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Three reports upon the medical topography of the Nilgiri Hills submitted by Assistant Surgeon John Jones; Assistant Surgeon W Stoddart; and Assistant Surgeon Reginald Orton, including a table showing the boiling point of water at various altitudes throughout the Nilgiris; and a table comparing t...
Sanitary Reports on Bareilly and on certain Districts in the Meerut Division
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pp 563-675. R Simson, Secretary to the Government of the North-Western Provinces, forwards the following: Instructions circulated for the sanitation and conservancy of villages pp 564-66. Report upon the sanitary state of the city of Bareilly and the public institutions in its neighbourhood, by ...
Report on the drainage and conservancy of Calcutta by David B Smith, Sanitary Commissioner for Bengal
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pp 1075-1201. Extensive report, covering the history of sanitation projects in Calcutta, proposed water-carriage and dry-earth sewage systems, and cholera epidemics. Summary, pp 1187-1200.
Medical topography of the Nilgiri Hills, plus recommendations
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Letter from the Madras Medical Board, forwarding the following to the Governor in Council: Letter from Assistant Surgeon Richard England, recommending that a station be established at the Nilgiris for the recuperation of Company employees, that bungalows be constructed for that purposes, and req...
‘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
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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...
The Government instructs Dr Heyne regarding management of the Botanical Garden at Bangalore; he should use only the portion necessary for ‘exotics’.
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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...