A certain Murray Walker writes in a blog post: 'I have a 3rd great grand mother buried in a Scottish Cemetery in Calcutta. The monument was marble with gold letters on the engraving and was surrounded by an iron railing. The monument cost 40 pounds. I have the letter her husband, Capt. Andrew Smith, wrote to her mother.' [See https://scottishcemeterykolkata.wordpress.com/2008/11/14/friday-14-novem...
Andrew Smith is described as a seaman and ship broker. His ship, 'Parland', is advertised in the Glasgow Herald [See http://tinyurl.com/ph7gy4b]. Smith rose quickly in the profession - from seaman in 1845 to captain in 1847. He married Mary Tod Smith in Edinburgh St Cuthberts, Midlothian, Scotland on 4 Nov 1845. [See http://www.gritquoy.com/genealogy/getperson.php?personID=I163300&tree=00.... The Parland carried immigrants to Australia, many of whom were vinedressers and came from Germany. More information on the Parland can be obtained here: http://marinersandships.com.au/1849/07/231par.htm. The website also has a scan of the original embarkation documents of the ship.
The Scran database stores some digitised letters by Smith. See: http://tinyurl.com/no7fpul
Souvik Mukherjee