Papers on the mode adopted in the manufacture of tea by the Chinese tea makers in Kumaon
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The papers include two copies of a report from William Jameson, Superintendent of the Botanical Garden, North Western Provinces, dated 23rd May 1843, on the method adopted by the Chinese tea manufacturers in manufacturing tea at the Government Establishment at Almora, with colour sketches of the...
Memorial from Lieutenant John Pottinger of the Regiment of Artillery respecting certain claims of his late brother, Major Eldred Pottinger for allowances and compensation alleged to be due to him for loss of his property in Afghanistan
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Includes a list of his property which was taken by the enemy at Kabul, 5th November 1841
Papers relating to the General Order, dated 13th February 1843, authorising loans to military officers to assist in the erection of their houses at new Stations
Papers reporting the general effects of the operations carried on under the Superintendence of G Mutti for the cultivation of silk in the Deccan, and the measures which had been adopted in furtherance of that object
Correspondence with the Government of Madras relating to the nomination of Chaplains by a Bishop in India; and questions arising out of the case of the Reverend R W Whitford, Chaplain of Quilon
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Correspondence relating to the Reverend Whitford's case is at pp.67-101
Report by Lieutenant Colonel J Sutherland, Agent to the Governor General for the States of Rajputana, dated 14th January 1843, on the events and changes which had taken place in the several Native States under the Rajputana Agency during the year 1842; of the condition of Rajputana at the start ...