View source for Bengal Civil Servants 1706 - 1917

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| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;" width="100pt"|'''Date range'''
| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''Record details'''
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| 1706-1760||'''L/F/10/1'''     IOR Neg 57053/4 [also IOR Neg 35046] ([[LDS]] microfilm 214 7969. May be inaccurate though it is believed by not more than one digit in either direction)

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| ||''C/S & Unc/s''        
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| ||First list dated 30 Jan 1706, List of United Co. Servants in Bengal but p.1 and LHS half of pp. 2 & 3 missing.  [It includes a Military return of 1706, being men's wages, in service of the United Company, Fort William]
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| ||Typical List of 1713 shows Council Members, Sen'r Merchants, Factors, Surgeons & Writers-for each, is given Name, Dignity (position), date of arrival, salaries on arrival and at present, with present station.
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| ||An entry of 1739 shows William Weston arrived 23 Sep 1727as Factor on £15,now Sen'r Merchant on £40, Register, Mayor's Court.
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| ||Later pages include accounts.  Last list is one of 1761. Includes Chaplains & Surgeons as Cov. Servants(C/S). 
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| ||'''N.B.''' Films in good condition but difficult to use since documents are 'split' both horizontally and vertically for filming.
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| 1760-1783||'''L/F/10/2'''     IOR Neg 57054/5 ([[LDS]] microfilm 214 7970. May be inaccurate though it is believed by not more than one digit in either direction)

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| ||''C/S''
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| ||The first return (1761?) is an incomplete one. The second (1762) shows 68 C/S in the Bengal Service. Hdgs are as follows: -
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| ||No. Name & employ.,             Arrival & rank,    Present position,  Salary, Mthly Allowance, House rent, Annual allow. Gratuity   Total
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| || 9  Warren Hastings, Esq., 15 Jul 1749 Writer,  9th in Co.,           360R          98R.7.6                       --           1181R.10       4,000R     5541R.10
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| ||'''N.B.''' Gratuity was paid to him as Export Warehouse Manager. [Later, Clive as Presidency No1 was also Cash Keeper!]
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| ||1st clearly dated return was Jan 1767. Usually issued yearly. Also shows odd lists of chaplains, clergymen & surgeons/asst surgeons.
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| ||By 1783, returns simplified- The Hon. W. Hastings, arrived 13 Apr 1772 as Gov'r, now Gov'r Gen'l.
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| 1784-1787||'''L/F/10/3'''     IOR Neg 57055 ([[LDS]] microfilm 214 9088. May be inaccurate though it is believed by not more than one digit in either direction)

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| ||''C/S''
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| ||Index of names is usually by date of arrival and Page No. In 1784, there were 263 C/S. Some returns are duplicated.
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| 1788-1792||'''L/F/10/4'''     IOR Neg 57055/6   ([[LDS]] microfilm 214 9089. May be inaccurate though it is believed by not more than one digit in either direction)

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| ||''C/S''
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| Oct 1788 ||First alphabetical index/page No.is of 31 Oct 1788. Typical 1788 headings:-
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| ||        No., Name,           Original rank & date, Present rank & start, No.of years in Civil Service, Date of arrival, yrs non-res. in India
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| ||e.g.  51, Wm Larkins,   Writer 7 Jul 1772,   Sen'r Merch't  8 Jul 1783,  16yr, 3mths 23days.    7 Jul 1772,               -
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| || No. of yrs of res.,as C/S, Present Office & start ,                  mthly income in current R., annual R., Annual Income tenable under Act Parl't.
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| ||              16.1.26       Comptroller of salt dept, 27 Oct 1786,        4594R.13.10,           55,138R.6.0                 Amount unlimited
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| ||Total officers 226. Shows officers 'out of employ' and subsistence drawn, i.e unemployment benefit. 
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| Oct 1788 ||Duplicate
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| Apr 1789, 1792 ||Each with alphabetical index/page.
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| 1793-1798||'''L/F/10/5'''     IOR Neg 57056 ([[LDS]] microfilm 214 9089. May be inaccurate though it is believed by not more than one digit in either direction)

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| ||''C/S''
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| ||Each year with alphabetical index/page; from 232 to 292 C/Ss.  Hdgs as Vol.4.
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| 1799-1801||'''L/F/10/6'''     IOR Neg 57057 ([[LDS]] microfilm 214 9090. May be inaccurate though it is believed by not more than one digit in either direction)

