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131. IOR/P/241/40 Jul 1793 pp 2290, 2465-68

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IOR/P/241/40 Jul 1793 pp 2290, 2465-68
Title:
Coconuts and indigo
Scope & Content:
Transporting coconuts from Colombo; on the cultivation of indigo
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Jul 1793
Extent:
1 file

132. IOR/P/241/41 Sep 1793 pp 3049-56

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IOR/P/241/41 Sep 1793 pp 3049-56
Title:
Madras Public Proceedings
Scope & Content:
Reports on the Nopalry Gardens
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Sep 1793
Extent:
1 file

133. IOR/P/241/44 Jan 1794 pp 38-39

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IOR/P/241/44 Jan 1794 pp 38-39
Title:
Madras Public Proceedings
Scope & Content:
Authorising Dr Berry to land eight chests of China shrubs for the gardens
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Jan 1794
Extent:
1 file

134. IOR/P/241/45 28 Feb 1794 pp 688-91

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IOR/P/241/45 28 Feb 1794 pp 688-91
Title:
Madras Public Proceedings
Scope & Content:
Recommending Dr Benjamin Heyne be appointed to succeed Roxburgh in charge of the botanical plantation
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
28 Feb 1794
Extent:
1 file

135. IOR/P/241/45 Feb 1794 pp 373-77

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/P/241/45 Feb 1794 pp 373-77
Title:
Madras Public Proceedings
Scope & Content:
Report on the 'gooble goss', an unknown species of grass that the Board of Agriculture wish to introduce into England
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Feb 1794
Extent:
1 file

136. IOR/P/241/46 May 1794 pp 1435-73

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IOR/P/241/46 May 1794 pp 1435-73
Title:
Papers on the subject of bowstring flax, and the Hindu method of making sugar
Scope & Content:
Madras Public Consultations, May 1794: [pp 1435-1437] Letter from Dr William Roxburgh to Robert Clerk, Civil Secretary, Fort St George, dated Samulcotah [Samalkota] 1st February 1793, on the subject of East Indian bowstring flax, and enclosing the following papers. [pp 1437-1461] An account ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Jun 1792-Feb 1793
Extent:
1 file

137. IOR/P/242/21 2 May 1800 pp 1576-88

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IOR/P/242/21 2 May 1800 pp 1576-88
Title:
‘Sketch of a Plan’ [report] for a Botanical Garden on the Madras Establishment included with Letter dated 2 May 1800 Bangalore from Dr Benjamin Heyne to Lord Clive
Scope & Content:
Plan advises regarding: 1. the suitability of locations ‘for the purpose and relative to the Countries which will benefit from it’ including comments on soil quality and composition and climate – particularly of Mysore, population, recommends ‘a little hill’ to provide a variety of soil types, a...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2 May 1800
Extent:

7 folios

138. IOR/P/242/21 16 May 1800 pp 1514-16

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IOR/P/242/21 16 May 1800 pp 1514-16
Title:
Madras Public Proceedings
Scope & Content:
Reports on the gardens at Bangalore
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
16 May 1800
Extent:
1 file

139. IOR/P/242/21 17 May 1800 pp 1523-24

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IOR/P/242/21 17 May 1800 pp 1523-24
Title:
The Government instructs Dr Heyne regarding management of the Botanical Garden at Bangalore; he should use only the portion necessary for ‘exotics’.
Scope & Content:
Letter from J. Webb, Secretary to Government at Fort St. George, to Dr Benjamin Heyne, directing him to use only the portion of the Botanical Garden at Bangalore necessary for it to be a temporary location [‘depot’] for plants ‘sent from Madras, or such rare or useful plants or Seeds as may be f...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17 May 1800
Extent:

1 folio

140. IOR/P/242/24 Oct 1800 pp 3296-3318

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IOR/P/242/24 Oct 1800 pp 3296-3318
Title:
Madras Public Proceedings
Scope & Content:
Madras Public Proceedings, October 1800: [pp 3296-3302] Letter from Dr Andrew Berry, Superintendent of the Company's Nopalry, to Lord Clive, Governor in Council, dated Fort St George, 15th September 1800, giving his observations of different kinds of fine grained woods from Calastree [Kalahast...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Oct 1800
Extent:
1 file