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

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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

2. IOR/P/674 Aug 1872 no 11

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IOR/P/674 Aug 1872 no 11
Title:
Collection, through the Commanders of British Vessels, of a pilgrim tax proposed by the Turkish Government
Scope & Content:
p 277. Government of India inform the Foreign Department of a notice placed in the Gazette of India announcing the agreement of the Government to the proposals of the Ottoman Board of Health to levy a tax on pilgrims travelling to the Hejaz, despite the objections registered by the Government.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
Aug 1872
Extent:
1 page

3. IOR/P/674 Sep 1871 nos 06-08

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IOR/P/674 Sep 1871 nos 06-08
Title:
Proposed levy of a tax upon pilgrims to the Hedjaz [Hejaz]
Scope & Content:
pp 219-220. Secretary of State forwards a proposal from the Turkish Board of Health that a tax of ten piastres be levied on pilgrims proceeding from India to the Hedjaz and Yemen, plus correspondence thereon. Plus reply from the Government of India, who do not believe that they should be seen to ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
Jun 1871-Sep 1871
Extent:
2 pages

4. IOR/P/1203 Apr 1878 nos 12-13

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IOR/P/1203 Apr 1878 nos 12-13
Title:
Quarantine arrangements for vessels arriving at Suez from ports affected with plague
Scope & Content:
pp 289-324. The Secretary of State forwards for the information of the Government of India correspondence and reports regarding: the outbreak of plague in Baghdad and Benghazi; the meetings of the Egyptian Board of Health and Special Commission to the [Constantinople] Superior Council of Health;...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
Oct 1876-Apr 1878
Extent:
36 pages

5. IOR/P/1203 Feb 1878 nos 31-34

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IOR/P/1203 Feb 1878 nos 31-34
Title:
Delay which occurred in telegraphing to Suez intelligence of the insanitary condition of the French steamer Corrèze bound for that port from Aden
Scope & Content:
pp 239-52. Correspondence and telegrams, plus copy report by Dr Dacorogna, Sanitary Officer at the Gebel Tor, reporting to the Egyptian Board of Health the sanitary history of the Corrèze from her leaving Saigon to arriving at Suez.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
Aug 1877-Feb 1878
Extent:
14 pages

6. IOR/P/1203 Jan 1878 nos 12a-28

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IOR/P/1203 Jan 1878 nos 12a-28
Title:
Reports and correspondence on the plague in Baghdad and other places in Turkish Arabia
Scope & Content:
pp 09-45. Extensive collection of reports and correspondence forwarded to the Government of India regarding the plague outbreaks in Baghdad and Hillah, and efforts taken to prevent its spread through the Persian Gulf and Turkish Arabia. Discussing shipping regulations; the efficacy of quarantin...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
Mar 1876-Jan 1878
Extent:
137 pages

7. IOR/P/1203 Jul 1878 nos 22-27

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IOR/P/1203 Jul 1878 nos 22-27
Title:
Memoranda on the Proceedings of the Board of Health at Teheran [Tehran] plus related correspondence
Scope & Content:
pp 421-23. Précis of proceedings by J Dickson, Physician to Her Majesty's Legation at the Court of Persia, plus copy telegrams from the Minister and Resident at Teheran.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
Mar 1878-Apr 1878
Extent:
3 pages

8. IOR/P/1203 Jun 1878 nos 33-34

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IOR/P/1203 Jun 1878 nos 33-34
Title:
Prevalence of spotted typhus ("typhus petechial") at Constantinople
Scope & Content:
pp 399-400. British Consul at Alexandria forwards an abstract of the regulations instituted by the Egyptian Board of Health following the outbreak.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
May 1878
Extent:
2 pages

9. IOR/P/1203 Mar 1878 nos 28-30

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IOR/P/1203 Mar 1878 nos 28-30
Title:
Regulation of pilgrim traffic in the East
Scope & Content:
pp 273-83. Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs forwards to Sir Louis Mallet copy correspondence regarding coal steamers carrying pilgrim traffic, their use of the Suez canal, and relevant shipping regulations. Includes correspondence from A Anson, Administrator of the Straits Settlements...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
Dec 1877-Mar 1878
Extent:
10 pages

10. IOR/P/1203 Oct 1878 nos 14-43

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IOR/P/1203 Oct 1878 nos 14-43
Title:
Working of the quarantine rules in Burma and Madras
Scope & Content:
pp 535-601. Dispatch to the Secretary of State regarding the working of Quarantine Rules under Act I of 1870 in the ports of Burma and Madras, comprising: Communications and reports forwarded by the Chief Commissioner of British Burma, including comments from Surgeons, Health Officers and port o...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
Sep 1876-Oct 1898
Extent:
64 pages