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| ||''C/S 6 mthly''
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| ||1 May 1799 -1 May 1801; occasionally shows recent casualties & arrivals since the last listing.
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| 1802-1806||'''L/F/10/7'''     IOR Neg 57057/8 ([[LDS]] microfilm 214 9090. May be inaccurate though it is believed by not more than one digit in either direction)

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| ||''C/S 6 mthly''
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| ||Hdgs similar to Vol 4
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| 1807-1811||'''L/F/10/8'''     IOR Neg 57058/9 ([[LDS]] microfilm 214 9091. May be inaccurate though it is believed by not more than one digit in either direction)

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| ||C/S 6 mthly
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| 1812-1816||'''L/F/10/9'''     IOR Neg 57059/0 ([[LDS]] microfilm 214 9092. May be inaccurate though it is believed by not more than one digit in either direction)

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| ||''C/S 6 mthly''
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| 1817-1819||'''L/F/10/10'''     IOR Neg 57060/1 ([[LDS]] microfilm 214 9093. May be inaccurate though it is believed by not more than one digit in either direction)

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| ||''C/S 6 mthly''
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| ||400 covenanted servants including 30 students attached to Hertford College (later Haileybury), paid 300R.p.m.
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| 1820-1823||'''L/F/10/11'''    IOR Neg 57061 ([[LDS]] microfilm 214 9157. May be inaccurate though it is believed by not more than one digit in either direction)

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| ||''C/S 6 mthly''
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| 1824-1826||'''L/F/10/12'''    IOR Neg 57062 ([[LDS]] microfilm 214 9158. May be inaccurate though it is believed by not more than one digit in either direction)

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| ||''C/S  & S/L, 6 mthly''
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| ||Six mthly indexes and lists:- May, Nov 1824; May, Nov 1825; May 1826. Nos of C/Ss range from 365 to 369. Appendix shows start of  'List of Military & other Officers' as from 1 May 1826 (assumed Supernumeraries (S/L) but with no index).166 in number, with 131 military officers and 35 others, including 1 Rev'd, 1 Asst Surgeon, 1 Marine Surveyor, I Supt Bot.Gdns & 1 Master Builder.
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| ||Typical  Hdgs of S/Ls are  Name, Appt, Allowances,Mthly Amount, Total Mthly Amount, Total Annual Amount in Sicca R.
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| ||eg.Maj.Gen'l Sir A Campbell, KCB., Sen'r Comm'r in Ava, 24,000 R..p.a.and J Kyd, Master Builder 3,000R. p.a.
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| 1826-1830||'''L/F/10/13'''     IOR Neg 57062/3 ([[LDS]] microfilm 214 9159. May be inaccurate though it is believed by not more than one digit in either direction)

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| ||''C/S & S/L, 6 mthly''
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| 1830-1831||'''L/F/10/14'''     IOR Neg 57063/4 ([[LDS]] microfilm 214 9160. May be inaccurate though it is believed by not more than one digit in either direction)

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| ||''C/S & S/L, qtrly''
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| ||In 1830,C/S  total 518 and S/L 252. Latter include Secretary to Govt in Military Dept, Lord Bishop of Calcutta and Chief Justice
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| 1831-1832||'''L/F/10/15'''      ([[LDS]] microfilm 214 9160. May be inaccurate though it is believed by not more than one digit in either direction)

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| ||Missing Volume
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| 1832-1833||'''L/F/10/16'''     IOR Neg 57064/5 ([[LDS]] microfilms 214 9160 and 214 9161. May be inaccurate though it is believed by not more than one digit in either direction)

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| ||''C/S & S/L, qtrly''
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| 1834||'''L/F/10/17'''     IOR Neg 57065/6 ([[LDS]] microfilm 214 9162. May be inaccurate though it is believed by not more than one digit in either direction)

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| ||''C/S & S/L, qtrly'' 
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| ||C/S now  include staff in Penang, Malacca & Singapore (P.M.S.)
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| 1835||'''L/F/10/18'''     IOR Neg 57066 ([[LDS]] microfilm 214 9162. May be inaccurate though it is believed by not more than one digit in either direction)

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| ||''C/S & S/L, qtrly'' 
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| ||Both C/S and S/L now cover P.M.S.staff
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| 1836||'''L/F/10/19'''     IOR Neg 57067 ([[LDS]] microfilm 214 9163. May be inaccurate though it is believed by not more than one digit in either direction)

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| ||''C/S & S/L, qtrly'' 
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| ||[Nov 1836 incomplete]
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| 1837||L/F/10/20     IOR Neg 57067/8 ([[LDS]] microfilms 214 9163 and 214 9164. May be inaccurate though it is believed by not more than one digit in either direction)

