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Reports on India
GB 891 SC46 · Fonds · 1830 - 1840

This is a leather bound volume with pages numbered from 143 to 300 containing handwritten commentaries relating to India and Russia in 1830, described on the introductory pages as follows:

  • Sir John McDonald's observations of Col. Evans work on The Invasion of India pp 143-216.
  • Sir John Malcolm's notes on Col. Evans and Sir John McDonald's remarks, pp 217-230.
  • Memoir of the NW Frontier taken from Public records by Capt/now Major/ Bonamy showing the Importance of the River Indus as connected with its defence, pp 231-300.
  • Included in the volume is a newspaper cutting, dated April 1840, about a Russian expedition against China.
Malcolm John 1769-1833