Box MS Add.7490/22-27
Container
Contains 2 Results:
Series
Public Works and Communications, 1867-1872
Series
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.7490/16-23
Scope and Contents
These bundles contain papers relating to the conduct of the Public Works Department and projects managed by it, especially railway and canal building; also to the operations of Indian railway companies and their relations with government; and to the construction and management of telegraph lines, in which railway companies were involved.
Dates:
1867-1872
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
Series
Finance, 1861
Series
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.7490/24-27
Scope and Contents
These bundles contain papers relating to the budgetary crisis of 1869, expenditure cuts, increases in income tax and duties on goods, new local taxation raised by provincial governments, and revisions to the systems for preparing budgets and controlling government expenditure.
Dates:
1861
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).