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| ||C/S & S/L, qtrly
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| 1838||'''L/F/10/21'''     IOR Neg 57068/9 ([[LDS]] microfilms 214 9164 and 214 9165. May be inaccurate though it is believed by not more than one digit in either direction)

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| ||''C/S & S/L, qtrly''
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| 1839||'''L/F/10/22'''     IOR Neg 57069 ([[LDS]] microfilm 214 9165. May be inaccurate though it is believed by not more than one digit in either direction)

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| ||''C/S & S/L, qtrly'' 
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| 1840||'''L/F/10/23'''     IOR Neg 57069/0 ([[LDS]] microfilms 214 9165 and 214 9166. May be inaccurate though it is believed by not more than one digit in either direction)

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| ||''C/S & S/L, qtrly'' 
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| ||(now incl. Kirk of Scotland chaplains)
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| 1841||'''L/F/10/24'''     IOR Neg 57070/1 ([[LDS]] microfilms 214 9166 and 214 9304. May be inaccurate though it is believed by not more than one digit in either direction)

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| ||''C/S & S/L, qtrly''
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| 1842||'''L/F/10/25'''     IOR Neg 57071 ([[LDS]] microfilm 214 9304. May be inaccurate though it is believed by not more than one digit in either direction)

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| ||''C/S & S/L, qtrly'' 
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| ||From 1 Feb 1842, covenanted servants grouped according to years of service, Class I to VI.
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| 1843||'''L/F/10/26'''     IOR Neg 57072 ([[LDS]] microfilm 214 9305. May be inaccurate though it is believed by not more than one digit in either direction)

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| ||''C/S & S/L, qtrly''
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| 1844||'''L/F/10/27'''     IOR Neg 57072/3 ([[LDS]] microfilms 214 9305 and 214 9306. May be inaccurate though it is believed by not more than one digit in either direction)

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| ||''C/S & S/L, qtrly''
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| 1845||'''L/F/10/28'''     IOR Neg 57073/4 ([[LDS]] microfilms 214 9306 and 214 9307. May be inaccurate though it is believed by not more than one digit in either direction)

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| ||''C/S & S/L, qtrly''
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| 1846||'''L/F/10/29'''     IOR Neg 57074 ([[LDS]] microfilm  214 9307. May be inaccurate though it is believed by not more than one digit in either direction)

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| ||''C/S & S/L, qtrly''
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| 1847||'''L/F/10/30'''     IOR Neg 57075 ([[LDS]] microfilm  214 9308. May be inaccurate though it is believed by not more than one digit in either direction)

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| ||''C/S & S/L, qtrly''
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| 1848||'''L/F/10/31'''     IOR Neg 57075/6 ([[LDS]] microfilms  214 9308 and 214 9309. May be inaccurate though it is believed by not more than one digit in either direction)

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| ||''C/S & S/L, qtrly'' 
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| ||May/Aug 1848  in wrong order
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| 1849||'''L/F/10/32'''     IOR Neg 57076/7 IOR Neg 57075/6  ([[LDS]] microfilms  214 9309 and 214 9310. May be inaccurate though it is believed by not more than one digit in either direction)

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| ||''C/S & S/L, qtrly''
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| 1850||'''L/F/10/33'''     IOR Neg 57077 ([[LDS]] microfilm 214 9310. May be inaccurate though it is believed by not more than one digit in either direction)

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| ||''C/S & S/L, qtrly''
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| 1851-Feb 1852||'''L/F/10/34'''     IOR Neg 57078 ([[LDS]] microfilm 214 9311. May be inaccurate though it is believed by not more than one digit in either direction)

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| ||''C/S & S/L, qtrly'' 
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| ||Nov 51 missing: see Vol 35
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| Nov 1851||'''L/F/10/35'''     IOR Neg 57078 ([[LDS]] microfilm 214 9311. May be inaccurate though it is believed by not more than one digit in either direction)

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| ||''C/S & S/L, qtrly''
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| 1852-Feb 1853||'''L/F/10/36'''     IOR Neg 57079 ([[LDS]] microfilm 214 9312. May be inaccurate though it is believed by not more than one digit in either direction)

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| ||''C/S & S/L, qtrly''
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| 1853-Feb 1854||'''L/F/10/37'''     IOR Neg 57079/0 ([[LDS]] microfilms 214 9312 and 214 9638. May be inaccurate though it is believed by not more than one digit in either direction)

