File R 306/1881 - Account of the sale of 1215 bales of East India cinchona bark shipped by the Eldorado and sold at public sale for the account of the Secretary of State for India
File R 307/1881 - Request of Charles Palmer, a Forest Ranger, for permission to visit the Forest School at Nancy and the forests, and to be reimbursed his travelling expenses
File R 309/1881 - Approval for a Government of India proposal to permit the Conservator of Forests of the School Circle, North-Western Provinces and Oudh, to supply seeds directly to foreign countries
Scope & Content:
File includes Government of India Home Revenue and Agricultural Department letter (No.5 of 1881, dated 3rd April 1881) on the supply of seeds to foreign countries by the Conservator of Forests of the School Circle, North-Western Provinces and Oudh
File R 311/1881 - Enquiry from H W Kolle of Egremont, Tulse Hill, London, for information regarding particulars relating to salary and pensions of officers of the Indian Forest Department
Scope & Content:
File includes a copy of an official paper, by the Forest Department in India, showing particulars respecting the selection of candidates for nomination to junior appointments in January 1880
File R 313/1881 - Annual Indent for seeds for the supply of soldiers gardens in northern India
Scope & Content:
File includes a list (undated) of vegetable seeds for soldiers’ gardens in northern India and a letter from the Superintendent of Government Botanical Gardens, North-Western Provinces, regarding the arrival of seeds too late for sowing, and the failure of a supply of pea seeds
File R 314/1881 - Papers containing an invoice regarding a consignment of yellow (calisaya) cinchona bark for sale in London and despatched by the ship ss. City of Carthage