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81. IOR/L/PJ/3/1073 no 4

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PJ/3/1073 no 4
Title:
291: Agricultural and Horticultural Society of India
Scope & Content:
Correspondence showing the result of the measures taken by the Agricultural and Horticultural Society of India, since the augmentation of the Government grant, for the importation and distribution of agricultural seeds, and for the education of a class of native gardeners; with a table of content...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1857-1859
Extent:
1 file

82. IOR/L/PJ/3/1090 No.63

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PJ/3/1090 No.63
Title:
1488: Correspondence regarding the discovery of the presence of febrifuge properties in an infusion of the leaves of Cinchona Succirubra
Scope & Content:
Specimens of tincture made from cinchona leaves chemically tested, T Anderson 1863. The collection includes a copy of the Public letter received from India, No.34 of 1863, dated 11 June 1863.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
May 1863-Jun 1863
Extent:
1 file

83. IOR/L/PJ/3/1094 No.86

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PJ/3/1094 No.86
Title:
1989: Collection to Public Despatch, No.86 of 1865, dated 8 December 1865
Scope & Content:
The collection contains the following papers: Report on the state of the Districts of the Jhansi Division with regard to the possible occurrence of famine Reports on the state of the Ajmere and Mhairwarra [Ajmer-Merwara] Districts, and the Districts of the Rohilkhand Division with regard to the...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Aug 1864-Jun 1865
Extent:
1 file

84. IOR/L/PJ/3/1346 no 3 coll 19

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PJ/3/1346 no 3 coll 19
Title:
Ootacamund Botanic and Horticultural Gardens
Scope & Content:
Table of Contents. Extract from Public letter from Fort St George, No.1 of 1858, dated 8th January 1858, regarding the income of the Ootacamund Horticultural Garden, and placing the Garden under the charge of Dr Cleghorn. Extract from Public letter to Fort St George, No.55 of 1854, dated 15t...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1854-1858
Extent:
1 file

85. IOR/L/PJ/3/1356 no 2

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PJ/3/1356 no 2
Title:
Cinchona: patent for mossing
Scope & Content:
Proposal by Government of Madras to withdraw the patent already granted to William McIvor, Superintendent of Cinchona plantations, for mossing the cinchona tree, because grant will prevent the State from cultivating cinchona for the general benefit and will keep the price of quinine artificially ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1866
Extent:
1 file

86. IOR/L/PJ/3/1356 no 3

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PJ/3/1356 no 3
Title:
Reports on chinchona [cinchona] plantations in Nilgiri Hills
Scope & Content:
Reports on chinchona [cinchona] plantations in Nilgiri Hills for April, May, June, July, August and September. Include lists of people and locations where plants distributed; memo by William McIvor dated 22 June 1866, 'Observations on the germination and growth of seeds of the medicinal chinchona...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1866
Extent:
1 file

87. IOR/L/PJ/3/1356 no 12

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PJ/3/1356 no 12
Title:
Salary claim by J Broughton, Chemist to the Government Cinchona plantations
Scope & Content:
J Broughton submits a claim for arrears of pay, on the grounds that he was delayed in taking up his duties as Chemist because he contracted smallpox and was in quarantine. Authorised.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1866-1867
Extent:
1 file

88. IOR/L/PJ/3/1356 no 15

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PJ/3/1356 no 15
Title:
Cinchona: observations by Clements Markham
Scope & Content:
Reports on chinchona [cinchona] plantations in the Nilgiri Hills for October, November and December 1866. Reports include lists of those to whom chinchona plants distributed. File also includes letter from Clements Markham, dated 16 Jan 1866, to Revenue Department, Government of Madras, giving re...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1866
Extent:
1 file

89. IOR/L/PJ/3/1356 no 20

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PJ/3/1356 no 20
Title:
William McIvor, Superintendent, Government Chinchona Plantations
Scope & Content:
William McIvor, Superintendent,Government Chincona Plantations, complains to the Government of Madras that he has not been given sufficient authority over his subordinates to run the plantations effectively. The accounts of Lt Nichol, in charge of Neddiwattam plantation, are audited and found to...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1866-67
Extent:
1 file

90. IOR/L/PJ/3/1356 no 22

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PJ/3/1356 no 22
Title:
Chinchona: patent for mossing
Scope & Content:
William McIvor, Superintendent, Government Chinchona Plantations, protests to Government of Madras at the withdrawal of his patent for mossing (i.e. covering the growing bark of the chinchona tree with moss, to maintain alkaloid content of bark). Government of Madras forwards McIvor’s correspond...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1867
Extent:
1 file