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| ||''C/S & S/L, qtrly''
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| 1854||'''L/F/10/38'''     IOR Neg 57080/1 ([[LDS]] microfilms 214 9638 and 214 9639. May be inaccurate though it is believed by not more than one digit in either direction)

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| ||''C/S & S/L, qtrly'' 
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| ||Feb 1854 missing, see above
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| 1856||'''L/F/10/39'''    IOR Neg  57081 ([[LDS]] microfilm 214 9639. May be inaccurate though it is believed by not more than one digit in either direction)

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| ||''C/S & S/L''
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| ||'''N.B.''' 1856-1855, vols 39 & 40 reversed.
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| May 1856||1st listing is of 503 C/Ss, entries coloured black, red & blue for no apparent reason.
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| ditto||May 1856 has two separate S/L listings, one of 375 (India) ( with regt units highlighted in red and others shown in red as Unc/Ss); the other listing 217. The data is shown i. Index India, ii. Index Bengal, iii.List 375 India and iv. List 217 Bengal.
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| Nov  1856||Index & listing of 517 C/Ss in Civil List.
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| ditto||Two Indexes of S/Ls followed by one List of 561 (India) and another of 228 (Bengal)
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| 1855||'''L/F/10/40'''     IOR Neg 57081/2 ([[LDS]] microfilms 214 9639 and 214 9640. May be inaccurate though it is believed by not more than one digit in either direction)

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| ||''C/S & S/L''
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| ||Two 6mthly indexes and Lists of 500 and 495 Covenanted staff on the Bengal Establishment
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| May, Nov 1855||Two 6mthly Indexes and Lists of  459 and 492 S/L
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| 1857-1858||'''L/F/10/41'''     IOR Neg 57082/3 ([[LDS]] microfilms 214 9640 and 214 9641. May be inaccurate though it is believed by not more than one digit in either direction)

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| ||''C/S & S/L''
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| May 1857||Index & List of 538 C/S, 6 mthly
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| May 1857||2 Indexes and listings of 562 and 237 S/L (India & Bengal).
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| Nov 1857||Index & List of 507 C/S (still with black, red & blue writing) - also see below.
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| Nov 1857||2 Indexes and listings of 495 and 220 S/L (India & Bengal) - also see below
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| May 1858||Index & List of 522 C/S - also see below
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| May 1858||One index and listing of  557 S/L- also see below
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| Nov 1858||Index & List of 517 C/S
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| Nov 1858||One index and listing of 624 S/L
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| 1857-1860 ||'''L/F/10/42'''     IOR Neg 57083/4 ([[LDS]] microfilms 214 9641 and 214 9642. May be inaccurate though it is believed by not more than one digit in either direction)

