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1. IOR/P/241/15 23 Oct 1789 pp 2969-93

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/P/241/15 23 Oct 1789 pp 2969-93
Title:
Nopalry Botanic Gardens; cochineal insects
Scope & Content:
(2969-73) Letter from James Anderson to Government of Madras, 20 Oct 1789, quoting Hugh Hunter’s account of cochineal insects transported from Barbados to Bristol in 1760 by being attached to living plants. Requests that Court of Directors in London be informed of this method of transportation. ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
23 Oct 1789
Extent:
1 file

2. IOR/P/434/44 May 1869 nos 29-31

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/P/434/44 May 1869 nos 29-31
Title:
Monthly reports on the state of Public Health in India to be sent to Dr Dickson, British Delegate to the Board of Health at Constantinople
Scope & Content:
pp 707-09. Correspondence, including letter from Henry Elliot to the Earl of Clarendon, informing him that the sanitary establishments in the Hedjaz and Jewen are now organised on a permanent footing; plus letter from Dr Dickson to Elliot providing details of the sanitary establishments.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
Jan 1869-May 1869
Extent:
3 pages

3. IOR/P/3/38 Sep 1788 pp 258-354

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/P/3/38 Sep 1788 pp 258-354
Title:
Letter from Lieutenant-Colonel Robert Kyd regarding the cultivation of the prickly pear and cochineal insect; plus recording meteorological and agricultural information
Scope & Content:
No. 19, Letter from Lieutenant Coloneal Robert Kyd dated 08 Sep 1788. [pp 258-346] Kyd discusses the expedition of Thiery de Menonville to Guaxaca to retrieve samples of the prickly pear and cochineal insect. The letter contains extensive extracts from Nicolas-Joseph Thiery de Menonville, Traité...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
08 Sep 1788
Extent:
97 pages