Use of calisaya bark from Sikkim, and the manufacture of alkaloids from the succirubra bark
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Letter from Fort William to the Secretary of State to India regarding the use of calisaya bark from Sikkim and the experiments with mixed alkaloids conducted by C H Wood, Government Quinologist. Enclosing a letter from Dr George King to the Government of Bengal regarding the same.
Proposed deputation of a confidential Agent to watch and follow the pilgrims to Mecca and Medina
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pp 845-47. Secretary of State forwards communication from J Zohrab, Consul at Jeddah, recommending that an agent from the Consulate be sent to observe the pilgrimage to Mecca and Medina. Proposes sending dragoman [interpreter] Yussuf Effendi. Response from the Government of India, referring to th...
Report of the Government Cinchona Plantation and Cinchona Factory in Bengal for the year 1886-1887
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pp 625-35. Report by Surgeon-Major George King forwarded to the Government of India, accompanied by a Resolution thereon from the Government of Bengal.
Measures to be taken for the prevention of the insect "Chigo" or "Jigger flea" [Tunga] being introduced into India from Africa
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pp 297-303. Government of India forward report by E C Cotes, Fellow of the Entomological Society of London, regarding the Tunga or Sarcopsylla penetrans, and the potential dangers of importing the insect to India [includes illustration].
Dr H Vandyke Carter's deputation to visit certain countries where leprosy prevails
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Correspondence between the Government of India, the Government of Bombay, and Vandyke Carter, including the expenditure and itinerary of his tour through Italy, Algiers, Greece and Turkey.
Report on the outbreak of cholera to the north of Allahabad City, North-Western Provinces
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pp 181-86. Report by C Planck, Sanitary Commissioner with the North-Western Provinces, regarding the rise, progress, and extent of the cholera outbreak. Includes mortality and outbreak statistics. Plus remarks thereon by J M Cuningham, Sanitary Commissioner with the Government of India.