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| ||''C/S & S/L, 6mthly''
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| Nov 1857||List of 507 C/S (repeated)
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| Nov 1857||Lists of 495 and 220 S/L (India & Bengal) (repeated)
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| May 1858||522 C/S and 557 S/L (repeated)
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| 1859-1860||Index & listing of 515 C/S & 460 S/L for May 1859; 506 C/S & 495 S/L for Nov 1859; 485 C/S for May 1860 ('''N.B.''' no S/L for May 1860)
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| ||'''No volumes for 1861-1869'''  but see 
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| 1 May 1864||L/F/10/246 - see parts 1a & b, 2a & b
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| 1 May 1866||L/F/10/247 - see parts 1a & b, 2a & b
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| 1867,68 & 69||L/F/10/249 for 3 Civil Lists of Bengal, Nos 558, 556 & 563 respectively
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| 1870-73, 1876||'''L/F/10/43'''     IOR Neg 57084 ([[LDS]] microfilm 214 9642. May be inaccurate though it is believed by not more than one digit in either direction)
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| ||''C/S''
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| ||'''N.B.'''  No Second List, purporting to be Supernumeraries. It is clear that by now staff numbers had been sorted out.
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| 1 Apr 1870||Index plus List of 576 H.M. Servants belonging to the Bengal Civil Establishment specifying their numbers, names, Original and Present, Rank, commencement & term of residence in India, non-Residence, offices,date of Appt, Mthly & annual salaries, actually drawn.  Members of Council,etc referred to as A -W, while rest of staff entered in joining date order within Classes 1-6.
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| 1 Apr 1871-1873||As above, 587 names for 1871; 608 for 1872; 626 for 1873 C/S
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| 1875||'''No volumes for 1874 and 1875''', but N.B. for 1875 see L/F/10/90, in particular the last item 'Civil List 1875'
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| 1 Apr 1876||As above, 632 C/S
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| ||Missing    1877
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| 1878-1882||'''L/F/10/44'''    IOR Neg 57084-5 ([[LDS]] microfilms 214 9642 and 214 9643. May be inaccurate though it is believed by not more than one digit in either direction)
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| ||''C/S''
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| ||Similar to L/F/10/43, 623 names for 1878; 620 for 1879; 609 for 1880; 612 for 1881; 609 for 1882
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| 1883-1886||'''L/F/10/45''' IOR Neg 57085-6 ([[LDS]] microfilms 214 9643 and 214 9644. May be inaccurate though it is believed by not more than one digit in either direction)
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| ||''C/S & Unc/S''
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| ||Similar to L/F/10/43, 613 names for 1883; 615 for 1884; 624 names for 1885; 622 for 1886
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| 1 Apr 1885||Between the covenanted servants for 1884 and 1885, there are over 50 'misfiled' record copies of Uncovenanted Officers in the Forestry Dept indexed by Province/Circle/Division relative to pages of B forms, showing 'List of Uncovenanted Officers ( E & E.I) in office of…………
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| 1887-1891||'''L/F/10/46'''     IOR Neg 57086-7 ([[LDS]] microfilms 214 9644 and 214 9645. May be inaccurate though it is believed by not more than one digit in either direction)
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| ||''C/S''
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| ||Similar to L/F/10/43, 630 names for 1887, 630 for 1888, 638 for 1889, 637 for 1890, 635 for 1891.
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| 1892 -1896||'''L/F/10/47'''    IOR Neg 57087-8 ([[LDS]] microfilms 214 9645 and 214 9583. May be inaccurate though it is believed by not more than one digit in either direction)
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| ||''C/S''
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| ||Similar to L/F/10/43, 643 names for 1892; 651 for 1893; 673 for 1894; 678 for 1895; 688 for 1896
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| 1897-1900||'''L/F/10/48'''     IOR Neg 57088-9 ([[LDS]] microfilms 214 9583 and 214 9584. May be inaccurate though it is believed by not more than one digit in either direction)

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| ||Similar to L/F/10/43, 705 names  for 1897, 719 for 1898, 738 for 1899, 763 for 1900
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| 1901-1904||'''L/F/10/49'''     IOR Neg 57089-0 ([[LDS]] microfilms 214 9584 and 214 9585. May be inaccurate though it is believed by not more than one digit in either direction)

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| ||''C/S''
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| ||Similar to L/F/10/43, 769 names for 1901, 784 for 1903, 798 for 1903, 815 for 1904
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| 1905-1908||'''L/F/10/50'''     IOR Neg 57090-1 ([[LDS]] microfilms 214 9585 and 214 9586. May be inaccurate though it is believed by not more than one digit in either direction)

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| ||''C/S''
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| 1905||Similar to L/F/10/43.  A heavy, immaculately printed copy.  Index and list of Indian Civil Service, including Statutory Civil Servants on the Bengal establishment, on 31 Mar 1905.  Firstly the names of H.E. the Viceroy and Governor-General of India, of Lt-Gov'rs, of members of the Viceroy's Council and of the Judges of the High court of Judicature in Bengal, 'numbered' A-Z (i.e. letters are substituted for numbers but the list is not in alphabetical order), followed by Civil Servants 1-837 in Classes 1-5.
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| 1906||As above, 852 names
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| 1907||As above.  Now so many in Council that Members are referred to as A-Z, Z1, Z2,etc…, 861 names
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| 1909-1914||'''L/F/10/51'''  IOR Neg 57091-2 ([[LDS]] microfilms 214 9586 and 214 9587. May be inaccurate though it is believed by not more than one digit in either direction)

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| ||''C/S''
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| ||As L/F/10/43, 910 names for 1909, 919 for 1910, 943 for 1911, 950 for 1912, 963 for 1913, 971 for 1914
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| 1915-1917||'''L/F/10/52''' IOR Neg 57092-3 ([[LDS]] microfilms 214 9587 and 214 9588. May be inaccurate though it is believed by not more than one digit in either direction)

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| 1915||Similar to L/F/10/43.  'List of Indian Civil Servants, including Statutory Civil Servants, on the Bengal Establishment, 31 Mar 1915'. Council Members etc are labelled A - Zi….vi. Other staff arranged in classes 1-5. Furlough details particularly well documented.  976 names
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| 1916||As above, 969 names
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| 1917||As above, 956 names
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