. Morrison.
              • Note by Mr Thomason on Mr Morrison's Remarks, 29 March 1842.
              • On the Rajah's Family Domains, 21 January 1834.
              Elliot Henry Miers 1808-1853 sir
              Glossary of Revenue Terms
              GB 891 HME-HME/1-HME/1/1 · File · 1838-1839
              Part of Papers of Sir Henry Miers Elliot

              Bound volume compiled by various officers containing glossaries of revenue terms for the Indian districts of:

              • Agra
              • Allahabad
              • Azamgarh (Azimghur)
              • Betul (Baitool)
              • Bijnor
              • Delhi (Dehlee)
              • Kanpur (Cawnpore)
              • Etawah
              • Fatehpur (Futtehpore)
              • Ghazipur (Ghazeepoor)
              • Gorakhpur (Goruekpoor)
              • Hoshangabad (Hoshungabad)
              • Jabalpur (Jubulpoor)
              • Jaunpur (Jownpoor)
              • Kanpur (Cawnpore)
              • Kumaon
              • Mathura (Muttra)
              • Meerut
              • Mirzapur
              • Moradabad (south)
              • Narsinghpur (Nursingpoor)
              • Pilibhit (Pilibhut)
              • Saharanpur (Suharanpoor)
              • Shahjahanpur (Shahjihanpore)

              These show the local dialect words for the terms required by the administrators.

              GB 891 HME-HME/1-HME/1/8 · File · 1842 - 1844
              Part of Papers of Sir Henry Miers Elliot

              Bound manuscript for the "Supplemental Glossary of Terms Used in the North Western Provinces". It commences with a description on the flyleaf of how the volume came into existence. There is a further description under the heading "Supplement to the Printed Glossary" initially dated 15 August 1843, crossed out and changed to 7 February 1844. The manuscript is then titled "Supplemental Glossary of Revenue & Agricultural Terms used in the North Western Provinces". The manuscript has many alterations and annotations. The volume measures 26.5 cm x 21 cm with marbled cover and leather spine entitled "M.S. of Supplemental Glossary".

              Elliot Sir Henry Miers 1808-1853
              GB 891 HME-HME/1-HME/1/9 · File · 1842 - 1844
              Part of Papers of Sir Henry Miers Elliot

              A bound manuscript for the "Supplemental Glossary of Terms Used in the North Western Provinces". The volume starts with a preface entitled "Supplement to the Printed Glossary" before beginning the glossary. The manuscript has some annotations and corrections. The volume measures 33.5 cm x 21 cm with marbled cover and leather spine much of which has been lost.

              Elliot Sir Henry Miers 1808-1853