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This part of the volume consists of copies of enclosures to a secret despatch from the Government of India Foreign Department to the Secret Committee Pre-1784, the Committee responsible for protecting East India Company shipping. Post-1784, its main role was to transmit communications between the Board of Control and the Company's Indian governments on matters requiring secrecy. , Number 64 of 1856, dated 22 December 1856. The enclosures are numbered 3-23 and are dated 31 October to 19 December 1856.

They consist of correspondence relating to Afghanistan, including:

• The intended meeting between the Chief Commissioner of the Punjab, Sir John Lawrence, and the Ameer of Cabool [Amīr of Kabul], Dost Mahomed Khan [Dūst Muḥammad Khān Bārakzāy] at Jumrood [Jamrud]
• Military and political intelligence from Cabool, Candahar [Kandahar] and Herat
• The conveyance of the treasure, arms, and ammunition intended for Dost Mahomed Khan.

The main correspondents are the following: the Government of India; the Officiating Secretary to the Chief Commissioner of the Punjab; the Secretary to the Government of Bombay From c. 1668-1858, the East India Company’s administration in the city of Bombay [Mumbai] and western India. From 1858-1947, a subdivision of the British Raj. It was responsible for British relations with the Gulf and Red Sea regions. ; the Acting Commissioner in Sinde [Sindh, also spelled Sind in this item]; the Acting Political Superintendent on the Frontier of Upper Sind; Gholam Hydur Khan [Ghulām Ḥaydar Khān], Governor of Candahar; and Dost Mahomed Khan.

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